110 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



natives whom he consulted gave it quite a different name {Tu- 

 mala) from those I employed. 



Diospyros exculpta. 



Diospyros discolor. WUld. Sp. PL iv. 1108? 



Diospyros tomentosa. llort. Beng. 40 ? 



Diospyros Mabolo. Hort. Beng. 40 ? 



Cavanillea philippensis. Enc. Meth. iii. 6651 



Cavanillea Mabolo. Lamarck III. Gen. t. 454 ? 



Kend Hindicè. 

 Habitat in Indiaî Gangeticœ australioris sylvis. 



Arbor parva, cuticula crassissima longitudinaliter rimosa. ha- 

 muli tomentosi. Folia alterna, ovalia vel elliptica vel sub- 

 rotunda vel obovata, nunc utrinque acuta, tunc apice ob- 

 tusa, integerrima, costata, supra nuda et venis depressis 

 quasi insculpta, subtus tomentosa. Petiohis brevissimus, 

 teres, pilosus, non stipulaceus. 



Flares dioici. In masculina arbore pedunculus longitudine pe- 

 tioli axillaris, vel basin versus ramuli lateralis, tomentosus, 

 subtritlorus ; flores parvi, albi. 



Calyx tomentosus, ore 4- vel 5-lobo erecto obtuso turbinatus. 

 Corolla ore clauso 4- seu 5-lobo monopetala, calyce duplo 

 longior, oblonga, utrinque angustata, pilosa. Filamenta 

 15 circiter setacea, disco calycino inserta. Antherœ erectœ, 

 mucronatœ, inclusie. 



Bacca ovalis, calyce crasso sexfido tomentoso brevi insidens, 

 pilis rigidis rufis tecta, seminibus varie abortientibus sub- 

 quadrilocularis. 



The fruit, when ripe, is sweet and not very bad tasted. In the 

 heart of some trees, but not in all, is found a black, hard, heavy 



substance, 



