on the Hortus Malnharicus, Fart III. 113 



alterna, oblonga, basin versus latiora, basi acuta, apice 

 acuminata, integerrima, lucida, nuda, subcostata, venis mi- 

 nute reticulata. Petiolus brevissimus, depressus, corticosus, 

 non stipvilaceus. 

 Bacca solitaria, lateralis, pedunculo brevissimo insidens, basi 

 calyce quadrifido tecta, niagnitudine nucis Juglandis mu- 

 cronata, cortice crasso succulente fibrose glutinoso quadri- 

 locularis, loculorvmi uno sa^pè abortiente. Semina solitaria, 

 magna, verticalia, oblonga, hinc convexa, inde angulata. 

 Funis iimbUicalis ex apice fructus per seminis dorsum de- 

 currens, basique superatâ ramosus, ramis per seminis latera 

 interiora retlexis. Integumentum crassum, coriaceum. Al- 

 bumen durissimum, album. Embryo subcentralis, rectus. 

 Coti/ledones, altero minore, conduplicatœ. Fadkula incras- 

 sata, supera. 



The generic name Kend is also given, with a specific appella- 

 tion prefixed, to another tree, which I think is the Diospijros cor- 

 difoJia of Dr. Roxburgh {Hort. Beng. 40.), a name that has been 

 adopted by other botanists {TVilld. Sp. Fl. iv. 1111. Enc. Mcth. 

 V. 432. Hort. Kew. v. 479-)- I have presented specimens of 

 this tree to the library at the India House {Cat. No. 2391)- In 

 the Hindwi dialect of Behar it is called Makar Kend; but 

 according to Dr. Carey, in the Bengalese dialect it is called 

 Bun Gab, that is, the wild Embryopteris ; yet it has no very 

 striking resemblance either to this plant or to the others called 

 Kend. This, besides, agrees entirely with Mr. Brown's cha- 

 racter of Diospyros; and as the difterences between it and the 

 species already described may lead to a more proper discrimi- 

 nation of genera than at present exists among the Ebenacca, I 

 shall here describe it. 



VOL. XV. Q Diospyros 



