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DIOSPYROS vaccinoipss. 
Vacernum-like Diospyros. 
POLYGAMIA DICCIA.—Nar. Orv. EBENACEA, Juss. Br. 
Gen. Cuar.—Flores polygami. Calyx profunde 4 (nunc 3- vel 6-) fidus. 
Corolla urceolata, 4 (nunc 3- vel 6-) fida. 
Masc. Stam. basi corolla inserta, ejusdem laciniis dupla. Filamenta dupli- 
cata. Rudimentum pistilli. 
Hermarur. Fam. Stamina effecta, pauciora. Ovarium 8-12 (nunc 3-) lo- 
culare, loculis monospermis. . Bacca globosa, calyce patente demum re- 
flexo.—Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 
Diospyros vaccinoides ; foliis ovatis obtusis nitidis margine subtusque vil- 
losis, floribus solitariis quadrifidis, fructu triloculari. 
D. vaccinoides, Linp.ey, MSS. 
A small, erect, twiggy, shining-leaved, evergreen Shrub, with flexuose 
branches ; the older ones glabrous, the younger ones with reddish hairs. 
Leaves alternate, ovate, exstipulate, shining, obtuse, plane, nearly nerve- 
less, glabrous above, the margins and midrib beneath, as well as the 
short petiole, clothed with reddish hairs. 
Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, with a small bracteiform scale. Ca- 
lyx inferior, quadrifid, with the segments subulato-ovate, as long as the 
corolla, the margins coloured, and pilose with red hairs. Corolla (fe- 
male plant) monopetalous, hypogynous, subcampanulate, white, quadri- 
fid, the segments ovato-acuminate, patent, glabrous, having a line of red 
hairs running down the back of each. Stamens 4, inserted at the base 
of the corolla, and alternate with its segments, sterile, incladed, ap- 
pressed to the pistil. Filaments filiform, plane. The rudiments of the 
anthers and continuation of the filament, purple, ovate, rough at the 
margin. Germen globose, 3-celled, 3-seeded ; Ovules pendulous. Style 
trifid, hairy, the lobes appressed. Stigmas quite simple.—Lz 
Introduced by Mr Ports from China in 1828, to the gar- 
n of the Horticultural Society of London, where Mr Linp 3 
LEY made the above description, and the design from which 
the accompanying plate was engraved. It flowered in the 
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