Diospypob] 



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anthers ovate-lanceolate, as long as filaments, ? solitary, corolla and ovary 

 ©•labrous. Fr. I in. diani., edible, albumen uniform. 



AVestern Peiiinfeula, extending north to the IJ^abik and Clianda districts and to Orissa. 

 Fl. B. S 8. D. microphylla, Bedd. Ic. t. 183. 

 AVestern Grhats, from North Ivanara southwards, 

 in evergreen forests. Malay Peniiibula and Archip. 

 A large tree, attaining 100 ft., stem straight, but- 

 tressed at base, branchlets iiirsnte with long yel- 

 lowish hairs, 1. membranous, almost sessile, 1-2 in. 

 long, with long soft liairs along midrib and mar- 

 gin, hairy all over when young. Fl. small, nearly 

 sessile, ^ in short 3- or 4-fld. axillary cymes, 

 corolla hairy along midrib and edge of segments, 

 otherwise glabrous, stamens glabrous, 16, in ]iairs, 

 filaments longer than the ovate anthers. ? soli- 

 tary, upper portion of ovary pmbescent. Fr. ovoid, 

 1-seeded, l-] in. long, albumen uniform. 



(d) Corolla of ^J fl. glabi'ous or slightly 

 pubescent, stamens in pairs, 1. glabrous or 

 pubescent. 



9. D. montana, Roxb. Coi\ PL t. 48. : 

 Wight Ic. t. 1225. — Syn. D, cordifolia^ 

 Roxb. Cor. PL t. 50; Wight 111. t.' 148. 

 Vern. Bistendit, Hind.; Tembhitrnl, Mar.; 

 Pudu Maddi, Mulla Tumiki^ TeL ; Yalt- 

 kanal^ Tarn. ; Taiobut^ Chokj Burm. 



A large shrub or small tree, branches some- 

 times spinescent. Branchlets and 3'"oung 1. 

 softly tomentose. L. bitter (Xanjilal), thinly 

 chartaceous, ovate-oblong, base rounded or cor- 

 date, blade 2-4, pet. slender, I— J- in. long, sec. n 

 6-8 pair slender. EL white, as a rule 4-merous, (^ in velvety, shortly peduncu- 

 late or nearly sessile, usually 2-8-fld. cymes, vdth small bracts and bracteoles, 

 pedicels shorter than calyx, buds conical, calyx deeply 4:'''&.d^ segments obtuse, 

 velvety on both sides. Corolla \ in. long, campanulate, outside glabrous or 

 pubescent, lobes short, spreading. Anthers 16, slightly hairy, in 8 pairs. 

 ? solitary, drooping on short pedicels, calyx-segments ovate :J in. long, corolla 

 nearly glabrous outside, ovary glabrous, Fr. bitter, not edible, J-1 in. diam., 

 yellow when ripe, supported by the enlarged foiiaceous calyx-lobes, albumen 

 uniform. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Eavi eastwards. Eajputana and the Southern Punjab. 

 Not in the arid region of Sind. El. March-May. Malay Archip. Tropical Australia. 

 Varies exceedingly in shape and hairiness. A common form with cordate-based, usually 

 more tomentose 1. is by some botanists regarded as a distinct species (D. cordifoUa). 

 Another sx>. allied to montana^ probably new, was found by CoHett at Meiktila, Upper 

 Burma, 1. rigidly chartaceous, sec. n. 8-12 pair, reticulate veins conspicuous on both 

 surfaces, fl. ( J only) dull orange, in compact cymes, corolla elongate-campanulate J-J in. 

 long. A second allied species with orange coPd scented fl. is a large shrub or small tree 

 (Mon, Burm.) sent by Smales from Tipper Burma, the ^ cymes often producing a pro- 

 fusion of small hairy 1. in the place of fl. 



10. D. sylvatica, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 47 : Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 121. Vern. 

 Thella Gada^ TeL ; Kaka stcroli, Kan. 



A middle-sized, at times a large tree, branchlets nearly glabrous. L. 

 chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous or slightly puberulous, elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade 2-4, narrowed into petiole ^ in. long (in coppice shoots much 

 larger), sec. n. slender but distinct. (J buds nearly globose, cymes peduncu- 

 late, many-fid., corolla white, nearly glabrous, urceolate, $ solitary, calyx 

 similar to but larger than in ^ . Fr. globose, |-| in. diam., supported by the 

 enlarged spi^eading foiiaceous often striate calyx-lobes, albumen ruminate. 



Fig. 166. Diospyros Ohloroxy- 

 lon, Eoxb. \. 



