112 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



nescio an non stériles ? Rudimentum pisfilH in fundo ca- 

 lycis liemispha?iicum, setis undique obsitum. 



In arbore masculina pedunculus axillaris, recurvus, incrassatus, 

 petiolo paulo longior, tomentosus, solitarius, 3- sen 4-florus. 

 Flores albidi, cernui, extra tomentosi, squamis geminis ova- 

 tis minutis bracteati. 



Ca/i/.T cyathiformis, laciniis ovatis obtusis planis qviinquefidus. 

 Corolla campanulata, oblongo-ovata, calyce multo longior, 

 ore patulo, et laciniis obtusis altero marginum exteriore 

 obliquis quinquefida. Filament a disco calycino inserta, 

 circiter octodecem, brevissima, erecta, siniplicia. Antherœ 

 solitari.Y, miicronatœ. Germen nullum. 



The differences between this description taken in Mysore and 

 that taken at Muno;her are too tritling to establish even two 

 varieties of one species. From the structure of the filaments, 

 not only this plant, but the Mabolo should, according to the 

 characters laid down by Brown (Nov. lloll. i. 525.), be more 

 nearly allied to the Paralia, and even to the Roi/ena, than to the 

 Diospi/ros. These characters, however, seem rather insutficient 

 to mark well-defined genera. 



It must be observed that I have met with another tree of 

 nearly the same name, which has a stronger resemblance to the 

 Panitsjika than that above described. From its leaves being 

 carved as it were in a similar manner, I have in the catalogue of 

 specimens presented to the India Company's library (No. 2388) 

 called it Di/ospi/ros insculpta; and, although I have not seen the 

 tlower, I shall here give a description. 



Diospyros insculpta. 



Kendu Bengalensium. 

 Habitat in Camrupa; orientalis montibus. 



Arbor mediocris ligno albido. Ramuli teretes, glabri. Folia 



alterna. 



