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14. DIOSPYROS BUBIA, Goeppert, Tert. Fl. Java, p. 47. t. xn. f. 72 (1854). 



D. foliis ovatis subobtusis subcoriaceis integerrimis penninerviis, nervis secundariis alter- 

 nantibus subremotis sub angulo acuto 60 circa exorientibus adscendentibus curvatis ramosis, 

 ramulis ante marginem in maculas transeuntibus in rete solutis. 



Schimp. Pal. Veg. n. p. 947. n. 9 (1872), non Wight. 

 Pliocene ? ; Pesawahan, Java, Jwnghuhn 353. 



Leaf (estimated from a fragment) probably about 2 in. long by 1 in. wide. Family 

 quite conjectural. 



15. DIOSPYROS VARIANS, Saporta in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. v. vol. ill. p. 111. t. IV. 



fig. 14, t. vi. fig. 4 (1865), vol. vin. p. 91. t. x. fig. 7, 8 (1867). 



D. foliis lanceolatis ellipticis oblong o-lanceolatis vel ovatis, apice obtusis quandoque breviter 

 attenuatis, basi parum incequalibus, subcoriaceis, breviter petiolatis, integerrimis; petiolo trans- 

 verse rugoso ; nervo primario valde expresso ; nervis secundariis tenuibus numerosis reticulatis ; 

 nervis tertiariis in rete flexuoso subtiliter venuloso coeuntibus. 



Schimp. Pal. Ve"g. n. p. 944. n. 1 (1872). 



Tertiary; S.E. France, frequent. 



Leaves 2-J in. long by J in. wide, 3 J in. by 1 in., 3 J in. by f in. 



16. DIOSPYROS OBSCTJRA, Sap. Etud. n. p. 283 in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. v. vol. iv. 



p. 138 (1865). 



D. foliis lanceolatis, coriaceis, breviter lateque petiolatis; nervo primario valido, secun- 

 dariis obliquis, secus marginem areolatis, inconspicuis. 



Schimp. Pal. Ve"g. n. p. 947. n. 8 (1872). 



Upper Tertiary; S.E. France, Armissan; rare. 



Only differs from D. varians by thicker and little longer petiole, by the more regularly 

 lanceolate leaves, and by the less ramified secondary ascending veins, which are united near 

 the margin by very obtuse curves. 



17. DIOSPYROS PAL.OG^:A, Ettingsh. Foss. Fl. Bilin in Denkschrift. Akad. Wissensch. 

 Math.-Naturw. xxvin. p. 233. t. xxxvm. f. 2426, 32 (1868). 



D. foliis ovalibus, obtuse acuminatis, basi angustatis, integerrimis, coriaceis, petiolatis, 



4, 5 pollices longis, nervo primario distincto, nervis secundariis crebris, tenuibus, flexuosis, 



ramosis; baccd globosd, exsuccd, fere pollicari; calyce firmo, quinque-partito, patente, deciduo, 

 semipollicari, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis. 



Schimper, Pal. V^g. vol. n. p. 945. n. 4 (1872). 



Miocene; Tripoli de Kutschlin, Bohemia. 



Leaf 4| in. by 1| in. wide ; petiole in. long ; calyx nearly | in. in diameter. 



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