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1301, 1476. Singapore : Ridley 3648, 5898 ; Hullett 825. Perak : 
Wray 172, 1392; King's Collector 4812, 5862, 6387, 6896, 8003, 
8142 ; Scortechini 498. Pangkore : Curtis 1365. Selangor : Ridley. 
10271. Pahang : Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, III. 318 in 
Tahan woods. 
22. Diospyros rigida, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. XII. 
257 (1873). A tree 30 to 60 feet high ; young branches as thick 
as a goose-quill, minutely dark rusty-tomentose. Leaves alternate, 
very coriaceous, large ; oblong or elliptic-oblong, equal-sided, the 
apex sub-acute, the base rounded and neither oblique nor cordate ; 
upper surface dark olivaceous-brown when dry, shining, minutely 
reticulate ; lower paler olivaceous-brown, covered except the midrib 
with a very thin film of minute tomentum, minutely reticulate , 
midrib very bold on the lower surface, pubescent at the sides, 
slightly depressed on the upper ; main-nerves 14 to 20 pairs, spread- 
ing, interarcbing '35 in. from the edge, slightly distinct on the 
lower surface, invisible on the upper ; length 10 to 18 in., breadth 2 to 
4 in. ; petiole -4 to '6 in., very stout. Male flowers when in bud -4 in. 
long and nearly '3 in. in diam., few, in short extra-axillary cymes, 
densely covered with black tomentum ; the pedicels stout, deflexed, 
about '75 in. long. Calyx densely tomentose, ovoid, tapered to the 
apex, its mouth with 4 broad shallow blunt teeth. Corolla (apparently) 
not much longer than the calyx, very coriaceous, glabrous, the tube 
ovoid ; the lobes short, oblong, blunt. Stamens about 20, inserted at 
the base of the tube, unequal ; anthers lanceolate, apiculate, almost 
sessile. Female flowers unknown. Ripe fruit in cymes, depressed- 
globose, glaberulous, with a woody rind, 1'75 in. in length from base to 
apex and 2 in. in diam. ; remains of style none ; calyx at base of fruit 
cupular, 1'5 in. across, divided into 4 reticulate leathery spreading 
broadly ovate lobes ; peduncle '75 to 1-25 in. long, with dark hispid 
hairs. 
Perak : King’s Collector 4024, 5732, 5971, 6801 ; Wray 3708. — 
Distrib. Borneo. 
23. Diospyros Horsfieldii, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. XII. 
193 (1873). A tree 20 to 40 feet high, all parts except the cymes 
glabrous ; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, pale. Leaves 
alternate, coriaceous ; oblong-elliptic or ovate-oblong, apex sub-acute, 
base slightly cuneate or rounded, the edges slightly recurved when dry; 
upper surface when dry olivaceous-green, lower surface brown; the 
midrib and nerves depressed ; the reticulations, midrib, and 8 to 14 
pairs of curved spreading main-nerves very bold and prominent ; length 
6 to 10 in., breadth 2-5 to 4 in. ; petioles -35 in. Cymes 2 to 3 in. long, 
