570 xc. EBENACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) IDiospyros. 



.fl. : cymes J-2 in., often on the old branches ; calyx |-J by \ in. ; corolla J _by ^ in., 

 as of the male, but larger ; staminodes 8-12 ; ovary hairy, 8-12-celled, stigmas 4-6. 

 Fruit 2-3 in. diam,, globuL&r, nearly glabrous ; fruiting calyx 1 J in. across. 



56. D. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 4140; leaves large elliptic or oUong 

 obtuse or scarcely acuminate glabrous, male fl. numerous in somevrhat large 

 cymes, calyx 4-lobed nearly to the base lobes with reflexed margins, corolla 

 tubular fulvous-tomentose without, stamens 15-16 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 233 ; Hiem in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 171 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 1877, pt. ii. 236, and For. Fl. ii. 134. 



MouLMBiN and Amherst ; Wallick. Abeacan, Maetaban and Tenassbbim ; rare, 

 Kurz. 



Leaves 7i by 2^-3j in., base obtusely cuneate ; primary nerves wide apart, much 

 arched, sli^tly elevated above, reticulated nervation distinct on both surfaces ; 

 petiole 5 in. Malefl.: cymes 1-2 in. diam., miputely rusty-pubescent ; bracts | in., 

 ovate; pedicels 0-J in.; calyx-lobes e^lk i"-! corolla Jf in., narrowly cylindric; 

 anthers and connective glabrous. Female fi.: cymes |-1^ in., 12-20-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes 5 by 1 in. Fruit | in. diam., globose, ultimately glabrescent ; pedicels in firait 

 j-^ in. Myumen ruminated (Hiem), but the affinity of this species seems to be with 

 D. undulata, 



67. D> Korsfleldli, Hiem- in Tram. Canib. Phil. Soc. xii. 193; 'leaves 

 large ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong glabrous strongly reticulate beneath, male 

 fl. in compound cymes, calyx-lobes ovate with reflexed margins, corolla urceolate 

 ferruginous-hispid without, female fl. in large cymes. D. frutescens, Sassk. PI. 

 Jav. Mar. 467, not of Blume. 



Malacca ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3620). — Distkib. Java. 



Bra/achlets soon glabrous. Leaves 9^ by 2f-4^ in., shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded or obtuse, nerves (primary and secondary) impressed above very strongly 

 raised beneath ; petiole y in. Male flowers : cymes about 1 in., few-flowered ; calyx 

 ^ in., deeply 4-lobed, fuliginous-hispid ; corolla \ in., urceolate, fuliginous-hispid 

 without, lobes 4 ovate ; stamens 14-16, filaments hairy, anthers glabrous. Female fl.: 

 cymes 1-4 in. ; bracts ^ in., elliptic ; calyx nearly as in the male ; corolla ^ in., very 

 deeply 4-5-lobed ; staminodes 12; ovary S-celled, cells l-oviiled. .Fraii ^ in. diam., 

 globose, fuliginous hairy, ultimately glabrescent; lobes of the fruiting calyx J in., 

 margins strongly reflexed, auriculate. 



58. D. panlculata, DaU. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 109 ; leaves broad- 

 oblong obtusely cuneate at both ends glabrous, male fl. panicled, calyx-lobes 

 foliaceous ovate, GoroUa tubular black-velvety without, female flowers solitary 

 or few together. Balz. 8r Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 141 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 126, 

 and For. Man. 144 ; Siern in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. xii. 190. 



Deccan Peninsttla ; in the Ghauts, Wight ; Conean, Dalzell ; Canara, Ritchie ; 

 Anamallays, Beddome. 



A large tree ; nearly glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 6i by 2 in., mature 

 strongly closely reticulate on both surfaces ; petiole j in. . Malefl. : cymes 1-1 J in., 

 sparingly pilose, pedicels 0-J in., bracts ovate caducous ; calyx 5-lobed nearly to the 

 base, lobes i-^ in., pubescent without and within ; corolla J in. (or rather more) 

 lobed half-way down ; stamens 20, glabrous. Female fl. solitary or in 2-5-flowered 

 cymes, pedunded ; bracts ovate, caducous ; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit 1 by 

 f in., ellipsoid, ferruginous-hirsute; fruit>calyx 5-lobed, enlarged, nearly glabrous; 

 lobes ^1 in. long and broad, plicate, auricled. 



59. D. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 72 ; leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong acimiinate base cuneate or subobtuse sparsely pilose or 

 ultimately nearly glabrous, male fl. in very short cymes, corolla tubular minutely 

 closely pUose, stamens about 16, female fl. in many-flowered cymes. Hiem in 



