122 54. EBENACEiJ. [Diospyros 



Corolla verj' small, lobes pilose near the margin. 



Stamens 16. Albumen equable ... ... ... ...D, inicrophyUa. 



Corolla glabrous vithout. Stamens 16, glabrous. 



Fruit small, globose. Albumen uniform ... ...D. Cldoroxylon. 



B. pruriens, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Joixr. IV. 110 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 553 j 

 Dalz. k Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 141 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 144. In the evergreen 

 forests of the southern ghats of North Kanara, common. Fl. Nov., Jan- 

 Fr. R. S. 



D. montana. Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. .^38; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142. 

 Brandis For. Fl. 29r, ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 143 ;D. cordifolia, Bend. Fl. Sylv. 

 143; D. Goindu. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 141. Tendu, K, ; tcmbhunii. 

 govindu, lohari, M. ; hadni, Vern. Throughout the deciduous forests 

 of the presidency, common on the North Kanara ghats^ FL Mch., ApL 

 Fr. ripe R. S. Calyx 4-lobed enlarged, foliaceous in fruit. 



D. Kaki, Linn. f. Suppl. 434; Fl. Br. I. 3. 555; Grab, Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 107. Cultivated near Bombay. Fruit yellow, globose, edible. 



D. Embryopteris, Pers. Syn. II. 624 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 556 : Brandis For. 

 Fl. 298 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 69. Timhuri, M. Near creeks and back- 

 waters along the coast of North Kanara and the Konkan, also in the ever- 

 green forests of the ghats. Fl. Mch., May. Fr. Dec. Fruit glohose, 

 with deciduous, rusty tomentura seeds 8, in viscid pulp- Calyx-lobea 

 large accrescent. 



D. assimilis, Bedd. in Mad. For. Rep. 1866-67, 20, t. 1 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 

 558; i). nigricans, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 141. Ivare, K. ; ahnus, 

 malia, M. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. 

 Fl. Feb., Mch. This tree yields the ebony used for wood carving in 

 Kumta and Honavar. 



D. sylvatica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 537; Fl. Br. I. 3. 55& ; Bedd. Fl, 

 Sylv. 143. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kduara. 

 common in the forests near YelUpur. Fl. Jany., Feb. Fr. ripe Sept., 

 Oct. Fruit globose f in. in diameter. Fruiting calyx with 4 spreading 

 lobes, small tree. 



D. mlcrophylla, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 145 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 559. In the 

 evercreen forests of North Kanara; common on the Yellapur ghats. 

 Large white barked lree. Leaves resembling those of the boxwood, 

 wood white intirm. Fl. H. S. Fr. C S. 



D. Chloroxylon, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 538 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 560 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 140 ; Brandis For. Fl. 297 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 143. Nensi, 

 Vern (Surat, Nisik). ; ninai, Yi. In the dry deciduous forests of the 

 Deccan, not observed in the Konkan or North Kanara. Fl. June. Fr. 

 Jan. -Feb. Fruit small, glohose, ^ in. in diameter, a small tree sometimes 

 spinescent. 



D. oocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 180 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 560. In the evergreen 

 forests of North Kanara and Konkan ; common on the ghats from 

 K4rwar to Ainshi. Fl. Feb., Mch. Fr. ripe June. Calyx-tube nearly 

 troncftt-G. i- — 



