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WRIGHT : THE GENUS DIOSPYROS 
In conclusion, I take this opportunity of expressing my 
thanks to Mr. J. C. Willis, for first suggesting the genus 
Diospyros to me, and for the help received during the 
progress of this work while enjoying the tenure of my 
appointment as Scientific Assistant. I have also to thank 
Messrs. A. F. Broun, F. Lewis, H. P. C. Armitage, A. M. 
Walker, A. M. Fontyne, and other officers of the Ceylon 
Forest Department for the time they have spent conducting 
me through their districts and for the many specimens 
received from thém. For similar favours I must also 
express my gratitude to Messrs. W. P. Hiern ; J. H. Maiden, 
Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney ; C. A. Barber, 
Government Botanist, Madras; Major Prain, Superinten¬ 
dent, Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta ; to Mr. J. Wilson, 
China ; Mr. W. C. Curtis, Penang ; and to the Conservator 
of Forests of the Andaman Islands. 
The drawings have been made from fresh material, mainly 
by Mudaliyar William de Alwis, late Draughtsman at 
Peradeniya, to whom my best thanks are due. Plate V. was 
kindly photographed by Mr. H. F. Macmillan, Curator, 
Peradeniya, to whom I am grateful for this and many other 
favours in connection with supplies and propagation of 
seedlings. 
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Blanco , Flora de Filipinas, 1837. 
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Broun , Ceylon Ebony, Indian Forester, July, 1899. 
Brown , Prodromus Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ, 1810. 
Burmann , Thesaurus Zeylanicus, 1679. 
Choisy , Mémoires des Ternstrœmiaceæ, 1855. 
Dalzell, Kew Journal of Botany, Vol. IV., 1852. 
„ Species of India, 1861. 
