SPECIES OF WESTERN PENINSULAR TREES, SHRUBS, As. 693 



reddish, close-grained, tough, hard. Pores few, medium-sized. Me- 

 dullary rays numerous, very fine, transverse bars indistinct. No ebony 

 heart-wood. Weight 54]bs. to the cubic foot. Wounds in the trunk 

 caused by broken branches or cutting instruments rapidly turn very 

 black. D. jjruriens and some other species of Diosjpyros act in a similar 

 manner, locally forming a kind of black ebony-like wood. 



This tree is common in North Kanara in the evergreen forests 

 between the Gairsoppah and Dodmune G-hats. It flowers and fruits 

 during the hot season, March-May. Flowering specimens sent to Kew 

 were doubtfully referred to D. crumenata^ Thw. ; but specimens sent to 

 Dr. Prain in Calcutta were declared to be exactly similar to those of 

 D. crumenata, from Ceylon. As this tree is an addition to the flora of 

 Bombay p I have described and figured it in this journal. 



