232 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 2, 



Leaves small, glabrous ; berries globular, the size of a pea, 31. buxifolia. 



Leaves large, hirsute along the nerves beneath ; berries oblong, more than an inch long, 



, . M. Andamanica. 



1. M. Mergtjiensis, Hiern Monog. Ebenac. 134. 



Hab. Tenasserim, Mergui Archipelago (Helf. and Griff. 3618). — Fl. 

 Jan. ; Fr. Febr. 



I separate the species with 1-ovulate and 2-ovulate ovarj-cells, and 

 from this point of view the above species, which has 1-ovulate ovary-cells 

 ajDparently twice as numerous as the floral parts, cannot be a true Maha^ 

 but may be referable to Dlospyros. I have seen no specimens of it. 



2. M. BTJXiFOLiA, Pers. Ench. II. 606 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 240 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1050 ; Wight Icon. t. 763 ; Hiern Monog. Eben. 116 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Madr. 148. t. 19. f. 4. (Ferreola buxifolia, Eoxb. Corom. 

 PI. I. 35. t. 45. and Fl. Ind. III. 790 ; M. Neilcjlierrensis, Wight lUust. 

 t. 148 bis ; M. Ebenus, Wight Icon. t. 1228—9). 



• Hab. Tenasserim, from Moulmein southwards (Griff., Wall., Falco- 

 ner).— Fl. Febr., March. 



3. M. Andamanica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1876. 138. 

 {^Lacreiglitia Andamanica, Kurz And. Rep. 42 ; Hiern Monogr. Ebenac. 

 124). 



Hab. Frequent in the moister upper mixed forests of the Andamans, 

 — Fl. RS. J Fr. April. 



Gunisanthus, DC. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Not flowering branchlets sparingly pubescent ; leaves glabrescent ; calyx-tube half the 

 length of the corolla-lobes, G. pilosulus. 



Not flowering branchlets densely villous ; leaves beneath permanently softly pubes- 

 cent ; calyx-tube a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, G. mollis. 



1. G. PiLOSUS, DC. Prod. VIII. 220. — {Bio spy ros pilosulus, Wall. 

 Cat. 4132 ; Hiern Monog. Eben. 188). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans ; also 

 in those of the Pegu Yomah. — Fl. April ; Fr. May, June. 



2. G. MOLLIS, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873. 88. 



Hab. Not unfrequent along choungs in the tropical forests of Mar- 

 taban east of Tounghoo. — Fl. March. 



Very near allied to the preceding species. 



Diospyros. L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 8ubg. 1. AMUXIS, Hiern. Calyx in bud globular and closed, the lobes connate 

 but afterwards bursting irregularly into 2 or 3 lobes. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed. Ovary- 

 cells as many as corolla-lobes. 



