on the Hortus Malubariciis, Fart III. 115 



subh3'aliniim. Embnjo centralis, rectus. Coti/lcdones pl^nœ, 

 ovales, a^quales. lladicula longa, supera. 



The most essential clifterence between this fruit and that of 

 the Diospijros inscu/pta is, that the cotyledons of the latter are 

 folded, while those of D.cordata are plain. Should this diflfe- 

 rence be found general between the species with distinct fila- 

 ments and those with filaments united by pairs, especially if the 

 distinction should be accompanied by any remarkable diH^erence 

 in external appearance, such as between the D. iiisculpfa and 

 D. cordata, there might be room for distinguishing Diospyros 

 fiom CavaniUa. 



I have presented to the same collection {Cat. No. 2387) 

 another kindred species, of which I have seen only the male 

 tlowers. These have a structure very similar to that of the 

 D. Mabolo or D. exculpta. 



Diospyros Toposia. 



Toposi Bengalensium. 

 Colitur ad Camrupae pagos, ob tlores fragrantes dilecta. 



Arbor mao;na ramulis teretibus glabriusculis. Folia alterna, 

 ovata vel ovato-oblonga, basi acutiuscula, acuminata, inte- 

 gerrima, vix costata, venis minutissimè reticulata, utrinque 

 glaberrima, supra lucida. Fetiolus brevissimus, supra con- 

 cavus, non stipulaceus. 



In arbore masculina pedunculi plerumque ex foliorum axil! is 

 in ramulo imorum, vel infrafoliacei, solitarii, 2- seu 3-tlori, 

 brevissiuii, teretes, vel aliquando terminales, multitlori, 

 subpaniculati, vix bracteati. Flores médiocres, lutei. 



Calyx parvus, 2 — 4-fidus, obtusus, petalo arete adherens. Co- 

 rolla carnosa, ore quinquefido ovata. Lacinice cordatœ, 

 altero laterum interiore obliquae. Anther œ plures, indefi- 

 nite, e basi corollœ subsessiles tetragonœ, acutœ, latere 



Q 2 utroque 



