436 LXIX. EBENACEJE [Diospyros 



marginal veins. Male fl. 4-nierous, nearly sessile, densely clustered, supported by 

 small ovate bracts, calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, edges reflexed, corolla \-\ in. 

 long, densely silky on the 4 angles. 39. D. variegata, Kurz. Assam. Pegu and 

 Martaban. A large tree, shedding 1. in H. S. (Kurz), branchlets glabrous. L. thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, oblong, blade 5-8, pet. stout, J— J in. long, sec. n. prominent 

 beneath. Male fl. yellow, 2-4 together on short bracteolate pedicels, calyx deeply 

 4-cleft, corolla J in. long, lobes as long as tube. 40. D. oleifolia, Wall. (C'hdk, Burm.) 

 Martaban and Tenasserim. A large evergreen tree, branchlets glabrous, 1. coriaceous 

 glabrous, polished, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. J in., sec. n. obscure. Male fl. 

 white, 4-merous, shortly pedicelled in short 3-fld. axillary cymes. Young fr. densely 

 tomentose. 41. Bourdillon's No. 615, Travancore 2,000 ft., probably new, a middle- 

 sized black stemmed tree, 1. glabrous, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 4-5, 

 pet. J in. $ fl. only known, in compact almost globose hairy cymes, 5-merous, buds 

 globose, calyx deeply 5-lobed, corolla short, hairy outside, stamens glabrous. 



B. Branchlets and underside of young 1. hairy, mature 1. glabrous, at least 

 on the upper surface. 



(a) Leaves less than 4 inches long. 



42. D. Packmanni, C. B. Clarke. Tavoy. Branchlets, young 1., petioles and inflor- 

 escence clothed with dense ferrugineous wool, which gradually disappears from the 

 upper side, but remains on midrib and nerves beneath. $ fl. pentamerous in threes 

 on short peduncles, calyx and corolla densely ferrugineous woolly, stamens 16, in pairs. 

 43. D. nigricans, Wall. Khasi hills. Branchlets and petiole grey-pubescent. L. 

 chartaceous, nearly glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. \ in. S corolla tubular, 

 nearly glabrous. Fr. nearly sessile, ellipsoid, § in. long, calyx-lobes ovate, foliaceous, 

 nearly glabrous, black when dry. 44. D. pilosula, Wall. (Gunisanthus pilosulus, DC). 

 Khasi hills. Andamans. Pegu Yomah (Gjut, Burm.) A small tree, branchlets, 

 petiole and midrib on the underside hairy, 1. chartaceous, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 2—4 in. long, pet. short. PI. $ and $ solitary, dull orange or yellow, calyx-segments 

 lanceolate, \ in. long, young fr. densely rufous-hirsute. 



(b) Leaves more than 4 in. long. 



45. D. martabanica, C. B. Clarke (Qunisanthus mollis, Kurz). Thaukyeghat forests 

 east of Toungoo. Donat range, Tenasserim. A small tree, branchlets densely villous, 

 1. oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, pet. very short. Fl. ( <J only known) ochre-yellow, 

 densely pubescent outside, solitary near the ends of branchlets, having the appearance 

 (after the 1. have fallen) of racemes, bracts ovate, deciduous, pedicels J-f in., 

 calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, corolla-tube slender, J-J in., lobes narrow, as long as 

 tube. 46. D. dasyphylla, Kurz. Hills east of Toungoo 4,000 ft. Branchlets and petioles 

 tawny-tomentose, 1. glabrous above, chartaceous, pubescent beneath, from a cordate 

 base elliptic-oblong, blade 5-6, pet. £ in. long. Male fl. sessile, 2-4 together, calyx 

 deeply 4-lobed, rusty-tomentose, as well as the corolla, which is § in. long, lobes as 

 long as tube. 



47. A tree or climber, (Neyarum), evergreen forests on the Periyar river, Travan- 

 core (Bourdillon 1268, <J fl.only). Fl. white, very fragrant, 4-merous, in short axillary 

 racemes with obtuse imbricating bracts, calyx segments divided to near the base, 

 obtuse, like the bracts ciliate on the edges and pubescent outside, corolla J in. long, 

 hairy, stamens 12-14, filaments unequal, connate in 2 or 3 bundles. 



(c) Mature 1. hairy on both surfaces. 



48. D. mollis, Griff., Journ. Agri. and Hort. Soc. of India iii. 145. Kurz F. Fl. ii. 130 

 Martaban hills 2^,000 ft, Upper Burma. Siam. A shrub or middle-sized tree, heart- 

 wood jet black, branchlets and 1. on both sides softly pubescent,. L. membranous, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, narrowed into pet. £ in. long. PI. small, pale 

 yellow, <J tetramerous, in short densely pubescent 3- or more fid. cymes. Fr. globose, 

 J in. diam., supported by the deflexed coriaceous calyx, lobes rounded, concave under- 

 neath. The fr. yields the black dye of the Shans. 



2. MABA, J. B. et G. Eorster ; Fl. Brit, Ind. iii. 550. 



Differs from Diospyros by the flowers 3- rarely 4-merous, ovary 3- or im- 

 imperfectly 6-celled, ovules 6. Species 60, tropics of both Hemispheres. 



A. Ovary densely hairy. 



