552 xc. EBENACia;. (0. B. Clarke.) [Mala. 



acuminate, narrowed towards the subcordate base, soon glabrescent ; petiole |-i in. 

 Malefl. : in short-peduneled small cymes ; calyx ^ in., lobes 3, acute ; corolla fnlvous- 

 hairy without; stamens 8, glabrous. Female fl. on pedicels i in.; bracts minute; 

 calyx J in., campanulate, deeply 3-lobed; corolla-tube somewhat widened, con- 

 stricted under the limb, lobes oblong acute (Kure) ; ovary 3-celled. Berries rather 

 dry, mucronate, smooth, usually 3-seeded., Seeds (Kursi) f by J in., albumen equable. 



Seci. II. Kolochilus, gen. Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 290 (chst- 

 racter widened to include Shipidostigma (gen.), Hasak. Retz. 103). Calyx-lobes 

 not much imbricated. Ovary glabrous. 



7. nx. micrantha, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 133 ; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong glabrous, female fl. axUlary solitary sessile, calyz truncate sub- 

 entire. Holochilus micranthus, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 291 ; Ddz. 8f 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142 ; Bedd. For. Man. 147. 



Bombay ; Syhadree Hill, DaUell. 



A middle-sized tree ; brancHlets glabrous. Leaves 4 J by 1^ in., narrowed at both 

 ends, widest towards the base, coriaceous ; petiole j-j^ in., obscurely rusty-pubemlous. 

 Male fl. unknown. Female fl. : calyx ^ in., tubular ; corolla j in., tubular, 3-lobed 

 nearly half-way down ; staminodes 6, distinct ; ovary 6-celled ; styles 3, erect, rather 

 thick, tip obtuse. Fruit 1 by J in., 6-celled, 6-seeded ; calyx in fruit f in. long and 

 as much broad, funnel-shaped. 



8. m. merg'uensis, Siei'n in. Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 134; leaves 

 ovate or oblong glabrous, female fl. in dense small axillary cymes, calyx lobed 

 half-way down. Kurx in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 139. 



Mergtji ; Griffith, Heifer.- — Distbib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A small tree ; nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2| in., subobtusely acuminate, base 

 obtusely rhomboid or almost rounded ; petiole J-J in. Male fl. in compound dense 

 minutely pubescent cymes 1-1^ in. diam. ; calyx ^ in., 4- (rarely 3-) merous, lobes 

 triangular or obtuse; corolla ^ in., shortly 4-3-lobed ; stamens 14-16, glabrous; 

 ovary rudimentary: Female jf.: calyx ^ in., 4- (rarely 3-) merous, lobed half-way 

 down ; corolla j in., 4-3-merous ; staminodes 3 or 6 ; ovary-cells 6, 1-orulate; styles 

 3, distant, glabrous. Fruit ^ by |^ in. ; calyx in fruit f in. diam., lobes ovate spread- 

 ing. Albumen eq-ttsMe. — Kurzl. c. proposes to remove this species to 3iospyros, to 

 which in its glabrousness, its usually 4-merous flowers, and the large spreading lobes 

 of the calyx in fruit, it shows much affinity. 



Seci. III. Barberia (Hiern in Trans. Camb. PhU. Soc. xii. 107). Calyx- 

 lobes rounded, much imbricated. ' 



9. m. IMCaing'ayi, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 138 ; leaves 

 elliptic or somewhat obovate flnaUy glabrous, fascicles of female fl. 3-5-fld. 

 axillary, flowers 4- (sometimes 5-) merous, flowers and fruits large. 



Malacca; Maingay. — Disteib. Borneo. 



A monoecious tree (^Maingay); branchlets furfuraeeous or subtomentose, soon 

 glabrous. Leaves 4 by 2j in., obtuse, base cuneate, coriaceous ; petiole \ in. Male 

 fi. : calyx 4-partite ; corolla-limb 4-partite, stamens 22 {Maingay). Female fl. 

 pedicels J-J in., densely rusty-woolly ; calyx j in., wide-campanulate, rusty-woolly, 

 lobes short ; corolla tube ^ in., glabrous below suddenly dilated upwards, lobes J in., 

 narrow ; style short, tip 3-lobed ; ovary narrowly-oblong, glabrous, cells 3, 2-ovulate, 

 Fruits 1^-2 by 1 in., ellipsoid, 3-1-celled, cells 1-0-seeded ; calyx-tube in fruit solid, 

 cylindric, J by |: in. ; lobes in fruit horizontal, l in. diam., round, imbricate. Seed 1 

 by J in., cylindric ; albumen strongly ruminated. — The flowers are not in a good state 

 for examination, and the ovaries may perhaps not prove always 3-celled ; but Hiern's 

 dissections show conclusively that each cell contains two oblong erect ovules. 



