Biospyros.'] xc. ebenace^. (C. B. Clarke^) 559 



first by short slits laterally near tlie apex of the cells. Albumen ruminated or 

 equable. 



18. D. sylvatlca, Boxb. Cor. Pl. i. 37, t. 47, and Fl. Ind. ii. 637 ; leaves 

 elliptic or oblong narrowed at both ends nearly glabrous secondary nervation 

 indistinct, male fl. in small cymes, corolla short urceolate glabrate without, 

 female solitary. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 231, exd. var. fi ; Thwaites Enum. 178 ; 

 Sedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 121, and For. Man. 143 ; Eiem in Trans. Camb. Phil. 

 Soc. xii. 161, not of Wall. 



Deccan Peninstjla from the CiIioaks and Bombay to Cbtion. 



A medium-sized tree. Leaves i^ by 2 in., minutely pubescent beneath or glabrous, 

 drying black ; petiole J in. Male fl. in cymes J-1 in. long ; calyx-lobes A in., 

 rounded, minutely hairy ; corolla ^ in., lobed half way down ; stamens 1 3-22, 

 glabrous or sparsely pilose ; anthers ovate, dehiscing by a short slit near their apex, 

 connective produced lanceolate. Female fl. on peduncles J-|^ in., 4-3-merous; calyx- 

 lobes J in.,' ovate-oblong ; corolla ^-j^ in. ; staminodes 4 ; ovary 6-8-celled ; styles 3, 

 bifid. Fruit J in. diam., globose, nearly glabrous ; fruiting calyx accrescent, lobes 

 spreading, foliaceous, glabrous, nearly flat, striate. Seeds 2-8, albumen ruminated. 



19. D. eliretloicles, WaU. Cat. 4137; leaves large elliptic base obtuse 

 nearly glabrous reticulating nervation prominent, male fl. m small cymes, corolla 

 urceolate glabrate without, females solitary. A. DC. Prodi: viii. 231 ; Hiern 

 in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 162 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 234, 

 and For. Fl. ii. 129. 



Throughout British Bibma, frequent. — Disteib. Ava. 



A tree, attaining 70 ft. Leaves attaining 11 by 6^ in., base rounded or rarely 

 rhomboidal, nearly glabrous when very young, pale (brown when dried) beneath ; ' 

 petiole I in. Flowers nearly as in D. sylvatica, the males rather larger ; anthers ovate- 

 lanceolate, similar to those of D. sylvatica, and similarly dehiscing by a lateral slit 

 from the apex of the cell, which is in this species produced more than half-way down 

 the cell. Fruit 1-1^ in. diam., globose, smooth. 



20. D. Kurzil, Hiern. in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 162 ; leaves elliptic 

 shortly acuminate glabrous, primary netves slender distinct very close, female 

 fl. 2-3 together in short-peduncled cymes, corolla-lobes cinereous-tomentose on 

 both sides. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 235, and For. Fl. ii. 231. 



Andaman Isms. ; frequent, Kwrz. Nicobaes ; Kamorta, Kwz. 



A tree, attaining 60 ft. {Kurz) ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3^ by 1| in., base 

 cuneate, drying black, midrib depressed above ; petiole |-^ in. Male fl. unknown. 

 Female fl. 4-m6rous; peduncles ^-^ in., pubescent, bracts small, linear, deciduous; 

 calyx JL in., lobes deep, elliptic glabrous or nearly so ; corolla ^ in., short-eampanu- 

 lale, lobes deep, oblong-ovate ; staminodes 4 glabrous ; ovary glabrous except at the 

 apex, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; styles 2, erect, slender, hairy, long, base connate. 

 Berries globular, size of a small cherry, smooth, 4-celled, 4-seeded ; albumen equable. 

 Kurz says that the style is simple thick. 



21. D. microphylla, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 218, and For. Man. 146 ; 

 leaves small ovate-oblong cuneate at both ends glabrescent except the midrib 

 beneath, flowers axillary subsessile, calyx-lobes ovate. D. buxifolia, Hiern in 

 Trans. Cdmb. Phil. Soc. xii. 218. D. vaocinioides, Wall. Cat. 4130, as to Penang 

 and Singapore examples ; Hiern I. c. 230, as to all the Malay examples, not oflAndl. 

 Leucoxylum buxifolium, Slvme Byd. 1169 ; Choisy MSm. Temstr. p. 43, t. 2. 



Canaea, Mtcsoee, Bababoodun and Anamailay Hills ; Gibson, Beddome, &c. 

 Malacca ; Maingay, n. 966, Crriffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3643), Walker, &c. Penang 

 and Singapore, JTaWcA.— Disteib. Java, Borneo. 



A large tree ; branchlets in the Malay glabrescent, in the Malabar subpersistently 

 hirsute. Leaves IJ by i^ in., ghibrous above, Icoriaceous, nerves obscure ; petiole j^ 



