Biospyros.] xc. ebenace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 561 



corolla J in., 4-5-lobed ; stamens about 16. Female fl. solitary, short-peduncled ; 

 corolla shortly 5-lobed. Fruit 2 in. diam., globose, glabrous ; fruiting ealyx 1 J in. 

 wide, lobes large cordate, reflexed at the sides and base. — Beddome's figure as to the 

 outline of the larger leaves agrees with Thwaites' specimens, but the venation shown 

 in the smaller leaves is particularly unlike them. 



Sect. V. Noltia (Hiern in Trans. Oamb. Phil. Soo. xii. 146, character 

 much widened). Leaves alternate, adult glabrous (in D. striata and D.flamoanB 

 somewhat pubescent). Flowejs 4- or 5-merous ; male fascicled, female sessile 

 or shortly peduncled, solitary or fascicled. Cidyx distinctly lobed. Corolla 

 ovoid-tubular in the bud, densely fulvous- or rufous-tomentose without. 

 Albumen (where known) equable. 



* Stamens 4r-5, fruit ovoid-conic. 



25. D. attenuata, Thwaites Enym,. 182; leaves oblong acuminate base 

 cuneate glabrous nervation conspicuous above, male fl. sessile clustered, coroUa 

 tubular ferruginous-tomentose without, stamens 4^5, fruit ovoid acuminate 

 glabrous. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 139, and For. Man. 146 ; Hiern in Trans. 

 Camb. Phil. Sac. xii. 182. 



Ceylon ; Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized . tree. Leaves 3f by 1 in., coriaceous ; primary nerves indistinct, 

 distant, nearly horizontal, secondary fine ; petiole ^ in. Male fl. 3-1 together ; 

 calyx -fg in., deeply lobed, .hairy on both sides ; corolla 1 J in., slender ; anthers 

 glabrou.s. Female fl. solitary, subsessile ; calyx i-|- in., nearly 4-5-partite ; stami- 

 nodes 4-6 ; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit ij by i in., very sharply acuminated, 

 2-3-seeded ; calyx- segments in fruit narrow-oblong, foliaceous, \ in. long. 



26. D. acuta, Thwaites Enum. 182; leaves oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 base obtuse or almost rounded glabrous reticulation obscure above, male fl. 

 sessile clustered, corolla tubular densely fulvous-villous without, stamens 4r-5, 

 fruit ovoid acuminate. Hiern in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soo. xii. 182 ; Sedd. For. 

 Man. 146. 



Cbtion ; Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 9 by 2^ in., broadest near the base, very thick 

 coriaceous ; primary nerves nearly horizontal, reticulation usually altogether obscure, 

 sometimes subconspicuous beneath ; petiole f in. Malefl. 5-20 together ; calyx §-in., 

 lobed more than half-way down, very hairy ; corolla ^ in. ; stamens glabrous. Female 

 fl. sessile, 1-4 together ; calyx ^ in. or more, lobed nearly to the base, lobes lanceolate, 

 margins little reflexed ; ovary 4-6-cell.ed. Fruit Ij in. long, 2-3-seeded. 



** Stamens 12-20, fruit ellipsoid obtuse. 



27. 3>. Gardner!, Thwaites Enum. 181 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate gla- 

 brous, nerves not prominent, male fl. sessile clustered, corolla salvershaped 

 fulvouB-tomentose without, calyx-lobes in the female flower very short. Sedd. 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 132, and Fm: Man. 146 ; Hiej-n in Trans. Camb. PhU. Soc. 

 xii. 214. Patonia Walkerii, Wight III. i. p. 19. 



Ceylon ; alt. 2000 ft., Walker, Gardner, &e. 



A middle-sized tree ; young shoots soon glabrous. Leaves 6^ by 2J in., base 

 rhomboid or obtuse, shining above, midrib strongly elevated beneath ; petiole J in. 

 Male fl.: calyx ^ in., lobed half-way down, silky ; corolla-tube J in., narrowed 

 upwards, lobes ^ in. elliptic acute; stamens 12-16, filaments short, anthers lanceolate 

 linear, connective pilose on the back, hardly produced. Female fl. solitary, subsessile ; 

 calyx-tube | in., campanulate, lobes broad-triangular, hardly jL in. long. Fruit 

 nearly 1 in. diam., depressed globose, glabrate ; fruiting-calyx oupnliform, thickened, 

 li in. diam., lobes very short triangular. 



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