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DIOSPYROS VACCINOIDES. 
Vaccinium-like Diospyros. 
POLYGAMIA DKECIA Nat. Ord. EBENACEM, Juss. Br. 
Gen. Chak.— Flares polygami. Cali/x profunde 4 (nunc 3- vel 6-) fidus. 
Corolla urceolata, 4 (nunc 3- vel 6-) fida. 
Masc. Stam. basi corolla inserta, ejusdem laciniis dupla. Filamenta dupli- 
cata. Rudimentum pistilli. 
Hermaphr. Fcem. Stamina effoeta, pauciora. Ovarium 8-12 (nunc 3-) lo- 
culare, loculis monospermis. Bacca globosa, calyce patente demum re- 
flexo. — Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 
Diospyros vaccinoides ; foliis ovatis obtusis nitidis margine subtusque Yil- 
losis, floribus solitariis quadrifidis, fructu triloculari. 
D. vaccinoides, Lindley, MSS. 
A small, erect, twiggy, shining-leaved, evergreen Shrub, with flexuose 
branches ; the older ones glabrous, the younger ones with reddish hairs. 
Leaves alternate, ovate, exstipulate, shining, obtuse, plane, nearly nerve- 
less, glabrous above, the margins and midrib beneath, as well as the 
short petiole, clothed with reddish hairs. 
Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, with a small bracteiform scale. Co- 
lyx inferior, quadrifid, with the segments subulato-ovate, as long as the 
corolla, the margins coloured, and pilose with red hairs. Corolla (fe- 
male plant) monopetalous, hypogynous, subcampanulate, white, quadri- 
fid, the segments ovato-acuminate, patent, glabrous, having a line of red 
hairs running down the back of each. Stamens 4, inserted at the base 
of the coroUa, and alternate with its segments, sterile, included, ap- 
pressed to the pistil. Filaments filiform, plane. The rudiments of the 
anthers and continuation of the filament, purple, ovate, rough at the 
margin. Germen globose, 3-celled, 3-seeded ; Ovules pendulous. Sti/le 
trifid, hairy, the lobes appressed. Stigmas quite simple. — Lindl. 
Introduced by Mr Potts from China in 182S, to the gar- 
den of the Horticultural Society of London, where Mr Lind- 
ley made the above description, and the design from which 
the accompanying plate was engraved. It flowered in the 
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