434 LXIX. EBENACE.E [Diospyros 



(c) Corolla of $ glabrous, stamens in pairs or in bundles. 



24. D. Ebenum, Koenig ; Wight Ic. t. 188; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. G5. 

 Ebony. 



A large tree, bark dark grey, youngest shoots with fine soft hairs. L. thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic-oblong, blade 2-4, pet. 4- in., minutely reticulate 

 raised veins conspicuous on both surfaces. El. 4-merous, £ sessile 5-6 in shortly 

 stalked clusters, calyx cup-shaped, segments short, obtuse, ciliate, corolla 

 glabrous, anthers about 16, glabrous, connate in pairs, sometimes in threes, 2 

 solitary, calyx-segments long, acute, in fr. much enlarged and deflexed. Fr. 

 i-f in. diam., the enlarged calyx forming a shallow woody cup, from the 

 back of which project the thick acute segments, albumen uniform. 



Hills of the Deccan, extending north to the Cuddapah and Karnul districts, not 

 common. Ceylon, chiefly in the dry region, common and often gregarious. Heart- 

 wood jet black without streaks. 25. D. assimilis, Bedd. in Madras For. Rep. 1866-7. 

 20 t. 1. Kara mara, Kan. Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from the Konkan 

 southwards. A moderate sized tree, heartwood jet black, 1. chartaceous, anthers 20-30 

 connate in 8 bundles. Yields ebony in Kanara and Travancore. 



26. D. Embryopteris, Pers. : Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 69.— Syn. Embryopteris 

 glutinifera, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 70 ; Wight Ic. t. 843, 844. Vera. Gab, Kola 

 Tendu, Hind. ; Timburi, Mar. ; Niti tumiki, Tel. ; Panicha, Mai. 



An evergreen middle-sized tree, buds silky with appressed hairs. L. dis- 

 tichous, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, oblong, blade 5-8, pet. wrinkled when 

 dry, J— J? in. long, closely reticulate veins conspicuous on both sides. Fl. as a 

 rule 4-merous, white or crearn -coloured, scented, calyx hairy, corolla glabrous, 

 $ in axillary pedunculate cymes of 3-6 fl., calyx cup-shaped, stamens 32-64, 

 in pairs, anthers linear hairy, much longer than filaments. 2 larger, usually 

 solitary, sometimes in pairs, sepals cordate, dilated at the base, ovary hairy. 

 Fr. yellow when ripe, 1A-2 in. diam., seeds 5-8, embedded in a viscid pulp, 

 sweet when ripe. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna to the Tista, chiefly in ravines and moist shady 

 places. Central India. Western Peninsula, common in the Northern Circars. On 

 the west side in the evergreen forest of the Ghats and near creeks and backwaters on 

 the coast. Martaban and Tenasserim. Fl. March-Aug. The pulp of the unripe fr. 

 is used as gum and in the place of tar for paying the seams of boats. — Ceylon, low 

 country, common in the dry region. Siam. Malay Archip. Var. atrata, Travancore, 

 evergreen forest above 4,000 ft. Tenasserim, Ceylon. Inflorescence, chiefly J, densely 

 clothed with black sooty hair. 27. D. foliolosa. Wall. — Syn. D. calycina, Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 68 and Ic. t. 123. Hills of Madura and Tinnevelli districts. A middle-sized 

 tree, branchlets and 1. glabrous. L. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, blade 4, pet. J-£ in., 

 closely reticulate raised veins conspicuous on both surfaces. Fl. S in peduculate lax 

 3-9-fld. cymes, half as long as leaf, calyx small 4-toothed, corolla bright yellow, anthers 

 12-16, in pairs, rudiment, ovary 5-lobed" long acuminate. ? solitary, calyx of 4 

 sometimes 3 large cordate sepals, ovary hairy 4-celled. Fr. § in. diam. calyx often 

 longer than fr. 



II. Female fl. in short, 2-10-fld. C3'mes in the axils of 1. or fallen 1. 



28. D. Candolleana, Wight Ic. t. 1221-2.— Syn. D. canarica, Bedd. Ic, 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 134. 



A small tree, young shoots and midrib of 1. underneath with fine hairs, as a 

 rule affixed in the middle. L. coriaceous, nearly glabrous, elliptic-oblong, 

 blade 4—7, pet. J in. long, sec. n. faint, numerous, more visible on the upper 

 than on the underside of 1. Fl.- 5-merous, densely tomentose, rj J in. long, 

 numerous, in dense, often globose axillary fascicles, calyx-teeth short, edges 

 not reflexed, corolla tubular, yellow tomentose without, stamens 10-12, fila- 

 ments connate in pairs, connective long-cuspidate, S in short axillary 2-10-fld. 

 cymes, fr. globose 1 in. diam., segments of fruiting calyx triangular, hairy 

 outside, edges reflexed, albumen ruminate. 



Scrub and evergreen forests along the Western Coast and foot of Ghats from the 

 Iionkan southwards, ascending to 1,000 ft. Fl. March-May. Also on Mahendragiri, 



