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liUSOPS. 



Leaves rounded or retuse at apex ; flowers Bolitary, small ; benios large, depressed 



globular, .... M. Iiidica. 



Leaves bluntish acuminate OT apioulate ; flowers clustered, oonspiouous ; anthers very 



aoumiuate ; berries oval, M. Eleixji. 



EBENACEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



GnNTSANTRVs. Calyx 4-parted to nearly the base. Corolla 4-lobed. Orary-oelU as many as corolla-lobes. Male 



and female flowers all solitary. 

 DiospvKos. Calyx 4-6 toothed or-lobed. Corolla-lobes 4 to 6. OTary-oells twice as many as lobes, with a solitary 



OTnle in each cell. Male flowers clustered or oyraose, the females solitary. 

 MiBA. Calyx-and corolla-lobes 3. Ovary-cells as many, with 2 ovules in each cell. 



BUmSANTHUS. 



Not flowering brancblets sparingly pubescent, along with the leaves glabrescent ; calyx-tube 

 doubly shorter than the corolla lobes, G. pilosu/m. 



Not flowering brancblets densely villous, leaves permanently softly pubescent beneath ; calyx 

 tube a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, G. mollis . 



Biosmos. 



* Calyx in bud globular and cloned, the lobes connate, afterwards irregularly bunting 



into 2 or 3 lobes. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed. Scamens 16 or more. 

 Glabrous ; leaves coriaceous and elegantly net-veined ; flowers conspicuous, about 4 lin. long, 

 very 03riaceous, .D. TojMsia. 



* * Calyx in males short and truncate-toothed, in females large, deeply lobed. Corolla 



urecolate, the lobes notched. Anthers 30-50. 



Glabrous ; leaves coriaceous B. Embryopteris. 



* * Calyx toothed or lobed. Corolla-lobes not notched ; anthers about 20 orfeicer. 



O Corolla urceolate, in bud short, globular or conical, the tube short and swollen, 

 the lobes usually rounded and short, 



X Flower-buds globular. Corolla quite glabrous. Flowers small, hardly a 

 line long. 



Leaves thin chartaceous, with strong prominent nerves, the net-veination distinct, lax ; ovary 



glabrous, JD. c/iartacea. 



Leaves thin coriaceous, the nerves strong, the net-veination inconspicuous ; ovary tawny- 



villous, .,D. ehretioidea, 



X X Flower-buds conical, acute, but never elongate, 



t Leaves, at least while young, more or less puberulous or pubescent. 



Flowers about 3-4 lin. long, in short bracted cymes ; leaves tapering at base, pubescent (at 

 least beneath), D. Kaki, 



Flowers 1-2 lin. long ; peduncles thin and slender ; leaves rounded or cordate at base, densely 



puberulous at least beneath, 2). cordifolia. 



f t Leaves quite glabrous and glossy. 



Leaves drying blackish the nerves thin but prominent ; peduncles J to a line 



long, few-flowered axillary, D. Kurzii. 



Leaves not drying blackish, the nerves and veination thin but conspicuous ; flowers very 



shortly pedicelled, clustered from the older branches, D. rami flora. 



Leaves in a dried state glaucous green, almost polished and the nerves very inconspicuous 

 and impressed, without net-veination ; peduncles 4 to 6 lin. long few-flowered, axil- 

 lary, L. oleifolia. 



Corolla hypocraterimorph, in bud elongate, very seldom short {in D. Birma' 

 nica), the tube not or almost not widened, the lobes as long or nearly as long 

 as the tube. 



X Calyx-lobes at least at their bases, with their borders reflexed or revolute 

 and, therefore, often appearing somewhat auricled. 



II Flowers 5-merous, along with the short peduncles tawny tonwntose ; leaves coriaceous, afterwards 

 shortly pubescent beneath ; berry globular, .D. Birmanica. 



II II Flowers ^meCous, 4 angular in bud. Leaves glabrous. 



