432 LXIX. EBENACEiE [Diospyros 



Western Peninsula, extending north as far as Bombay and Orissa. Fl. C. S. Ceylon, 

 moist low country. 11. A tree with glabrous branchlets, 1. glabrous, chartaceous, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 4-6, pet. J in. long, sec. n. slender but prominent beneath, 

 fr. 1-14 in. diam., supported by the spreading foliaceous calyx-segments, albumen not 

 ruminate, has been collected in Dehra Dun (Kanjilal 1070, the species mentioned 

 under D. montana on p. 221 of his F. Flora) and in (in fr. only) the Ganjam district 

 (Gamble 13675). 



(e) Corolla of ^ fl. glabrous. 



a. L. membranous. 



12. D. Lotus, Linn. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 36. Vern. Amlol; Punj. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets and underside of young 1. with 

 scattered hairs. L. membranous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 3-6, pet. 

 slender, h in. long, see. n. slender, 6-8 pair,'' tertiary not raised on the underside 

 of 1., closely and elegantly reticulate. Fl. nearly sessile, $ in small clusters. 

 Calyx similar in <$ and $ , lobed half-way down, slightly pubescent. Corolla 

 glabrous outside, stamens 16, anthers lanceolate, cuspidate, connective hispid 

 on both faces. $ solitary, staminodes hairy. Ovary glabrous, only hairy at 

 apex. Fr. sweet, edible, globose or ovoid, i-f in. diam., dark purple when 

 ripe, with a blueish bloom, supported by the enlarged flat calyx. 



Western Asia, extending as far as Hazara and Kashmir in the North West 

 Himalaya. Fl. April, May. China. Cultivated on account of its fruit in the Punjab 

 and in tne Mediterranean Region. 13. D. Kalri, Linn. f. ; Wight Ic. t. 415. Taydk Te, 

 Burm. Khasi hills. Upper Burma. Cb ina and Japan, where numerous varieties are 

 cultivated. Similar to 12, branchlets and 1. softly pubescent or tomentose, fl. pedicellate, 

 calyx deeply 4-fid, densely silky, corolla tomentose outside near apex, S in clusters of 

 1-3, often solitary, stamens 16-24, filaments and connective hairy. Fr. red or yellow, 

 edible. The (unripe ?) fr. used in China to make hats and umbrellas watertight. 



/3. L. chartaceous or coriaceous. 



14. D. ehretioides, Wall. Ankchinza Burm. Pegu. Tenasserim. A large tree, wood 

 grey with darker streaks. Branchlets and 1. glabrous, 1. thickly chartaceous, brown 

 beneath when dry, elliptic, base rounded, blade 6-13, petiole stout J in. long, sec. n. 

 10-12 pair, distinctly anastomosing under the edge. Fl. 4-merous, ovary 8-celled, fr. 

 globose, 1 in. diam. 15. D. orixensis, Wight (D. humilis, Bourdillon in Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. 'Soc. xii. 352 t. 6). Courtallum. Travancore, evergreen forest 2,000 ft. 

 (Bourdillon 593, 595, 893). A small tree, branchlets softly tomentose, 1. chartaceous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, blade 2^1, pet. J in., glabrous except the hair}' petiole and midrib on 

 the underside. Fl. white, 4- or 5-merous, calyx divided nearly to the base, segments 

 obtuse, glabrous or sparsely hairy outside, edges ciliate, corolla glabrous. $ in few- 

 fid, hairy cymes, corolla narrowly tubular, ^-\ in. long, stamens 12-20, glabrous, 

 anthers small, ovate, shorter than filaments, these connate in pairs, and more or less 

 connate at base into a short tube. . ? on short bracteolate pedicels, corolla ovoid, J- in. 

 long, ovary glabrous, 4-5-celled. Fr. globose, i-f in. diam., calyx-segments appressed, 

 not enlarged in fr., slightly hairy outside. 16. D. Toposia, Ham. ; Bedd. Ic. t. 122. — 

 Syn. D. racemom, Roxb. : Wight Ic. t. 416. Khasi hills. Cachar. Chittagong. 

 Tinnevelli hills (Bedd.). Ceylon moist region. An evergreen middle-sized tree, branch- 

 lets glabrous, 1. coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-8, jjet. J-J in., closely 

 reticulate raised veins conspicuous on both surfaces. Fl. white, tetramerous, buds 

 globose, glabrous, minutely tuberculate, the calyx completely closed in bud and 

 rupturing irregularly. 6* in lax pedunculate cymes ; corolla glabrous, coriaceous, 

 ovoid-urceolate, teeth short, stamens 32, in pairs, anthers linear, glabrous. ? some- 

 times in pairs, ovary hairy. Fr. 1-1| in. diam., seeds 4, albumen uniform. 



B. Calyx of $ and $ dissimilar. 



(a) Corolla of fj fl. tomentose, stamens single. 



17. D. melanoxylon, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 46.— Syn. D. Wightiana, Wall. ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 67 ; D. dubia, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1223 ; D. exsculpta, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 66 (probably). TJie Ebony of Northern India. Vern. 

 Tendu Abnus (the wood), Hind. ; Tumri, Gond. ; Timburui, Mar. ; Tv/milci, 

 Tel. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree attaining 50 ft., and 6 ft. in girth, bark dark 





