404 OLEINE^. 



CVI. EBENACEJ;. 



Flowers usually diceciously polygamous. Corolla sympetalous : lobes dextrorsely cou- 

 torted. Stamens indefinite-3, inserted into the base of the corolla or hypogynous : anthers 

 large, erect, tapering above. Ovary superior, syncarpous, 3-13-celled : oviies 1-2 in each 

 cell, pendulous ; style mostly divided. Berry mostly supported by the calyx. Testa membra- 

 naceous. Embryo in the axis of cartilaginous albumen : radicle slender, superior. — Woody 

 plants J \esi^es entire, exstipulate I inflorescence ««/Za;;y j coioWxt ttsually puiescent. 



I. DIOSPYROS, L. 



Calyx 4-6-lobed or -partite. Corolla campanulate or tubular : limb 4-6-partite. Sta- 

 mens instoed without order into the base of the corolla : filaments often connected in pairs, 

 less numerous in ?. 0»«;y 4-12-ceUed: cells 1 -ovulate. — Hermaphrodite or 3 flowers 

 usually clustered, and ? solitary. 



Sect. Tetkadiosi'Tro3, A. DC. — Calyx i-loied to the middle. Stamens in the herma- 

 phrodite fiower 8-6. Vvary i-celled : style 4i-fd. Berry globose, i(^-%)-seeded, s^- 

 ported by the cupuliform calyx. — Peduncles of hermaphrodite 3-flowered. 



1. D. tetrasperma, Sw. Branchlets glabrescent; leaves cuneate-spatholate, binnt, 

 glabrous, shining above, the young ones pellacid-dotted ; peduncles as long as the petioles, 

 cernuous ; -corolla sericeous : tube ellipsoidal-cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx, much 

 longer than the 4-partite limb. — Jaeq. Schmnbr. t. 312. Gartn. Carp. 3. t. 208 : the fruit. 

 — ^D. obovata, Jacq. — A shrub ; leaves 1 J"-3", calyx 2'" long, the latter slightly imbrica- 

 tive with rounded lobes ; corolla yellowish : tube 4'", lobes 1'" long, ovate-roundish ; fila- 

 ment-pairs alternating with the corolla-lobes : anthers hastate, longer than the filament ; 

 berry 6'" diam.; testa rugulose, but albumen not ruminate: embryo, cylindrical. — Hab. 

 Jamaica I, Pd., M'Nab, March, on arid calcareous soil along the coast, S. Andrews, S. 

 Marys ; [Cuba I ; Panama], 



2. MABA, Forst. 



Calyx 3-lobed. Corolla campanulate : limb 3-partite : stamens of S free from the co- 

 rolla : anthers lanceolate-linear, often apiculate. " Ovary of ? 3-celled : cells 2-ovulate ; 

 style 3-fid."— S flowers clustered or solitary. 



Jacquin described the berry as 6-celled, combined with a 3-fid style. MacreighUa cari- 

 haa, A. DC. (Cuba !), is no congener of our plant : its 3-lobed calyx has replicative sinus, 

 and its 3 stamens in $ are inserted into the corolla, viz. two opposite its lobes, the third 

 nearly alternating : ovary 3-ceHed, with three other incomplete dissepiments, separating the 

 geminate ovules ; berry large, ovoid ; albumen deeply ruminate, cartilaginous. 



2. M. inconstans, Gr. Branchlets glabrescent; leaves obovate-oblong, glabrous; pe- 

 duncles in S 3-" many "-flowered, lateral, as long as the petioles; calyx 3-lobed to the 

 middle : lobes roundish, apiculate : corolla densely sericeous ; tube subcylindrical, twice as 

 long as the ovate, pointed lobes; stamens 11-10-" 3": anthers apiculate. — Jaiq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 263./. 87 : the flower.— Diospyros, Jacq. Macreightia, A. DC. Diosp. Berterii, 

 A. SO. (D. obtusifolia, Berter /) .—A. shrub, 10' high ; leaves 3"-5", imbricative calyx 2'". 

 tabe of the yellowish corolla 3'" long, its lobes slightly contorted, induplicative ; stamens 

 distinct : anthers twice as long as the filament, lanceolate-linear : connective forming a point 

 beyond the cells ; " berry globose."— Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild.; [New Granada!, on the 

 coast], ' 



CVII. OLEINEjE, 



Corolla sympetalous or petals 4, incompletely connected by 2 (4-1) stamens ; rarely 

 wanting : sestivation.usually valvar. Ovary superior, syncarpous, 2-celled : ovules 2'in each 

 cell, pendulous, collateral. Bmiryo with foliaceous cotyledons, in a large albumen (rarely 

 "thick and exalbuminous").— Woody plants; leaves opposite, exstipulate; inflorescence 

 trichotomous-paniculate, corymbose, or racemose. 



