436 I.XIX. EBENACEzE [Diospyros 



marginal veins. Male fl. 4-iaPioii'>, neaily bessile, densely clnsterecl, supported b\ 

 small ovate bracts, calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, edges reliexed, coiolla \-\ m. 

 long, densely bilky on tlip 4 angles. 39. D. variegata, Ivniz. Assam. Pegu "and 

 Maitaban. A large tree, sliedding 1. m H. S. (Ivurz), branclilets glabrous. L. thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, oblong, blade 5-8, pet. stout, J— J in. long, see. n. prominent 

 beneatb. Male £. yellow, 2-4 together on short bracteolate iDedicels, calyx deepl.y 

 4-cleft, corolla \ in. long, lobes as long as tube. 40. B. oleifolia, Wall. (Chik, Burm.) 

 Martaban and Tenasseiim. A large e^ergieen tree, branchlets glabrous, 1. coriaceous 

 glabrous, polished, elliptic-! anceolat<^, blade 4-6, pet. J in., sec n. obscure. Male fl. 

 white, 4-mei'ous, shoitH pedieelled in short 3-fld. axillary cymes. Young fr. densel}^ 

 tomentose. 41. BouidiUoirs Xo 615, Travancoie 2,000 ft., probably new, a middle- 

 sized black stemmed tree, 1 glabious, coriace<ms., elliptic -oblong, acuminate, blade 4-5, 

 pet. I ill. S fl. only known, in compact almost globose hairv cymes, 5-merou&, burls 

 globose, calyx deeply 5-lobed, coiolla short, hairy on.tside, stamens glabious. 



B. Branchlets and underside of yoiiiig 1. hairy, mature 1. glabrous, at least 

 on the upper surface. 



(a) Leaves less than 4 inches long. 



42. D. Packnianni, C. B. Claike. Tavoy. Branchlets, young 1., petioles and inflor- 

 escence clothed with dense ferrugineous wool, which gradually disajipeais from the 

 upper side, but remains on midrib and nerves beneath. S A- i^entamerous in threes 

 on short i^eduncles, calyx and corolla densely ferrugineous woolly, stamens 16, in pairs. 

 43. D. nigricans, Wall. Khasi hills. Branchlets and i)®tiole grey-pubescent. L 

 chartaceous, nearly glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-4, x:»et. I in. i corolla tubular, 

 nearly glabrous. Fr nearly sessile, ellipsoid, ] in. long, calyx-lobes ovate, foliaceou«, 

 nearly glabrous, black when drv. 44. B. pilosula, Wall, [fhmhanfhus pilo&nUi%^ DC). 

 Khasi hills. Andamans. Pegu Yomah (OJuf, Burm.) A small tree, branchlets, 

 petiole and midrib on the underside haiiy, 1. chaitaceous, lanceolate or oblanceo''ate, 

 2-4 in. long, pet. short. Fl. J" and $ solitary, dull orange or yellow, calyx-segments 

 lanceolate, I in. long, young fr. densely rufous-hirsute. 



(h) Leaves more than 4 in. long. 



45. D. martabanica, 0. B. Clarke (Giwismithus moUh, Kurz), Thaukyeghat forests 

 east of Toungoo. Donat range, Tenasserim. A small tree, branchlets densely villous, 

 1. oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, pet. very short. Fl. ( <J only known) ochre-3'ellow, 

 densely pubescent outside, solitary near the ends of branchlets, having the ajJi^earance 

 (after the 1. have fallen) of racemes, bracts ovate, deeidaon.s, pedicels ^~J in., 

 calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, corolla-tube slender, l~\ in , lobes narrow, as long as 

 tube. 46. D. dasypliylla, Kurz. Hills east of Toungoo 4,000 ft. Branchlets and petioles 

 tawny-tomentoso, 1. glabrous above, chartaceous, pubescent beneath, from a cordate 

 base elliptic-oblong, blade 5-6, pet. I in. long. Male fl sessile, 2-4 together, calyx 

 deeply 4-lobed, rusty-tomeiitose, as well as the corolla, which is } in. long, lobes as 

 long as tube. 



47. A tree or climber, {Neydrum)^ evergreen forests on the Periyar river. Travan- 

 core (Bouidillon 1268, $ fl. only) FI white, very fragrant, 4-merous, in short axillary 

 racemes with obtuse imbricating bracts, calj-^x segments divided to near the base, 

 obtuse, like the bracts ciliate on the edges and pubescent outside, corolla J in. long, 

 hairy, stamens 12-14, fllameiits unequal, connate in 2 or 3 bundles. 



(c) Mature 1. hairy on both surfaces. 



48. B. mollis, Griff., Journ. Agri. and Hort. Soc. of India iii. 145. Kurz F. Fl. ii. 130 

 Martaban hills 2-4,000 ft. Upper Burma. Siam. A shrub or middle-sized tree, heart- 

 wood jet black, branchlets and 1. on both sides softly pubescent,. L. membranous, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, naiTowed into pet. J in. long. FL small, pale 

 yellow, $ tetramerous, in short densely pubescent 8- or more fid. cymes. Fr. globose, 

 I in. diam., supported by the cleflexed coriaceous calyx, lobes rounded, concave under- 

 neath. The fr. yields the black dye of the Shans. 



2. MABA, J, E. et G-. Forster ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 550. 



Differs from Diospyros by the flowers 3- rarely 4-meroTis, ovary 3- or im- 

 imperfectly 6-celled, ovules 6. Species 60, tropics of both. Hemispheres. 



A. Ovary densely hairy. 



