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GElfCrS I. DIOSPYROS. 

 Polygankla Dlcecia. Sex: Systi 



Deriv, From Dius, noble, and Pyrus; a pear-tree, alluditlg ia 

 Ine general appearance of the plahU. 



Gen. Char. Trees, or rarely shrubs; with entire, alternate 

 leaves ; male flowers smaller, often racemose or rather arranged in 

 lateral cymes; females often solitary: balyx 4-6*lobe(l : corolla 

 tubulose or campanulate, 4:-6-clefi:, convolute to the left side iii 

 aestivation : male stamens 8-50; frequently 16; inserted at the base 

 of the corolla or on the disl£, or partly on the corolla and partly on 

 the disk : filaments shorter than the antherj distinct or twin-con- 

 faate at the base, in which case one is interior, the other extei-ior 

 and longer : anthelrs linear-lanceolate, latei-ally dehiscing on both 

 sides : female stamens fewer, often 8 : anthers sterile :. ovary in the 

 inales alniost abortive, in the females 4 oj ofted B-cdlled, occasion- 

 ally 10-12-celled : styles 2-4, more or less connate at the base, 

 usually 2- lobed at the apex: stigmas punctiform : ovules solitary 

 in the cells, pendent, aiiatropal : berry globose or ovoid, covered at 

 the base by the increasing calyx, 4-8-ceiled: seeds oblong, convex 

 at the back, more or less compressed at the sides : albumen cartila- 

 jginous : embryo axiie, erect : cotyledons leafy. 



(1) D. ExscuLPTA. (Ham.') 



Ident. Ham. in trans. Linti. Sod. XV. p. 110. — Ded. ptodi 

 Vlil. p. 223. 



Syn. T. tomentosa, Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 532. {not Pair.') 



Engrav. Wight's leoii. t. 182 & 3. 



SpEt;. Char. Branchlets, peduncles dnd flowers rtisty-tomen- 

 tose : leaves alternate and opposite, broad-elliptiCj especially to- 

 mentose below : peduncles of the inale flowers the length of the 

 petiole, 3-flowered at the apex : caljrx cainpartulate, acute at the 

 base, 4-6-lobed at the apejc : lobes aciite, erect : female flowerS 

 Solitary; sbort-pedicelled : calyx deeply 4-6-bleft : lobes ovate- 

 acute, reflexed at the margin outwards, somewhat winged : tube of 

 the corolla hairy outside : flowers small, whitish. 



Northern Bengal. (Dude. S'loweiing in March and ApriL 



(2) i). DUBiA. (Wall.) 



ident. Dec. prod. Vtll. p. 223. 



Engrat. Wight's Icon. t. 1223; 



Spec. Char. Branchlets tomentose : leaves ovdte-etliptid, db* 

 tnse at both ends, slightly hairy above, beneath with the petiolet 

 pubescent ; male flowers short-|ieduncled, teruate, sessile : calyx ^'' 



