Diospyros] 



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Fig. lt>4. Diospyros nilagirica. Bedd. A. 



glabrous, shining, ovate, blade 5-6, pet. .'. in. Fl. : g in small rusty tomentose 

 cymes with large long-ciliate bracts, cal. cylindrical, nearly truncate, corolla 

 tubular, tomentose outside; ? solitary, calyx cupshaped, truncate, fr. ovoid- 

 cylindric, 1 by .'. in., supported by the cup-shaped slightly enlarged calyx, 

 albumen uniform. 



Evergreen forests of the Western < ; I in t -^ fr.nn the Konkan southwards. Fl. Jan.- 

 March. Ceylon. Heartwood regularly streaked with black bands, somewhat like 

 Calamander wood, the produce of D. tjucesita. Thw., a large tree of the insist low 

 country of I leylon. 



13. ^ fl. in jiedunculate panicles. 



4. D. paniculata, Dalz.; Bedd. Ic t. 125. 



A middle-sized, at times a tall tree, glabrous, except inflorescence. L. 

 chartaceous "or coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, blade 4-7, pet. broad .1 in. long, 

 closely reticulate raised veins between the sec. nerves, conspicuous on both 

 surfaces. Fl. largo, pentamerous, calys of both sexes large with reflexed 

 es, corolla hairy, rj in long drooping bracteatc pubescent panic led c\ mes, 

 bracts large, foliaceous, peduncle 1 .', in. long, stamens 20, glabrous in pairs. 

 ? solitary, sometimes in pairs, on bracteate pedicels g in. long. Fr. hairy 

 while young, ovoid l.\ in. long, supported by the enlarged foliaceous calyx. 



Evergreen forests along the Western Qhats, from tin- Konkan southwards. Common 

 in Travancore. Fl. Dec. March, Wood streaked with black. 



(b) Corolla of $ fl. hairy. I. hairy. 



5. D. pruriens, Dalz.; Bedd. let. 129. Western Ghats from North Kanars south- 

 wards, in evergreen Forests, very amon throughout the Wai I. Ceylon. A small 



or middle-sized tree, branohlets villous with long yellowish hairs, I. chartai is, 



elliptic-oblong, 2 I in. long when full grown, softfj ' entose beneath, chiefrj along 



midrib and seen., pet. short. Fl. I- or 5-merous, calyx hair] on both sides, ooi 



