432 LXIX. EBENACE.E [Diosjnjros 



Western Peninsula, extending north as far as Bombaj' and Orissa. Fl. C. S. Ceylon, 

 moist low country. 11. A. tree witli glabronb branchlets, 1. glabrous, cliartaceous, 

 elongate-elliptic, lolade 4-6, pet. I m. long, sec. n. slender but prominent beneath, 

 fr. 1-1^ in. diam., supported hy the spreading foliaceous calyx-segments, albumen not 

 ruminate, has been collected ni Dehra Dun (Kanjilal 1070, the species mentioned 

 under J>. montana on p. 221 of his F. Flora) and in (m fr. only) the G-anjam district 

 (Gamble 13675). 



(e) Corolla of ^ fl. glabrous. 



a. L. membranous. 



12. D. Lotus, Linn. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 36. Tern. Amjok^ Piinj. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets and underside of young 1. with 

 scattered hairs. L. membranouSj elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 3-(), pet. 

 slender, I in. long, sec. n. slender, 6-8 pairjHertiary not raised on the underside 

 of L, closely and elegantly reticulate. Fl. nearly sessile, ^ in small clusters. 

 Calyx similar in ^ and 5 , lobed half-way down, slightly pubescent. Corolla 

 glabrous outside, stamens 16, antbers lanceolate, cuspidate, connective hispid 

 on botb faces. § solitaryj staminodes hairy. Ovary glabrous, only hairy at 

 apex. Fr. sweet, edible, globose or ovoid, ^~| in. diam., dark purple wben 

 ripe, with a blueisb bloom, supported by the enlarged flat calyx. 



"Western Asia, extending as far as Hazara and Kashmir m the Korth West 

 Himalaya. Fl. April, May. China. Cultivated on account of its fruit in the Punjab 

 and in the Mediterranean Begion. 13. B. KaM, Linn, f . 5 Wight Ic. t. 415. TayOh Te^ 

 Burm. Hdiasx hills. Upper Burma. China and Japan, where numerous varieties are 

 cultivated. Similar to 12, branchlets and 1. softly pubescent or tomentose, fl. pedicellate, 

 calyx deeply 4-fid, densely silky, corolla tomentose outside near apex, $ in clusters of 

 1-3, often solitary, stamens 16-24, filaments and connective hairy. Fr. red or yellow, 

 edible. The (unripe ?) fr. used m China to make hats and umbrellas watertight. 



/5. L. chartaceous or coriaceous. 



14. D. eliretioldes, Wall. Atihclmiza'hxiTiri. Pegu. Tenasserim. A large tree, wood 

 grey with darker streaks. Branchlets and 1. glabrous, 1. thickly chartaceous, ijrown 

 beneath when dry, elliptic, base rounded, blade 6-13, petiole stout J in. long, sec. n. 

 10-12 pair, distinctly anastomosing under the edge. PI 4-merous, ovary 8-celled, fr. 

 globose, 1 in. diam, 15. D. orixensis, Wight {D. Juwillh^ Bourdillon in Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. 852 t. 6). Courtallum. Travancore, evergreen forest 2,000 ft. 

 (Bourdillon 593, 595, 898). A small tree, branchlets softly tomentose, I. chartaceous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-4, pet. ^ in., glabrous except the hairy petiole and midrib on 

 the underside. PI. white, 4- or 5-meroub, calyx divided nearly to the base, segments 

 obtuse, glabrous or sparsely hairy outside, edges oiliate, corolla glabrous. ^ in few- 

 fid, hairy 6ymes, corolla nariowly tubular, J-J in. long, stamens 12-20, glabrous, 

 anthers small, ovate, shorter than filaments, these connate in pairs, and more or less 

 connate at base into a short tube. $ on short bracteolate pedicels, corolla ovoid, J in. 

 long, ovary glabrous, 4~5-celled. Pr. globose, J-| in. diam., calyx-segments appressed, 

 not enlarged in fr., slightly hairy outside. 16. D, Toposia, Ham. *, Bedd. Ic. 1. 122. — 

 Syn. D. racemosa^ Boxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 416. Khasi hills. Cachar. Chittagong. 

 Tinnevelli hills (Bedd.). Ceylon moist region. An evergreen middle-siized tree, branch- 

 lets glabrous, 1. coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. J~J in., closely 

 reticulate raised veins conspicuous on both surfaces. PI. white, tetramerous, buds 

 globose, glabrous, minutely tuberculate, the calyx completely closed in bud and 

 rupturing irregulaxdy. S in lax pedunculate cymes; corolla glabrous, coriaceous, 

 ovoid-urceolate, teeth short, stamens 32, in pairs, anthers linear, glabrous. ? some- 

 times in pairs, ovary hairy. Pr. 1-1 1 in. diam., seeds 4, albumen uniform. 



B. Oalyx of <$ and ? dissimilar. 



(a) Corolla of <J fl. tomentosej stamens single. 



17. D. melanoxylon, Boxb. Cor. PL t. 46.— Syn. B. WigJitiana^ Wall ; 

 Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 67 ; D. diibia, Wall. ; Wigbt Ic. t. 1228 ; D. exsculpta^ 

 Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 66 (probably), llie Ebony of Northern India, Vern. 

 Tendti Abnics (the wood). Hind. ; Tumri^ Gond, ; Timburui^ Mar. ; Tumiki^ 



JlQX* 



A middle-sized deciduous tree attaining 50 ft., and 6 ft. in giytli, bark dark 



