284 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Schimper, Pal. V^g. n. p. 951. n. 23 (1872). 

 In marly schist, Radoboj, Croatia. 



Calyx about J in. in diameter ; lobes about in. long. Like Royena Myosotis, Ting., but 

 calyx-lobes narrower. Cf. Porana. 



26. EBENACITES RUGOSUS, Sap. in Sap. et Math. Exam. Anal. Fl. Tert. Provence, 



p. 31 (1861). 



E. foliis (?) ovatis, petiolatis, int egerrimis ; nervis secundariis curvatis, nervis tertiariis 

 sinuosis transversim reticulatis; floribus unisexualibus ; calyce 5-lobo lobis incequalibus, extus 

 rugoso-sulcatis, intus Icevibus, cestivatione imbricatis ; masculorum corolld erectd breviter 

 urceolatd calycibus breviore; feminorum segmentis calycinis primum erectis, ovarium 2 3- 

 stylum foventibus, demum patentibus, indurato-persistentibus, baccam globosam ipsis breviorem 

 stipantibus. 



Diospyros rugosa, Sap. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iv. vol. xvii. p. 264. t. xi. f. 3. A, B, 

 C, D, E, F. (1862) ; Schimp. Pal. Veg. n. p. 946. n. 7. (1872). 

 Tertiary ; beds of gypsum at Aix, S.E. France, common. 



The styles are not Ebenaceous in character. Male flower f in. diameter, calyx and 

 corolla lobed half way, lobes ovate ; female flower in. thick, calyx deeply lobed, lobes 

 ovate acuminate, styles ^ in. long. 



27. DIOSPYROS ZOLLIKOFEEI, Ung. SylL PI. Foss., pug. iii., in Denkschrift. Kais. Akad. 

 xxv. p. 27. t. ix. f. 6 (1866). 



D. seminibus ovoideis, compressis, distinctis, numero octo in orbem dispositis residuis 

 fructus baccati globularis. 



Schimp. Pal. Ve"g. II. p. 951. n. 21. (1872). 



Miocene ; Hengsberg, Styria. 



Seeds ^ f in. long by ^ in. wide. 



IV. KEY TO THE FOSSIL SPECIES OF MACREIGHTIA. 



Peduncles not thickened upwards 



Leaves If 2J in. long by f ^ in. wide. 1. M. germanica. 



Leaves more than 3 in. long by 1J in. wide. 2. M. microcalyx. 

 Peduncles thickened upwards. 



Calyx-lobes ovate-acuminate. 3. M. longipes. 



Calyx-lobes ovate or cuneiform, obtuse 4. M. vmmzenbergensis. 



1. MACREIGHTIA GERMANICA, Heer, Fl. Tert. Helvet. in. p. 13. t. ciii. fig. 1, 2 (1859). 



M. foliis late-lanceolatis acuminatis in petiolum mediocrem attenuates integerrimis vel 

 margine incequali passim denticulatis coriaceies, nervo media rdbusto, nervis secundariis e 



