Diospyros] LXIX. EBEXACE.E 435 



Ganjam district (Gamble No. 13916). 29. D. ovalifolia, Wigllt Ic t. 1227. Hills of 

 the Peninsula, chiefly on the West side, common in places. A middle-sized tree, 

 heartwood streaked with black, branchlets glabrous. L. coriaceous, glabrous, elongate- 

 elliptic, blade 1-5, pet. j in., sec. n. prominent beneath. Fl. cream-coloured, 4- or 5- 

 merous, sessile, in clusters of 2-6 in the axils of fallen 1. y sometimes solitary, calyx 

 pubescent, edges of segments eiliate, corolla entirely glabrous. { cal. cup-shaped, 

 segments obtuse, glabrous inside, stamens 14-20, free, glabrous, anthers linear, much 

 longer than filaments. ? cal. lobed to the base, densely tomentose within, ovary 

 tomentose 4-celled. Fr. glabrous, i in. diam., segments of enlarged calyx thick, reflexed, 

 densely tomentose on both sides, seed usually 1, albumen uniform. 



30. D. Kurzii, Hiern : Andaman Marble or Zebra wood. 



A large evergreen tree, bark grew smooth, thin, heartwood streaked black 

 and grey, branchlets, petioles and midrib beneath minutely pubescent. L. 

 chartaeeous, drying black, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 2-3, pet. slender, 

 \ in. long, sec. n. slender, numerous, close together. Fl. (? only known) 4- 

 merous, in 2-3-fld. short-peduncled cymes, calyx nearly glabrous, corolla \ in. 

 long, velvety outside. Fr. .', in. diam., albumen uniform. 



Andamans, frequent. Nicobars. Coco islands. Fl. May, June. 31. D. Helferi, 

 C.B.Clarke. Tenasserim (or Andamans). Cambodia. Branchlets pubescent, 1. nearly 

 glabrous, coriaceous, oblong, blade 4-6, pet. J- J in. long, fl. ( ? only known) sessile, 2 

 or 3 together, on short pubescent protuberances, calyx divided to the base into 5 ovate- 

 oblong lobes, velvety at back, cor. hairy outside A in. long. 



III. Female fl. in mauy-fld. compound cymes usually on the old wood. 



32. D. Brandisiana, Kurz. Evergreen forest on the lolls between Yunzalin and 

 Salwin rivers 3,1 Kin ft., also in the Doindamee district. Upper Burma. A middle- 

 Sized evergreen tree. I. thinly chartac is. slightly pubescent beneath. Fl. white 



fragrant, 1- or 5-merous, in pedunculate cymes from irregular woody protuberances 

 on the trunk or branches, pedicels longer than calyx. Calyx cleft to the base, 

 segments lanceolate, corolla j-i in. long, narrowly tubular, pubescent outside, lobes 

 oolong nearly as long as tube. 33. D. ramifiora, Roxb. I'rl-ijul,. (Uilal. Beng. Wight 

 [c. t. 189. Klinsi hills. Tipperah. A large tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 blade I s . pet. ', in., sit. n. arching, slender, but distinct. Fl. cream-coloured, 5- or o- 

 merous, in dense compact cymes on the old branches, pedicels bracteolate, not longer 

 t ban calyx, y calyx oampanulate, thickly coriaceous, like pedicels clothed with dark 

 olive-coloured tomentum, teeth triangular, shorter than tube. Corolla thick fleshy 

 in the upper part, ',-'. in. long, tomentose outside, ovary densely hairy. Fr. as large 



as an orange, on the thick orbicular calyx, s Is 1" 12, in a yellow edible pulp. 



84. D. Bourdilloni, sp. nova. Travancore evergreen forests below 1,000 ft., common. 

 A large tree, no black heartwood, youngest shoots strigose with delicate hairs, mostly 

 a Mixed in the middle. L. glabrous, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, short-acuminate, blade 

 ■j o 1 ,. pet. .', in. Long, nerves almost invisible. Fl. 5-merous, $ shortly pedicellate in 

 short rusty-tomentose axillary cymes, calyx divided beyond the middle, segments 



acute, tomentose outside, and inside along tl dges, corolla ovoid-cam pa mi late, tomen- 

 tose outside, glabrous inside, tulie ovoid-campanulate, i-A in. lone. I. dies spreading. 

 \ tie- length of tube, velvets on both surfaces, v on pedicels much longer than calyx 



in compound cymes on the old wood, calyx and corolla similar to $ . but slightlj 

 larger. Fr. upwards of 8 in. diam.. supported by the hard woody pentagonal calyx 

 U ■_' in. across, cells !i in This is the species mentioned in Beddome's Manual 146 

 from the Amimalais and Tinnevelli Ghats 



85. D. Horsfleldii, II ieni. Tenasserim (Kurz) Malay Pen ins. Java. L. rigidly coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, shining above, elongate-elliptic, Made s in. pet. $ in., midrib, sec and 

 tertiary n. very prominent beneath, impressed on the upper surface. Fl.both $ and ? 

 in compound cymes, the y cymes large, up to I in. long. :iii. D. densiflora, Wall. 

 Lower Burma, rare | Kurz), similar. I. smaller, nerves elevated on the upper surface 



IV. Xoi sufficiently known to be classified. 

 A. branchlets and 1. glabrous. 



37. D. flavtcans, lliern. Mergui. Malay Peninsula. A shrub or small tree, branch- 

 lets nearly glabrous. I. chartaeeous. glabrous, copper-coloured beneath when dry, 



elongate elliptic, acuminate, blade ;\ i, pet. \ in Male tl. white. I- or 5 tons, calyx 



and corolla pubescent outside, braots large foliaceous, calyx-lobes ovate, auriculnte, 



corolla slender. A in. lone. ;is. D. sapotoides, Kurz. Eastern slopes of Pegu V'iiii.1. A 



middle-sized evergreen tree, leaflets hairy, branchlets glabrous, I. thinly corii us. 



glabrous, elongate-elliptic, Made 6-10, pet. \ in., sec. n. joined by distinct intra- 



