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L.— ERENACE IE. 
164. Maba T. R. & G. Forst 
229. Maba buxifolia Pers. — F. B. I., iii, p. 551. 
Nardkhani shola, 2,000 ft., No. 38345. 
iJistr. Southern Peninsular India, Ceylon, also Lower Burma and 
Malay Peninsula. 
165. Diospyros Linn. 
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236. * Diospyros Barbed Ramas. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. X, pp/47-49. 
Kannikatti, towards Agastiyamalai, 2650 ft., No. 39438. 
Distr. Western Tinnevelly hills. 
231. Diospyros foliolosa Wall. — F. B. I., iii, pp. 556-557. 
Nardkhani shola, 2,000 ft., No. 38324. 
Distr. Tinnevelly hills. 
232. Diospyros oocarpa Thw. — F. B., I., iii, p. 560. 
Kannikatti, 2500 ft., No. 39430. 
Distr. North Canara, Travancore, and Ceylon. 
233. Diospyros tomentosa Roxb.— F. B. I., iii, p. 564. 
Mundandurai, 700 ft., No. 39324. 
Distr. Bengal, Chota Nagpur, South-West Peninsular India. 
Nearly all the leaves of this tree from which we collected our specimens, 
were attacked by a fungus causing dark brown patches on the leaves. This 
fungus has since been kindly determined for me by Dr. E. J. Butler, of the 
Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, as AEcidium rhytismoideum Berk. 
LI. — STYRACEiE. 
166. Symplocos Linn. 
234. Symplocos acuminata Bedd. — F. B. I., iii, p. 583. 
Naterikal to Sengalteri, 3,500 ft., No. 38613. 
Distr. South West Peninsular India, chiefly Malabar. 
235. Symplocos sp. aff. cuneata Thw. — F. B. I., iii, pp. 584 585. 
Naterikal, Nos. 38374, 38380. 
Distr. Ceylon. 
Not matched exactly at Calcutta ; specimens are imperfect. 
236. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. laurina. — F. B. I., iii, p. 573 
Sengalteri, 3,000 ft., Nos. 38690, 39259. 
Distr. West Deccan Peninsula and Ceyloni 
23T. Symplocos sp* 
Naterikal, 4,000 ft., No. 38579. 
Our material is incomplete. Not matched at Calcutta. 
