ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 271 



Diospyros punctata, Korth., non Decaisne, = Mala punctata. 

 Diospyros salicifolia, Humb. et Bonpl. = Maba salicifolia. 

 Diospyros sericea, Alph. DC. = Mala sericea. 

 Diospyros sericocarpa, F. Muell. = Maba rufa, Labill. 



Diospyros serrata, Hamilt. ex D. Don, Prodr. FL Nep. p. 143 (1825) = Eurya acumi- 

 nata, DC. 



Diospyros wnosa, Wall. List, n. 4126 (1828 32) = ? Anonacea. 



Diospyros virginica dulcis = Carpodinus edulis, Don. Cfr. Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 329 



(1844). 



Diospyros (sp.), Salt! Voyage to Abyssinia, p. 14 (1814) =Eudea multiflora, var. 



V. TETKACLIS, gen. nov. 



$. Flores dioeci. Flores cymosi, tetrameri, subglobosi. Calyx depresso-globosus ; lobis 

 brevibus depresso-deltoideis, prcefloratione valvatis. Corolla carnosa, k-fida, extus puberula, 

 intus hirsuta; lobis prcefloratione valvatis. Stamina circiter 30, pleraque geminata, prope 

 corollce basim inserta ; filamentis brevibus compressis pubescentibus ; antheris hispidulis oblongis 

 liberis, lateraliter bilocularibus ; pollen globosum, Iceve. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. 



9 . Bractece caducce. Fructus superus, solitarius, pedunculatus, subglobosus, subtomen- 

 tosus, femtgineus, carnosus, 8 (T)-locularis et -spermus ; pericarpio crasso. Calyx profwnde 

 4i-lobus, accrescens, appressus, semina pendula oblonga, testa, non nitidd. 



Arbor madagascariensis ; foliis coriaceis altemis siniplicibus integerrimis exstipulatis ; 

 floribus axillaribus, apice 4 lineis cruciatis prsefloratione notatis. 



1. TETRACLIS CLUSLEFOLIA, sp. nov. 



T. foliis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis, emarginatis vel breviter acumi- 

 natis, obtusis, basi cuneatis, subglabris, coriaceis,, petiolatis, nervis tenuibus, crebris. 



PLATE XI. A fruiting branch, natural size. a. A male inflorescence, natural size. 

 b. A male flower, magnified 4 diameters, c. The same after the removal of the calyx, 

 magnified 4 diameters, d. A vertical section of a male flower, magnified 6 diameters. 

 e. A transverse section of male flower, magnified 5 diameters. 



A large tree with young parts puberulous; branches dark, somewhat angular, gla- 

 brescent, remotely rugose-verrucose. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded emarginate or 

 shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, with recurved margins, subglabrous, yellowish 

 green and shining on both sides ; midrib depressed above ; lateral veins close, widely 

 spreading, very feeble, and in relief on both sides of the leaf; [the lateral veins on 



