210 WRIGHT : THE GENUS DIOSPYROS IN CEYLON. 
Plate XIX.—(KM 4 x D.). 
Sclerotic cells (1-4). (1) From cortex of a twig 0-9 mm. diameter ; 
(2) from twig 2 mm. diameter ; (3) from branch 70 mm. diameter ; 
(4) from branch 78 mm. diameter. 
Hairs (5-10). (5) Origin of unicellular hairs from upper surface of 
calyx, D. Ebenum ; (Ô) pedicellate multicellular gland, from upper 
surface of calyx, D. Ebenum ; (7 and 8) irregular unicellular hairs 
from leaf bud D. Embryopteris ; (9 and 10) multicellular glands 
usually on long pedicels, from carpellary wall of fruits of D. 
Embryopteris. 
Plate XX. 
D. Ebenum (1-6). (1) Transverse section of xylem, D x 4 ; (2) 
transverse section of twig 2 mm. diameter showing origin of phellogen 
from subepidermal layer ; (3) section, diagramatic, of old xylem with 
lumina filled with coloured material ; (4) rods of black carbon-like 
material liberated from the cells after treatment with strong sulphuric 
acid ; (5 and 6), sections of the xylem showing the appearance of the 
deposits in the early stages ; transverse and longitudinal. 
Correction . 
In Cooke’s Flora of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. II., 
Pt. 1, received since the above was completed, D. crnmenata 
is given as common in the forests between Gairsoppa and 
Dodmune Ghats. It is therefore not endemic in Ceylon, as 
. stated on p. 199. 
