558 xc. EBENACEiB. (C. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros. 



desorite the fruit of I>. variegata from it. — Griffith's Assam examples, referred to by 

 Hiem I. a. 223, were finally referred to V. variegata, with which the leaves exactly 

 agree ; the examples exhibit only leaves and dense panicles 4-6 in. diam. of abortive 

 hvAs : these are doubtful. 



15. D. Ebenum, Koenig ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 2^4 ; leaves elliptic obtuse 

 or obtusely cuneate at both ends coriaceous reticulating nervation hexagonal 

 prominent, male fl. in short-peduncled cymes, corolla tubular glabrous without 

 not clavate in the bud, stamens about 16. Itoxb. Sort. Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 529 ; Wcdl. Cat. 4120 ; Wight Ic. t. 188 ; Orah. Cat. Bomh. PI. 108 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 65 ; Hiem in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. D. Ebenaster, 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 529, not of Retz. 



South Deccan Peninscia ; fide Beddome. Assam ; Griffith (an culta ?). Cetion ; 

 alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent. — Distbib. Malaya {Hiem). 



A large tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves i by Ij in., coriaeeous ; primary 

 nerves oblique; petiole g-j in. Male fl. 3-12 together, almost fascicled on pe- 

 duncles 0-f in. ; calyx ^ in., funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous, lobes 4, not reaching 

 half-way down, rounded, glabrous or ciliate-pubescent on the margins ; coroUa-buds 

 4 in., narrower upwards, lobed half-way down ; filaments minutely pUose, anthers 

 linear glabrous, connective long produced. Female fl. solitary, very shortly peduncled ; 

 calyx larger than in the male ; style 1, stigmas 4 ; ovary 8-celled. Fruit | in diam., 

 globose, glabrous or adpressedly pubescent ; fruiting calyx a subhemispheric wooden 

 cup, fitting the base of the fruit ; below its margin without spread the 4 ovate calyx- 

 lobes. — No specimens seen from Bengal except cultivated. Thwaites sends a variety 

 in which the primary nerves of the leaves are more distant and very oblique. 



16. X>. assimills, Bedd. in Madras For. Rep. 1866-7, 20, t. 1; leaves 

 broadly oblong acuminate glabrous thin reticulating nervation rhomboidal con- 

 spicuous, male fl. in short-peduncled cymes, calyx pubescent, corolla tubular 

 glabrous without not clavate in bud, stamens 24-32. D. nigricans, Dcdz. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 110; Dnh. Sr Gfibs. Bdml. Fl. 141, not of Wall, nor of 

 Bedd. D. Ebenum, Hiem in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. 



Malaeab ; Concan and Canara, Daledl ; South Canara, Beddome. 



Leaves more parallel-sided than in D. Ebenum, much thinner in texture, drying 

 black. Calyx more pubescent, lobed more than half-way down. Filaments glabrous, 

 anthers linear, connective hardly produced. The examples are all male, but the tree 

 seems closely allied to D. Ebemim (Beddome), with which Hiem unites it. 



17. !>■ clavigrera, Clarke; leaves elliptic obtusely rhomboid at both 

 ■ends glabrous coriaceous reticulatefd nervation obscure, male fl. in small dense 

 ^ymes, corolla tubular glabrous without clavate in the bud, stamens about 

 16 glabrous. D. Ebenum, Hiem in Trans. Camh. PhU. Soc. xii. 208, partly. 



Malacca ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3635), Maiiigay (n. 971). 



Whole plant glabrous, except the minutely ciliate-pUose margin of the calyx. 

 Leaves 2J by 1} in. (much larger occur), drying red; petiole l in. Male fl. 3-16 

 'together in very small subsessUe cymes ; calyx ^ in., divided deeply ; lobes 4, obtuse ; 

 corolla (in the bud) \ in., glabrous, the upper portion containing the lobes much 

 thicker than the tube ; anthers oblong, connective very shortly produced. Female fl. 

 .and fruit unknown. 



Sect. III. Brachyantlios. Leaves alternate. Flowers small, 4- 

 '(rarely 3- or 5-) merous ; males in very small. cymes (or in D. microphylla almost 

 fascicled), females solitary or (in D. Kurm) in very small cymes. Calyx 

 nearly 4-partite, larger in the female, accrescent in fruit. Corolla subglobose in 

 -the male bud, when expanded urceolate small, glabrate (in D. Sjtmicinereous- 

 tomentose). Stamens 12-24, glabrous or slightly hairy ; anther dehiscing at 



