138 EBENACER. 3 [ Diospyros. 
braets ovate, acute, about as long as the calyx, appressed -pubescent; 
calyx and corolla outside appressed-pubescent, the lobes of the for- 
mer nearly a line long, ovate, acute; corolla-tube cylindrical and 
very slightly widened at the base, 24 lin. long, the lobes somewhat 
shorter, oblong-lanceolate ; stamens in the males 16, on the convex 
torus; anthers oblong, mucronate ; berries ovoid-oblong, nearly 13 
in. long, glossy and smooth. 
Has.—Chittagong. 
21. D. Brandisiana, Kz.—An evergreen tree, the young shoots 
shortly pubescent; leaves resembling those of D. chartacea, from 
oblong and elliptically oblong to oblong-lanceolate, rounded or acute 
at the base, on a 1-2 lin. long puberulous petiole, 4-6-8 in. long, 
acuminate, chartaceous, when full-grown glabrous or usually sparingly 
appressed-hairy along the principal nerves; flowers in bud 4-5 lin. 
long, 5-merous, on 1-2 lin. long tomentose pedicels elongating after- 
wards, forming rather dense, much-branched and minutely-braeted 
dark-brown or almost blackish tomentose cymes arising from the 
older branches or smaller ones from the axils of the leaves; bracts — 
minute, tomentose, oblong-lanceolate ; calyx covered with a dark, 
almost blackish brown, short tomentum, about a line long, 5-cleft, 
the lobes linear-lanceolate, acute; corolla appressed-pubescent, the 
tube 23 lin. long, somewhat widened towards the base and usually 
5-cornered, the lobes as long as the tube, oblong, blunt; stamens m 
the males about 16, inserted on the torus; filaments very short, 
pubescent ; anthers linear, mucronulate, glabrous; in the fe 
reduced to 5 staminodes inserted at the base of the corolla-tube; 
ovary densely tawny-pubescent, terminating in a rather long, thick, 
simple style, 10-celled; berries (very young) ovate, stylose-acuml- 
nate, shortly pubescent. 
Has.—Tenasserim ; also Ava, Kakhyen hills.—F]. Feb.-March. 
22. D. dasyphylla, Kz.—An evergreen tree, the branchlets : 
