Biospyros.} xc. ebenace^. (0. B. Clarke.) 557 



cordate ovate accreepent soon- glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 234 ; Hiem in 

 Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 188. D. calycina, Bedd. Fl. Sylv, t. 68, and Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 123. 



Shevagheeet Hills and Couetallum; Wight. Tinnbveixt Hills; Beddome, 

 A middle-sized tree; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 4 by |-1} in., base 

 euneate or obtusely rhomboid, shining, coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, indistinct, 

 reticulating nerves prominent on both surfaces ; petiole i-^ in. Male fl. : cymes 2 in., 

 lax, soon glabrescent, pedicels |— J in. ; calyx ^ in., lobed half-way down ; corolla 

 i in., shortly 4-lobed ; stamens 12-16, somewhat hairy. Female fl. solitary, peduncles 

 |-1 in.; corolla nearly as in the male; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-oviJed. Fruit ^ia. 

 diam., globose, squamosa, glabrescent ; fruiting calyx foliaoeous, lobes f in. long and 

 broad, cordate-ovate acute. 



12. I>, ovalifolla, Wight Ic. t. 1227 ; leaves elliptic or oblong euneate 

 or subobtuse at botb ends glabrous, flowers sessile clustered, corolla urceolate 

 glabrous without." Thwaites Enum, 181; Hiem in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 

 237 ; Sedd. Fm: Man. 143. 



South Decoan PjENiNstiLA ; Coimbatore and Nilgherries, Wight ; Auamallays and 

 Tinnevelly HUls, Beddome. Ceylon, alt. 2-4000 ft., Moon, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2J in., coriaceous, nerves 

 ultimately distinct ; petiole j- in. Male fl. 3-6 together, clusters minutely pilose ; 

 calyx ^ in., wide-campanulate, lobes 5^ in., deltoid, hairy on both sides ; corolla \-^ 

 in., tubular-campanulate, lobes 4-5 less than half the length of the corolla, ovate ; 

 stamens 13-20, glabrous. Female fl. 2-6 together, resembling the males but rather 

 broader; staminodes 0-7; ovary hairy 4-6 celled (2-celled, fide Wight); style 2-3- 

 lobed. Fruits 1-3 together, f in. diam., subsessile, globose, glabrate, usually 1-seeded ; 

 lobes of the fruiting calyx | by J in., reflexed, thick, ferruginous-tomentose on both 

 sides. Albumen equable, 



13. D. nlgri'icans, Wall. Cat. 6351 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 

 glabrous, male flowers subsessile, calyx-lobes small ovate, corolla tubular nearly 

 glabrous without. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 239 ; Hiern in Trans. Camh. PhU. Soc. 

 xii. 207 ; Bedd. For, Man. 144. 



Khasia Mts. ; H.f. ^ T. Silhet ; Wallich. 



A tree, attaining 50 ft. ; branchlets subpersistently grey-pubescent. Leaves 3 J by 

 Ij in., base broad-cuneate, often turning black in .drying, chartaceous hardly coria- 

 ceous ; primary nerves slender, indistinct, oblique, reticulating nerves distinct ; petiole 

 Jin. Malefl. 3-6 together; calyx-tube very short, lobes 4, ^ in., sparsely pilose; 

 corolla 4 in., deeply lobed. Female fl. unknown. Fruit solitary, subsessile f by J in., 

 ellipsoid, glabrous, 4-celled ; fruiting calyx divided nearly to the base, blackish ; lobes 

 J by 5 in., ovate or elliptic, foliaceous, nearly flat and glabrous. 



14. D. varle^atag Kwrz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 73; leaves large 

 broadly oblong acute glabrous, male flowers in very short sparingly pubescent 

 cymes, corolla salver-shaped nearly glabrous without. Hiern in Trans. Camh. 

 Phil Soc. xii. 203 ; Kure in J<mm. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236, and For. Fl. ii. 

 137. 



Assam; Jenkins. Pegu and Maetaban; alt. 0-1000 ft., not infrequent, Kws. 



A tree, attaining 70 ft. {Kwe); glabrous. Leaves 7\ by ,2J-3J in., base euneate 

 or subobtuse, coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique strong, reticulatiqg nerves distinct; 

 petiole \-^ in. Male fl. : cymes 3-8-flowered, crowded ; calyx i in., 4-lobed more 

 than half-way down', lobes elliptic minutely pubescent ; corolla-tube j- in., narrowed 

 upwards, lobes 4;^ in., ovate, subacute, patent; stamens about 16, anthers glabrous. — 

 In an Assam fruiting example (n. 275 Herb. Kew) ; peduncle | in.; fruit solitary 

 I in. diam., globose, ferrnginons-villous ; calyx-lobes 4, J by ^ in., auriculate, ferru- 

 ginous-pubescent within. This was matched with Kurz's male examples of D. 

 variegata by the leaves, apparently correctly by Hiern, who nevertheless hesitated to 



