Diospi/ros] LXIX. EBBNACEJS 436 



Ganjam di.strif t (Gamble No. 13916). 29. D. ovalifolia, Wiglit Ic. t. 1227. Hills of 

 tiie Poll insula, t-hieliy on the Weist side, common in places. A middle-sized tree, 

 heart wood streaked with black, branchlet& glabrous. L. coriaceous, glabrous, elongate- 

 eiUi)tic, blade 4-5, pet. ^ in., sec. n. prominent beneath. Fl. cream-coloured, 4- or 5- 

 merous, sebbile, in duster^ of 2-6 in the axils of fallen 1. ? bometimes solitary, calyx 

 pubescent. e<lges of segmeiith ciliate, corolla entirely glabrous. 6 cal. cup-shaped, 

 segments obtuse, glabruuh inside, stamens 14-20, free, glabrous, anthers linear, mucli 

 longer than filaments. ? cal. lobed to the base, densely tomentose within, ovary 

 tomentofee l-celled. Fr. glabrous, i in. diam., segments of enlarged calyx thick, reflexed, 

 densely tomentose on both sides, se^d usually 1, albumen unilorm. 



30. D. Kurzii, Hiern : Andaman Marble or Zehra icood, 

 A large evergreen tree, bark grey, smooth, thirij heartwood streaked black 

 and grey, branclilets, petioles and midrib beneath minutely pubescent. L, 

 ciiartaceoiis, drying black, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 2-3, pet. slender, 

 \ in. long, sec. n. slender, numerous, close together. EL ( ? only known) 4- 

 merous, in 2~3-fid. short-peduneled cymes, calyx nearly glabrous, corolla J- in. 

 long, velvety outside. Fr. J in. diam., albumen uniform. 



Andamans, frequent. Nieobars. Coco islands. Fl. ^lay, June. 31. B. Helferi, 

 C.B.Clarke. Tenasserim (or Andamans). Cambodia. Branchlets pubescent, 1. nearly 

 glabrous, coriaceous, oblong, blade 4-6, pet. \-\ in. long, fl. ( ? only known) sessile, 2 

 or 3 together, on short pubescent protuberances, calyx divided to the base into 5 ovate- 

 oblong lobes, velvety at back, cor. hairy outside \ in. long. 



III. Female fl. in many-M. compound cymes usually on the old wood, 



32. D. Brandisiana, Kurz. Evei green forest on the hills betw^een Yunzalin and 

 Salwin rivers 3,000 ft., also in the Domdamee district. Upper Burma. A middle- 

 sized evergreen tree, 1. thinly chartaceous, slightly pubescent beneath. Fl. white, 

 fragrant, 4- or 5-merous, in pedunculate cymes from irregular woody protuberances 

 on the trunk or branches, pedicels longer than calyx. Cal;vx cleft to the base, 

 segments lanceolate, corolla |-| in. long, narrowly tubular, pubescent outside, lobes 

 oblong nearl3'' as long as tube. 83. D. ramiflora, Itoxb. Uri-rfdh, GuJaL Beng. "Wight 

 Ic. 1. 189. Khasi hills, Tipperah. A large tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 blade 4-8, pet. J in., sec. n. arching, slender, but distinct. FL cream-coloured, 5- or 6- 

 merous, in dense compact cymes on the old branches, pedicels bracteolate, not longer 

 than calyx. ? calyx campanulate, thickly coriaceous, like pedicels clothed witli dark 

 olive-coloured tomentum, teeth triangular, shorter than tube. Corolla tliick fleshy 

 in the upper part, J-~| in. long, tomentose outside, ovary densely hairy. Fr. as large 

 as an orange, on the thick orbicular calyx, seeds 10-12, in a yellow edible pulp. 

 34. D. Bonrdinoni, sp. nova. Travancore ever-green forests below 1,000 ft., common. 

 A large tree, no black heartwood, youngest shoots strigose with delicate hairs, mostly 

 affixed in the middle. L. glabrous, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, short-acuminate, blade 

 2-3|, pet. J in. long, nerves almost invisible. Fl. 5-merous, S shortly pedicellate in 

 short rusty-tomentose axillary cymes, calyx divided beyond the middle, segments 

 acute, tomentose outside, and inside along the edges, corolla ovoid-campanulate, tomen- 

 tose outside, glabrous inside, tube ovoid-campanulate, |-| in. long, lobes spreading, 

 J the length of tube, velvety on both surfaces. $ on pedicels much longer than calyx 

 in compound cymes on the old wood, calyx and corolla similar to <? , but sligbtly 

 larger. Fr. upwards of 8 in. diam., supported by the hard woody pentagonal calyx 

 1^-2 in. across, cells 9-10. This is the species mentioned in Beddome's Manual 146 

 from the Anamalais and Tinnevelli Ghats 



35. D. Horsfieldii, Hiern. Tenasserim (Kurz) Malay Penins, Java. L. rigidly coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, shining above, elongate-elliptic, blade 8-10, pet. J in,, midrib, sec. and 

 tertiary n. very prominent beneath, impressed on the upper surface. Fl. both ^ and ? 

 in conipound cymes, the ? cymes large, up to 4 in. long. 86. D. densiflora, WalL 

 Lower Burma, rare (Kurz), similar, 1. smaller, nerves elevated on tbe upper surface. 



IV. Not sufficiently known to be classified. 

 A. brancblets and 1. glabrous. 



37. D. flavicans, Hiern. Mergui. Malay Peninsula. A shrub or small tree, branch- 

 lets nearly glabrous, 1. chartaceous, glabrous, copper-coloured beneath, when dry, 

 elongate-elliptic, acuminate, blade 3-4, pet. ^ in. Male fl. white, 4- or 5-merous, calyx 

 and corolla pubescent outside, bracts large foliaceous, calyx-lobes ovate, auriculate, 

 corolla slender, ^ in. long. 38. D. sapotoides, Kurz. Eastern slopes of Pegu Yoma. A 

 middle-sized evergreen tree, leaflets hairy, branchlets glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, 

 glabrous, elongate-elliptic, blade 6-10, pet. i in., sec. n. joined by distinct intra- 



