564 xc. EBENACEJ). (0. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros, 



cuneate not decurrent on the petiole ; fnlTous woolly when young, ultimately glahres- 

 cent above, coriaceous ; secondary nerves slender ; petiole J in. Male fl. : cymes 

 ^-14 in., fulvous-hairy; calyx-tube ^ in., terete; teeth Jj in., triangular; coroUa 

 j- in., very woolly without; stamens 12; filaments and anther-cells glabrous, connec- 

 tive fulvous-pilose behind, scarcely produced. Female fl. : pedicels Jj in. ; calyx (at 

 flower time) | by ^ in., lobed nearly to the base ; lobes broad ovate with recurved 

 margin ; corolla \ in. ; styles 2-3, bifid at the apex. Berry f in. diam., globose, 

 smooth ; often 4-seeded. — ^Hamilton says that the calyx of the male (in D. Tupru) is 

 like that of the female ; but this must have been a slip, as his authentic specimen 

 in the British Museum shows. 



34. D. tomentosa, Soxb. Sort, Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. ii. 532 ; leaves 

 large ovate from a rounded base reticulated nerves impressed on the upper 

 surface, male fl. cymose, calyx funnel-shaped, corolla ferruginous-lanate without, 

 female solitary snort-peduncled with 4-5-gonal calyx. Wight Ic. tt. 182, 183, , 

 not of Poir. D. exsculpta. Ham. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xv. 110; A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 223, not of Dak. nor of Bedd. D. insculpta. Ham. I. c. 112 ; A. DC. I. e. 

 D. Roylei, A. DC. I. c. 239. 



Bengal ; Boxhurgh, Hamilton. Behab ; H. f. ^ T. Chota Nagpobb ; Clarke. 

 Bttnuelcuni) ; Edgeworth. Oudh ; if. Thompson. 



A small, crooked tree. Leaves alternate and opposite, 8 by 5 in., sometimes 13 in.,- 

 commonly broad-ovate, rately ovate acute, young very hairy, mature glabrous above 

 hairy beneath, base cordate or rounded (rarely obtusely cuneate), ultimately glabres- 

 cent on both surfaces, very coriaceous ; secondary nerves impressed as broad furrows,, 

 giving the leaf a wrinkled and thickened aspect ; petiole \ in. Flowers nearly as in 

 b. Twpru, but rather larger ; calyx of the male widened at the mouth, teeth ovate 

 often -ig-^ in. ; stamens about 16, filaments glabrous, connective fulvous-pilose on the 

 back, shortly produced. Berry as of B. Tupru, but rather larger. 



35. D. melanoxylon, Moxb. Cm: PI. 36, t. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 530; 

 leaves elliptic narrowed at both ends reticulating nerves raised on the upper 

 surface, male fl. cymose, calyx short cyUndric, corolla yellow-lanate without, 

 female solitary short-peduncled with 4-5-gonal calyx. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 224;. 

 Hiem in Tram. Comb. Phil. Soc. xii. 169, partly ; Brand. For. Fl. 294, partly, 

 not of Blume. D. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4406; A. DC. I.e. 223; Bedd. Fl. 

 S^lv. t. 67. D. duhia. Wall. Cat. 4407 ; A. DC. I. e. 223 ; Wight Ic. t. 1223. 



Dbcoan PfiNiNSTJiA and Ceylon ; frequent. 



A tree, attaining sometimes 60-80 ft., or a shrub. Leaves 4 by If in., alternate 

 or rarely subopposite, base nearly always narrowed, or if broad yet with a narrow 

 decurrence on the petiole. Otherwise as B. tomentosa. 



Vab. Beddofnei ; calyx of the female (as of the male) tubular terete with small 

 teeth. D. exsculpta, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 66, not of Ham. — Not seen. If the figure 

 of the female calyx is incorrect, this tree will be D. menaloxylon, Boxb. type (not D. 

 tomentosa as Hiem doubtfully suggests). 



36. D. Packxnanni, Clarke ; all young parts ferruginous-wooUy, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong acute, male fl. pedicelled by threes on short, peduncles 5-merous, 

 stamens 16 paired, anthers oblong-lanceolate fulvous-pilose, connective not 

 produced. 



Tavoy ; Backmmm (from Herb. Wight). 



Bramchlets slender, densely ferruginous-woolly, finally glabrate. Leaves 2\ by f 

 in., alternate, base obtuse, ferruginous-wooUy on both surfaces, ultimately nearly 

 glabrous except the midrib beneath ; primary nerves slender, reticulating nerves close 

 distinct ; petiole ^ in. Male fl. : peduncles f in., pedicels ^^-^ in. ; calyx ^ by ^ in., 

 shortly oampanulate, lobed half-way down ; lobes ovate, ferruginous-yillous on both 

 sides; corolla ^ in. shortly oampanulate, deeply lobed, densely ferruginous-villous 

 without ; filaments glabrous below, fulvous-pilose upwards, anther-cells and connee- 

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