Diospyros] LXIX. EBENACEJE 433 



grey or black, exfoliating in rectangular scales, branchlets and inflorescence 

 clothed with soft grey or ferrugiueous tomentum. L. mostly opposite, thickly 

 coriaceous, tomentose on both sides while young, hairy or glabrous on the 

 underside when full grown, elliptic or ovate, blade 3-12, pet. ^ in., seen. 6-10 

 pair, as well as the reticulate tertiary n. raised on the upper side. Fl. 4-6- 

 merous, (J in short cymes, calyx woolly, campanulate or cup-shaped, corolla 

 tubular, ferrugineous woolly outside, stamens 12-16. Female fi. solitary. 

 calyx broad, edges recurved, ovary densely hairy. Fr. globose or ovoid, 1-1^ 

 in. diam., yellow when ripe, supported by the thickly coriaceous calyx, the seg- 

 ments with more or less recurved edges. Seeds 4-8, compressed, oblong, testa 

 rugose, shining, albumen ruminate. 



Comiiiuii in deciduous forests of the Central provinces, Chutia Nagpore, Behar and 

 the Western Peninsula. Fl. April-June. — Ceylon, rare. C. B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. iii. 563, separates D. Th/jiu, Ham. (Peninsula, 7'"/"-' rada, Kan.) by smaller 1., 

 obtuse a1 both ends, densely fulvous woolly while young. 18. D. tomentosa, Roxb.; 

 Wight re. it. 182.188. Knujil.il F.F1.222. Tern. rendw.Hind. Subhimalayan tract, 

 Ravi to Nepal. Eastern Rajputana, Central provinces, Chutia Nagpore, Behar. Orissa, 

 Xuri hern < Sircars, Poona. Sec. and tertiary n. impressed as deep furrows on the upper 

 surface of full grown 1. According to Gamble, Indian Timbers Ed. ii. <H>'2. the wood is 

 less heavy than that of D. Melanoxylon. In my old F. Fl. I united 17 and 18, and I 

 doubt whether they are really distinct. Both species coppice well and throw up root- 

 suckers in large numbers, they often occupy patches of considerable extent to the 

 exclusion of other trees. In the centre of old .stems are found (but not always) irregu- 

 larly shaped masses of jet-black ebony, often with purple streaks. 



19. D. burmanica, Kurz. Vera. Tc, Burm. 



A small or middle-sized deciduous tree, branches stiff and hard, almost 

 spinescent, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely* clothed 

 with fine tawny tomentum, hairs frequently affixed iii the middle. L. char- 

 taeeous, elliptic-oblong;, when full grown shining and almost glabrous on the 

 upper side, blade 3-5, pet. !, in., sec. n. slender, joined by closely reticulate 

 veins, both more conspicuous on the upper than on the underside. Fl. greyish- 

 green, buds conical, calyx and corolla densely tomentose outside. Calyx of <t 

 cup-shaped, lobes 4, triangular, of ? much broader, lobes 4-6, edges reflexed, 

 ovary woolly. Fr. l-l.l in. diam., globose, 2-4-seeded, albumen ruminate. 



Burma, FJpper and Lower. Common in the open country with grass or scrub, as 

 well as iii the Eng forest. PI. March-May. Throws up abundant root-suckers, t he 



Reeds y ieM oil. 



20. D. afflnis, Thwaites ; Bedd. Ic. 1. 127. Tinnevelli Ghats, Ceylon. A* middle-sized 

 tree, youngest si ts slightly pilose. 1. thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, elongate- 

 elliptic, blade 2-8$, pet. \ in. long. PI. hairy, I- rous, £ pedicellate, in small lax 



a \ iilary cymes, calyx campanulate, segments short acute, stamens 9, Single, glabrous. 



9 on pedicels : \ in. long, calyx I - 1 ■ < 1 nearly to the base, segments long acuminate, edges 



reflexed. Pr. 1 in. diam., albu n ruminate. 21. D. crumenata, Thwaites ; Bedd. tc. 



1. 126; Talbot in Join n. Ii baj Nat. Bist. Soc. vol. xi. 692 1. 14. Evergreen forests 



of North Kanara. Kan lumri, Kan. A large tree attaining 150 ft., diners from 20 

 chiefly by more numerous stamens, 12 16, the . calyx-segments apiculate, and Er. 2— 2J 

 in. diam. It seems not improbable that 20 and 21 maj eventually be united. 



(/>) Corolla of <$ il. tomentose, stamens in pairs. 



■>•>. D. lanceasfolia, Roxb. Upper Assam. BLhasi hills. Cachar. Manipur. Upper 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). A middle-sized tree, youngest shoots pubescent. I., coriaci 

 glabrous, lanceolate, blade 4 6, pet. Jin., midrib deeply impressed on t he upper surface. 

 PI. 4- or 5-merous, sessile, calyx and corolla tomentose, 3 i" few-fld. axillary clusters, 

 calyx cup-shaped, segments triangular, corolla \ '. in. long, anthers in pairs, filam. 

 and connective slightl* hairy, i solitary, oalyx-segmente broad, margin retlexeJ.fr. 

 I. i in. long, rusty-tomentose, supported bj the enlarged spreading calyx. 'JJ. D. 

 undulata, Wall. Tenasserim, Andamans. A large evergreen tree, I. glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, ovate-oblong, blade 8 11, pet. ' in. long. PI. l-merons, tomentose. $ pedicelled 

 in short bracteate tomentose oymes, calyx cup-shaped, segments triangular, hairy on 



both si,!,-,. Corolla \ \ in. long, anthers in pairs. In II. rudiment of ovary with long 

 hairs. ,' solitary, fr. "hairy, I l| in. long, supported by the thick woody fruiting 

 calyx. 



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