Dios2)yros] LXIX. EBENACEiE 433 



£!;rey or blacky exfoliating; in rectangular scales, branchlets and inflorescence 

 clothed with soft giey or ferrugiiieous tomentum. L. mostly o])positej thickly 

 {T>riaceous, tomentobe on hotli sides while young, hairy or glabrous on the 

 underside when full growOj elliptic or ovate, blade 3-12, pet. ] in., sec. n. 6-10 

 pair, ab well as the reticulate tertiary n. raised on the upper side. Fl. 4-6- 

 nierous, (J in short cymes, calyx woollyj campanulate or cup-shaped, corolla 

 tubular, ferrugineous woolly outside, stamens 12-16. Female fl. solitarj^, 

 calyx broad, edges lecurved, ovary dent^el^' hairy. Fr. globose or ovoid, 1-1 ^ 

 in. diam., yellow when ripe, supported by the thickl}'- coriaceous calyx, the seg- 

 ments with more or less recurved edges. Seeds 4-8, compressed, oblong, testa 

 rugose, shining, albumen ruminate. 



Common in (.lecicluous forests of the Central pro\jnces», Chutia Xagpore, Behar and 

 the AYestein Penin&ula. Fl. Apnl-Jmie. — Ceylon, raip. C. B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. Ill 563, sexjarateb D. Tupru, Hani. (Peninsula, Tcfpa rcfda, Ivan.) by smaller L, 

 obtiibe at both ends, dtniselv tnlvoiis woolly while yonno' IS. B. tomentosa, Hoxh. ; 

 Wight Ic. tt. 182, lb3. Kaniilal r.Fl.222. Yerii. Tftidu, Hind. Snhhinialayan tract, 

 Ea vi to ]N[epal. Eastern Hajpntana, Central provinceb, Chutia Xagpore, Behar. Oribsa, 

 Korthem Circaib, Poena. Sec. and tertiary n. impressed as deep liirrows on the upper 

 surface of full grown L According to Gamble, Indian Timbers Ed ii, 4b2, the -wood is 

 less heavy than that of D. MrJanojujloiK In my old F. Fl. I united IT and 18, and I 

 doubt whether they ai*e reallv distinct. Both species cop])ice \v(A.\ and throw up root- 

 suckers in large numbers, i\wy often occupy patches ot considerable extent to the 

 exclusion of other trees. In the centre of old stems are lound (but not ah\ays) irregu- 

 larly hha]>f»d masses of jet-black ebony, often with purple stieaks. 



19. D. burmanica, Kurz. Vern. Te^ Bmmi. 



A small or middle-sized deciduous tree, branches stiff and hard, almost 

 spinescent, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely clothed 

 with fine tawny tomentum, hairs frequently aflixed in the middle. L. char- 

 taceous, elliptic-oblong, when full grown shining and almost glabrous on the 

 upper side, blade 3-5, pet. I in., sec. n. slender, joined by closely reticulate 

 veins, both more conspicuous on the upper than on the underside. FL greyish- 

 green, buds conical, calyx and corolla densely tonientose outside. Calyx of $ 

 cup-shaped, lobes 4, triangular, of ? much broader, lobes 4-0, edges reflesed, 

 ovary Avoolly. Fr. l-l\ in. diam., globose, 2~4-seeded', albumen ruminate. 



Burma, Upper and Lo^v^er. Common in the open country w^ith grass or scrub, as 

 well as in the Eng forest. Fl. March-May. Throws up abundant root-suckers, the 

 seeds yield oil. 



20. D. afflnis, Th-waites; Bedd. let. 127. Tinnevelli Ghats. CeyJon. A middle-sized 

 tree, ^ oungest shoots hlightly pilose, 1. thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, elongate- 

 elliptic, blade 2-31, pet. \ m. long. Fl. hairy, 4-'merou&, $ pedicellate, in small lax 

 axillary cvmes, calyx campanulate, segments short acute, stamens 9, single, glabrous. 

 ? on pedicels \ in, long, cal^^x 4-iid nearly to the base, segments long acuminate, edges 



reflexed. Fr. 1 in. diam., albumen ruminate. 21. D. crumenata, Thwaites ; Bedd. Ic. 

 t. 126 ; Talbot in Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. xi. 692 t. 14. Evergreen forests 

 of North Kanara. Kan tnniri, Kan. A large tree attaining 150 ft., diliers from 20 

 chiefly by more numerous stamens, 12-16, the ? calyx-segments apiculate, and fr. 2-2J 

 in. diam. It seems not improbable that 20 and 21 may eventually be united. 



(b) Corolla of cj fl. tomentose, stamens in pairs. 



22, D. lancesefolia, Roxb. Upper Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar, Maniimr. Upper 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). A middle-sized tree, youngest shoots pubescent. L. coriaceous, 

 glabrous, lanceolate/ blade 4-6, pet. | in., midrib deeply impressed on the upper surface. 

 Fl. 4- or 5-merous, sessile, calyx and corolla tomentose, ^ in few-fid. axillary clusters, 

 calyx cup-shaped, segments triangular, corolla J-^ in. long, anthers in pairs, filam. 

 and connective slightly hairy, ? solitary, calyx-segments broad, margin reflexed, fr. 

 ovoid, 1 in. long, rusty-tomentose, supported by the enlax'ged spreading calyx. 23. D. 

 xmdulata, "Wall. Tenasserim, Andamans. A large evergreen tree, 1. glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, ovate-oblong, blade 8-14, pet. J in. long. Fl. 4-merous, tomentose, ^ pedicelled 

 in short bracteate tomentose cymes, calyx cup-shaped, segments triangular, hairy on 

 both sides. Corolla J-J in. long, anthers in pairs, 10-14, rudiment of ovary with long 

 hairs, ? solitary, fr. hairy, 1-1 J in. long, supported by the thick woody fruiting 

 calyx. 



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