Biospyvos,'] xc. ebenace^. (0. B. Clarke.) 565 



tive -with fulvous hairs. Female fl. not seen. — Not taken up by Hiern, who has 

 merely noted on the sheet " cfr. D. mdamxylon, Eoxb. ; " it is near D. Twpru, Ham., 

 the leaves more acute, more finely reticulated. 



37. X>. burmanica, Kwz in Journ. As. 8oc. 1873, pt. ii. 73; leaves 

 oblong obtusely cuneate at both ends mature reticulated above by the impitesaed 

 nerves, male fl. in small peduncled cymes, corolla fulvous-tomentose without, 

 etamens 12-16 glabrous. Jliern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii, 166 ; Kwrz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 235, and .Foe. Fl. ii. 133. 



Pkomb, pE&n and Martaban ; McLelland, Kwrz. — Disteib. Ava. 



A tree, attaining 60 ft. (Kurz) ; all the young parts fulvous-pubescent. leaves 3i 

 by \\ in., alternate, hairy on both sides, ultimately nearly glabrous except near the 

 midrib beneath, coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, indistinct; petiole ^§- in. 

 Male ft. : peduncle J-J in., cymes 3-8-flowered ; calyx l-i in., lobed less than half- 

 way down ; corolla ^-^ in. ; anthers linear. Female fl. : solitary, peduncles |-^ in. ; 

 ■calyx nearly J in., lobes broadly cordate-ovate with recurved margins ; staminodes 8. 

 Fcmt 1-1^ in. diam., globose, glabrous, 2-4-seeded. Albumen ruminated. 



** I/eaves when mature glabrescent beneath, drying reddish or brovmish, male 

 Jloweirs fascicled with deeply-lobed calyx. 



38. D, InsigrxiiSf Thwaites Enum. 180; leaves often subopposite large 

 ovate or oblong glabrous, male fl. clustered subsessile, corolla-buds narrovcer 

 upwards, stamens 14-20. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 130, and Far. Man. 146 ; 

 Siern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 157. 



Anamaixats; alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. Ceylon; alt. 2000 ft., Thwaites. 



A very large tree. Leaves subopposite and alternate, 13 by 6 in., or 8 by Z\ in., 

 acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, coriaceous ; secondary nerves strong, tertiary 

 manifest ; petiole ^ in. Male fl. 4-merous ; calyx |-1 in., campanulate, shortly 4-fid, 

 minutely pubescent ; corolla ^ in., tabular, tomentose, silky without, lobes short ; 

 ■filaments and anthers glabrous or with very few scattered hairs, unequal. Female fl. 

 1-3 together, axillary, subsessile; ovary 8-celled. Fruit 1^ in. diami, globose, 

 smooth ; calyx accrescent, tube forming a woody shallow cup 1 j in. wide. Seeds j 

 byj-^in,; albumen ruminated. 



39. I>. oppositifolla, Thwaites Enum. 181 ; leaves often subopposite 

 elliptic shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, male flowers subsessile few together, 

 corolla-buds broader upwards, stamens about 8. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 131, 

 and For. Man. 146 ; lliern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 157. 



Ceylon; Hinidoon Corle, alt. 1000 ft., Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 4 by 2 in., broadly rhomboid or almost rounded, 

 coriaceous ; secondary nerves obscure, tertiary indistinguishable ; petiole ^| in. 

 Malefl. : calyx ^j in., nearly glabrous, acutely 4-lobed half-way down; corolla ^ in., 

 ferrugiuous-villous without, lobed one-third the way down ; filaments very unequal. 

 Female fl. (and fruit) unknown. 



40. D. hir suta^ ZiVm. f. Swppl. 440; leaves elliptic or oblong abruptly 

 acuminate coriaceous young hirsute beneath with short basifixed hairs, male 

 fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular ferruginous- tomentose without, stamens 

 6 glabrous, fruit rufous-tomentose 6-10-8eeded. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 223; 

 Thwaites Enum. 181 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 137, and For. Man. 146 ; Siern 

 in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 163, partly, excl. syn. D. lucida. 



Ceylon ; Saflfragam and Gralle, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree ; branchlets and inflorescence ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves 

 4^ by 1^-2 in., alternate, base broadly rhomboid or almost rounded, ultimately nearly 

 glabrous, •coriaceous; nervation very obscure; petiole | in. Male fl.: calyx ^ in., 

 terete, 5-fid half-way down; corolla \ in. Female fl. 1-3 together, subsessile; calyx 



