554 xc. EBENACEai. (0. B. Clarke.) [BiospyroB. 



tube rather shorter than the calyx, lobes J in. elliptic; stamens 12 (sometimes 6-7 ex 

 Hiern), glabrous. Female fl. 1-3 together, subsessile. Fruit 1 by ^ in., ovoid-conio, 

 acute, with scattered fulvouS hairs, ultimately nearly glabrous, calyx scarcely accres- 

 cent. Mbumen equable. 



3. D. pllosula, Wall. Cat. 4132; leaves narrowly obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate cuneate or rhomboid at the base, male flowers long-pedic^lled in 

 lax cymes, corolla closely silky without. Hiern in Trans. Cam>. Phil. Soc. 

 xii. 188. Gunisanthus pilosulus, A. DC. R-odr. viii. 220 ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 125. 



Keasia Mts. ; Wallich. Pegu ; Brandts. Andaman Istos., KurSs. 



A small tree, attaining 25 ft. {Kwn) ; branchlets adpressedly fulvous-pilose, at 

 length glabrescent. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate or scarcely obtuse, hairy prin- 

 cipally on the nerves beneath, ultimately nearly glabrous except the midrib beneath, 

 chartaceous somewhat coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, secondary not conspicuous; 

 petiole ^ in. Male fl. in lax depauperated subracemose cymes, 4-merous ; bracts 

 i in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels ^ in. ; calyx-lobes j in., lanceolate ; corolla-tube 

 j-i in., slender, pilose -without ; lobes ^-J in. ; stamens 1 2, glabrous. Female fi. 

 solitary, calyx and corolla nearly as in the male ; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; 

 young fruit densely rufous hirsute. 



4. D. martabanica, Clarke ; leaves narrowly oblong acuminate obtuse 

 or rounded at the base, male flowers long-pediceUed in lax racemose cymes, 

 corolla fulvous-villous without. Gunisanthus mollis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 1873, pt. ii. 88, 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 126. 



Mabtaban ; east of Tounghoo not infrequent, Kurz. 



A tree, attaining 30 ft. ; branchlets hirsute, persistently villous. Leaves 6 by ^in., 

 when youDg glabrous above, hirsute beneath with fulvous hair J in. long, when 

 mature pilose beneath, chartaceous somewhat coriaceous j primary nerves oblique, 

 seeondeiry not conspicuous ; petiole ^ in. Male fl. in lax depauperated subracemose 

 cymes, 4-merous ; bracts i in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels j-f in.,' calyx- lobes J in., 

 narrowly lanceolate; corolla-tube ^ in., slender, lobes J in., narrow-oblong; stamens 

 12-14, glabrous, anthers short-oblong, connective hardly produced. Female fl. un- 

 known. — Very nearly allied to J>. pilosula (Kurz). 



Vae. pelhicido-punctata ; leaves 2 in. long. D. vaceinioides, var., Hiern in Tra/m. 

 Camh. Fhil. Soc. xii. 231. — Andamans ; Kurz. — The example exhibits no flowers, one 

 detached imperfect fruit. 



5. D. dasypliylla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 71; leaves 

 cordate-oblong acute, male flowers in short ferrugiuous-villous cymes, coroUa- 

 tube densely villous without, stamens about 16. Hiern in Trans. Camh. Phil. 

 Soc. xii. 203 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 237, and For. Fl. ii. 138. 



Martaban Hills, alt. 4000 ft., Brandts. 



Branchlets persistently fulvous-villous. Leaves 5^ by 2j in., fulvous-pilose on 

 the nerves beneath, chartaceous somewhat coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, se- 

 condary not conspicuous ; petiole I in. Malefl.: cymes ^ in., 2-4-flowered ; bracts 

 ^ in., orbicular ; calyx ^-^ in., deeply 4-lobed, lobes round-elliptic, cUiate-pilose ; 

 corolla-tube j in., lobes | in., elliptic ; stamens glabrous ; anther-cells narrowly oblong, 

 connective shortly produced above them. Female fl. unknown. 



Sect. II. Embryopteris. Leaves alternate, adult glabrous or (in D. 

 Kaki and D. montana, var.) pubescent. Flowers Ar (rarely 4-6-) merous ; 

 males in small cymes or clustered subsessile (in D.foliolosa in rather larger 

 more numerously-flowered cymes); females subsolitary. Calyx cleft to the 

 base or half-way dovra (in I>. Emhryopteris and D. Toposia irregularly, less 

 deeply). Corolla narrowly tubular in bud ; glabrate or nearly so without 

 when expanded (except in D. Kaki), urceolate or salvershaped. Stamens about 

 16 (in D. FMiryopteris, D. Kaki and D. assimUis numerous), glabrous or in a 



