ME HIEKN", ON EBENACE^E. 277 



25. D. obliqua with linear lobes, and 26. Ebenacites rugosus with wider lobes, are known 

 only from the calyx ; and 27. D. Zollikoferi is described from a cluster of seeds only. 



1. DIOSPYROS ANCEPS, Heer, Fl. Tert. Helvet. III. p. 12. t. en. fig. 15 18 (1859). 



,: D.foliis ovato-ellipticis, apice acuminatis, basi obtusis, membranaceis, hie illic incequilateris, 

 integerrimis, petiolatis, nervis secundariis remotiusculis, sub angulo sat aperto egredientibus, 

 curvatis, ramosis, ipsis et ramis arcuato-conjunctis, rete laxo. 



Gaudin et Strozzi Me"m. Foss. Tosc. n. p. 51. n. 48. t. vii. f. 6 (1859); Heer, Mioc. 

 Bait. Flora, p. 84. t. xxvn. fig. 79 (1869) ; Schimper, Pal. Ve'g. II. p. 948. n. 12 (1872). 

 Miocene ; Germany and Tuscany. 

 Leaves acute or subacute, 1| 3J in. long by f If in. wide; petioles \ Jin. long. 



2. DIOSPYROS VETUSTA, Giebel, Fl. Sachs. Thiiring. Braunkohl. in Zeitschr. xvi. p. 57 (1860). 



D. foliis alternis, ovato-ellipticis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, basi angustatis, coriaceis, 

 nervis secundariis subtilissimis, areis reticulatis; fructu globoso, o-angulato, 5-spermo; calyce 

 fructifero patente, 5-fido, lobis rotundatis. 



Heer, Sachs. Thuring. Braunk. p. 10 [416]. n. 24. t. vn. f. 16 (1861). Schimp. Pal. 

 Ve'g. II. p. 946. n. 6 (1872). 



Eocene ; Lignites of the Ligurian strata of Skopau in Thiiringe, Saxony. 



Leaves 2J Sin. long by $ 1^ in. wide; petiole about -fa in. long; calyx fin. in 

 diameter ; fruit f in. in diameter. 



3. DIOSPYROS LOVENI, Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct. p. 118. t. vn. fig. 7 b, c, 8, t. XLVII. fig. 8 (1868). 



D. foliis firmis, coriaceis, integerrimis, nervis secundariis remotis, sub angulo acuto 

 egredientibus, valde camptodromis, ramosis, areis argute reticulatis. 



Schimp. Pal. Ve'g. II. p. 949. n. 15 (1872). 



Miocene; Atanekerdluk, North Greenland. 



Leaves perhaps 6 in. long by If in. wide, areolate, elliptic-oblong. 



4. DIOSPYROS WODANI, Ting. Gen. et Sp. PL Foss. p. 435. n. 2 (1850). 



D. foliis ovato-oblongis, apice acuminatis basi attenuatis petiolatis integerrimis membra- 

 naceis, nervo media valido, nervis secundariis remotis subsimplicibus sursum arcuatis tenuibus; 

 baccd globosd, exsuccd semipollicari, calyce quinquelobo deciduo patente, laciniis lanceolatis 

 obtusis striatis pollicaribus. 



Ung. Syll. PL Foss., pug. iii., in Denkschrift. Kais. Akad. Wissensch. Math.-Naturw. 

 xxv. p. 27. t. ix. fig. 1012 (1866), Ettingsh. Beitr. z. Foss. Fl. v. Radoboj, p. 55, Schimp. 

 Pal. Ve'g. n. p. 951. n. 22 (1872). 



Plumeria Flos-saturni, Ung. Gen. et Sp. PI. Foss. p. 433 (1850); SylL PL Foss. m. 

 p. 27. t. ix. fig. 1012 (1866). 



Anona macrophylla, Ung. Gen. et Sp. PI. Foss. p. 442. n. 3 (1850). 



Eocene ; in marly schist, Radoboj, Croatia. 



Fruit | in. in diameter ; calyx deeply 5-lobed, If in. in diameter, patent ; lobes narrowly 



