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pedunculi 9*5 mm. — 14*3 mm. longi , apice crasse articulati. Calyx 

 magnus, late crateriformis, lobi 4, late triangulares, 4-2 mm. 

 longi, 6*3 mm. lati. Staminodia 4, apice crasse. Ovarium 4- 

 loculare, 4-ovulatum ; stylus brevissimis stigmate 4-lobatus; 

 lobi calycis in fructu 16*9 mm. lati, 105 mm. longi. Pructus 

 imperfectus. 



A tree. Bark greyish -black, rough. Young branches pu- 

 berulous Leaves alternate, close-set, oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, apex obtusely caudate-acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 



l\ in. — 3J in. long, | in. — f in. broad, entire, coriaceous, 



glabrous, under-surface puncticulate. Primary nerves 6 to 9 

 pairs, oblique, those of the upper half reaching the apex, 

 reticulations distinct on both sides, faint only on the under 

 surface in small leaves. Petiole \ in. — fa in. long, wrinkled. 

 Male flowers. 2—3 together, almost sessile, articulate 

 with and fascicled on, short axillary peduncles } in. — | in. 

 long. Calyx campanulate- tubular, 1 in. — J in. long, rugulose, 

 nearly truncate, 4- toothed, sparsely hairy without and on 

 the margins. Teeth obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla buds narrow, 

 tubular, } in. long, covered half-way by the calyx, glabrous. 

 Lobes 4, reaching half-way down, £ in. long, fleshy, 

 twisted to the right. Anthers paired, 16, more or less 

 linear, glabrous, filaments very short, connective produced. 

 Female flowers solitary, peduncled, peduncle g in. — A in. 

 long, thickened and articulate at the top. Calyx considerably 

 larger than the male one, broadly crateriform, 4-lobed, lobes 

 reaching half-way down, broadly triangular and abruptly acute, 

 i in. long, | in. broad. Corolla nearly as in cf . Slaminodes 4, 

 thickened towards the top. Ovary, when young, covered with 

 brown powdery excrescences, completely concealed by the calyx, 

 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Style very short. Stigmas 4. Fruit- 

 ing calyx much enlarged, lobes V, in. long, | in. broad. 

 Fruit imperfect. 



Tin^evelly hills: Kannikatti , Nos. 2946, 2948, 2951 

 and 2960, 2500 ft., Barber; Kannikatti, towards Agastiyamalai, 

 No. 39438, 2650 ft., Hooper and Ramaswami. 



This species appears to occupy an intermediate position 

 between D. foliolosa, Wall, and D. Ebenum, Koenig. It differs 

 from D. foliolosa, Wall, in the almost sessile, smaller male 

 flowers fascicled on short peduncles and in the broadly crateri- 

 form calyx with much shorter and broader triangular lobes 

 while it also differs from T>. Ebenum, Koenig, in its larger 

 pedicelled female flowers, 4-celled and 4-ovuled ovary and 

 in the form and disposition of the lobes of the fruiting 

 calyx. 



So far as known at present, the plant appears to be 

 restricted to the Tinnevelly hills. The specific name is given 

 in honour of Dr. C. A. Barber who collected this plant in 

 1901. and who has made several botanical collections in Sou- 



