562 xc. EBENACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Biospyros. 



28. D. lancesBfolia, Roxh. Cat. PI. Fl. Ind. (1813), and Fl. Ind. u. 

 637 ; leaves oblong or lanceolate acuminate glabrous coriaceous, male fl. sessile 

 clustered, corolla aalvershaped fulvous-tomentose without, calyx-lobes in the 

 female flower ovate with reflexed margins. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 232 ; Hiem. 

 in Tram. Canib. Phil. Soc. xii. 213 ; -Kitrz in Joum. As. Sob. 1877, pt. ii. 236, 

 and For. Fl. ii. 136, D. multiflora, WfUl. Cat. 4144; A. DC. I.e. 231. D. 

 amcena, Wall. Cat. 4139; A. DC. I.e. 231. 



SiLHET ; Roxhurgh. Khasia Mts. ; Terrja Ghat, H. f.Sf T.; Wahadeo, Griffith. 

 Cachae ; JB.f. ^ T., Keenan. Moulmein ; Falconer (fide Kupe). 



A pretty large tree ; hranchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 6J by 2 in., base 

 rhomboid or subobtuse, coriaceous; midrib deeply impressed from above, much 

 elevated below; primary nerves oblique, secondary not prominent. Malefl.: calyx 

 ^ in., lobes 4, ovate, ferruginous sericeous; corolla in B. lanceeefoUa J in., in D. 

 midtiflora ^ in., narrowefl upwards, lobes ^ in. ; stamens about 16, filaments minutely 

 pilose ; anthers linear, glabrous or slightly pilose at the base. Female fl. solitary, 

 subsessile ; calyx \-^ by \-\ in., lobes cordate-ovate densely fulvous tomentose, 

 margins recurved even before the corolla is expanded ; corolla nearly as of the male ; 

 ovary 8-eelled, hairy. Fruit \ by| in.,ovoidorsubglobooeferruginous-villous ; fruit- 

 ing calyx 1 in. diam'., with thickened tube and spreading lobes. 



Var. amcena, Wall. Cat. 4139 (sp.) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate widest very near the 

 base, calyx-lobes in the female smaller without recurved margins. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 231. — Khasia; Wallich. — Eeferred here by Hiem, but the material is very 

 scanty (not showing either the male inflorescence or fruit) ; and the leaves and female 

 calyx appear more like those of D. undulata, Wall. var. Jiiacropht/lla. 



29. D. sapotoldes, Kurz ; Stern in Tram. Canib. Phil. Soc. xii. 206 ; 

 leaves large obovate-oblong shortly acuminate glabrate, male fl. sessile clustered, 

 calyx-lobes broad reflex-margined, corolla aalvershaped, tube fulvous-pUose 

 without, lobes glabrate. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236 ; Foj: Fl. ii. 

 136. 



British Biema ; eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, frequent, Kurz. 



A tree, attaining 50 ft. (Kurz) ; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 11 ly 3J in., 

 base cuneate or subobtuse, coriaceous, midrib beneath obscurely silky otherwise ulti- 

 , mately glabrous ; primary nerves oblique, secondary not conspicuous ; petiole \ in. 

 Malefl. densely clustered, bracts J in., ovate ; calyx \ in., openly campanulate, deeply 

 lobed, fulvous-silky; corolla-buds \ in., tube densely fulvous-silky at least on the 

 4 angles ; stamens 15-16, glabrous. Female fl. (from Kurz's description) nearly as of 

 the male; staminodes 12; ovary glabrous, style tolerably long, 4-cleft. — Resembles 

 D. flamcans but has much larger leaves ; the specimens do not exhibit the long bracts 

 conspicuous in B. flavicans, nor does Kurz notice that such ever occur. 



80. D. flavicans, Siern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 205 ; leaves 

 elliptic acuminate to an obtuse apex glabrescent, male fl. clustered subsessile, 

 calyx-lobes broad reflex-margined, corolla salvershaped fulvous-pilose without, 

 sometimes glabrate towards the apex, female flowers 1-3 together on ^J in. 

 ferruginous-villous pedicels. Kurz in Joui-n. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236, and 

 For. Fl. ii. 135. Guatteria ? flavicans, Wall. Cat. 7295. — Ebenocea sp. 2, OHff. 

 Notvl. iv. 291. 



Mergui and Tavot ; Griffith. Tienasseeim ; Heifer. Malacca ; Griffith {Main- 

 gay, n. 972, male specimens onlg). 



A small tree ; branches soon glabrescent. Leaves 5§ by 2 in., base rhomboid or 

 subobtuse, midrib beneath obscurely pubescent, otherwise at length glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, when dried yellowish-green above, cinnamoneous-browu beneath; primary 

 nerves distant, oblique, secondaiy obscure ; petiole \-^ in. Male fl. ; pedicels ^ in. ; 

 bracts ^ in., oblong; calyx | in. long and broad, lobes ovate acute ferruginous- 

 pubescent auriculate ; corolla nearly J in., slender, lobed half-way down ; stamens 

 14-20, glabrous. Female fl. : bracts as of the male ; calyx as of the male, slightly 



