on the IIortHs Mnlahavicus, Part III. Ill 



substance, which at Mungher is called Batti, and at Saseram 

 Abnus. The latter word is, I believe, of Persian origin, and the 

 source from which our Ebony is derived. 



One of the most common trees in the dry woods of Mysore 

 differs so little from the preceding, that I have little doubt of its 

 being the same. In 1806 I gave specimens of this to Sir J. E. 

 Smith, under the name of Diospi/ros Titpru ; and I shall here 

 describe the flower, which I found on both the male and her- 

 maphrodite trees ; and this will show that the difference between 

 the inflorescence of the Kend, as described above, and of the 

 Maholo, as described by JNI. Desrousseaux, is not sufficient to 

 distinguish them as species. 



Diospyros Tupru. 



Tupru Carnatœ. Buchanans Mysore, i. 183. 

 Habitat in Carnatœ aridioris sylvis. 



Planta omnino ut in D. exculpto. 



Flores dicUnes ; in una arbore sessiles, hermaphroditi et mas- 

 culini mixti ; in altera pedunculati, omnes masculini. In 

 priore flores sessiles, tomentosi, solitarii, squamis 3 seu 4 

 bracteati. 



Herm. — Calyx campanulatus, crassus, sexfidus laciniis ovatis, 

 obtusis, margine revoluto, intus membrana connatis. Co- 

 rolla monopetala ore sexfido. F'damenta sex brevissima, 

 hypogyna. Antherœ oblongœ, acutœ, simplices. Germen 

 superum, ovatum. Styli très brevissimi, crassi. Stigmata 

 simplicia. Bacca calyce cupuliformi infra arete cincta, mag- 

 na, hirsuta, umbilicata, mucronata, quadrilocularis. Se- 

 niina solitaria, amygdaliformia. 



Masc. — Calyx et corolla ut in hermaphrodito. Filamenta novem 

 brevissima. Antherœ simplices, subulatœ, erectee, inclusse, 



nescio 



