568 xo. EBENACE^. (G. B. Clarke.) [TJiospyros. 



Male fl. about 3 together, in very small cymes, 4-meroas ; calyx ^ in., lobes wide 

 acute ; corolla-tube J in.- and upwards, lobes short round ; stamens 20. Female fi. 

 solitary, on very short peduncles ( Kurs). Fruit § in. diam., globose, fulvous-pubes- 

 cent ; fruiting-calyx \ in., 4-fid, in one case 3-fid, tomentose within ; lobes ovate- 

 deltoid. 



49. D. undulata, Wall. Cat. 4136; leaves broadly oblong cuneate at 

 the base glabrous, nerves strongly elevated beneath, male flowers in very short 

 densely ferruginous cymes, corolla tubular densely ferruginous vsdthout, stamens 

 about 16 nearly glabrous except the connective. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233 ; 

 Hiem in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 216, partly ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 23, and For. Fl. ii. 135, partly. 



Amherst ; WaBich. jMeegui ; Griffith. Malacca ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 3636). 



A large tree {Kurz) ; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 8 by 2^3J in., shortly 

 acuminate or acute, coriaceous, nerves somewhat impressed above ; petiole ^ in. 

 Malefl. : cymes less than \ in. ; bracts ^g in., triangular ; calyx nearly ^ in. long and 

 broad, lobes 4, short, broad- triangular ; corolla J in., lobed half-way down; filaments 

 nearly glabrous, anthers linear, connective villous with fulvous ascending hairs, hardly 

 produced above the anther. Female fl. solitary, shortly peduncled ; calyx soon ob- 

 pyramidal enlarged, teeth broadly triangular, incurved over the young fruit, margins 

 of the lobes not reflexed. Fruit 1-lj by |-1 in., apex remarkably truncate, fulvous- 

 villous ; fruiting calyx much thickened, woody, not plicate nor reflexed. — Much of the 

 material referred to this species by Hiem is D. liicida. Wall. 



Vak. maorophyUa, Wall. Cat. 4141 (sp.), not of Blume; leaves 14 by 4J in. much 

 acuminated, nerves of the upper surface not impressed. — Tavoy ; Wallich, Packman, 

 Mergui ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3629) — Fruit not seen ; flde Hiern larger than 

 that of D. undulata, typ. ; but it may be feared than Hiern attributed to D. undulata 

 the much smaller globose fruit of D. liicida (marked by him D. undulata), and sup- 

 posed the large truncate fruits to belong to D. macrophylla. 



50. D. pachyphjrlla, Clarke; leaves elliptic or oblong coriaceous glar 

 brous base rounded, male fl. in small ferruginous-viUous cymes, corolla tubular 

 rusty-tomentose beneath, stamens about 12 nearly glabrous except the connec- 

 tive. D. undulata, var. macrophylla, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 216 

 (neither D. undulata nor D. macrophylla, WaU.). 



Malacca ; Maingay (n. 974). 



Branchlets thick, soon glabrous. Leaves 7 by 2i in., acute, midrib much elevated 

 beneath, other nerves inconspicuous, very smooth shining above ; petiole \ in. Male 

 fl. : cymes J-l in., often compound ; bracts i in. ovate ; calyx ^-^ by ^ in., lobed 

 half-way down, lobes 4 oblong ; corolla J in., tube narrowed upwards, lobes hardly 

 ^ in., small oblong; stamens nearly as of B. undulata. Female fl. not seen. — Allied 

 no doubt to B. undulata, but the corolla differs much, neither do the leaves agree. 



51. D. lucida, Wall. Cat. 4127 ; leaves oblong narrowed at both ends 

 coriaceous glabrous, male fl. sessUe fascicled, corolla tubular yellow-tomentose 

 without, stamens 12-14, anthers and connectives glabrous filaments densely 

 pilose. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233. D. undulata, Hiern in Trans. Camh. PhU. 

 Soc. xii. 215, partly, not of Wall. Diospyros sp., Ch-iff'. Notvl. iv. 288. 



Singapoee; Wallich. Malacca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 3637, n. 3619, not 

 Heifer under same Distrib. n.) ; Maingay (nn. 970, 973, 977). 



Leaves i by Ij in., soon glabreseent, primary nerves not numerous nor prominent, 

 reticulating nerves beneath little elevated ; petiole ^-J in. Male fl. : calyx ^ in. 

 lobed half-way down ; corolla nearly ^ in., lobed scarcely half-way down, buds 

 narrower upwards. Female fl. 1-2 together, subsessile; calyx J by J in., divided 

 nearly to the base, lobes broad-ovate with recurved margins ; corolla nearly ^ in. 

 Fruit f in. diam., globose, umbonate at the apex, haiiy nearly till ripe, 4-6-seeded. 

 Albumen equable. 



