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WRIGHT: THE GENUS DIOSPYROS 
information in the future, and the dimensions quoted have 
been determined personally in the districts mentioned: — 
Minimum Dimensions of Flowering Trees. 
Name. 
t -i., Breast-height Diameter 
Locality. 0 f Stem in Mm. 
D. Embryopteris 
• •• 
Peradeniya 
155 
D. affinis 
Bibile 
130 
D. oocarpa 
• •• 
Kalugala 
180 
l>. Ebenum 
Pindeniya 
125 
D. montana 
• • • 
Madawachchi 
75 
D. quæsita 
• •• 
Karawita 
250 
D. crumenata 
... 
Hantane 
260 
D. Toposia 
... 
Gammaduwa 
60 
D. Grardneri 
... 
Hantane 
120 
D. hirsuta 
... 
Ratnapura 
65 
D. Moonii 
... 
Yagirilla 
25 
D. Thwaitesii 
... 
Hewessa 
100 
D. oppositifolia 
• •• 
Hiniduma 
50 
D. attenuata 
( Pasdun korale, ) 
1 near Hiniduma $ 
25 
D. sylvatica 
Hantane 
250 
D. acnta 
( Pasdun korale, ) 
( near Hiniduma ) 
25 
D. Melanoxylon 
Bibile 
110 
D. pruriens 
Kadawatta 
60 
D. insignis 
Ratnapura 
60 
D. ovalifolia 
... 
Kanthalai 
200 
Position of Flowers .—The majority of the flowers, whether 
solitary or in the form of an inflorescence, appear in the 
axils of foliage leaves, and are therefore most usually found 
near the ends of the ultimate twigs. Many species, however, 
have their flowers disposed on old twigs or branches, 
this being characteristic for D. Moonii, D. ovalifolia, and D. 
insignis in particular. 
When the flowers are monoecious the females usually appear 
in the axil of the youngest leaves and the males in the axil 
of lower leaves. In D. oppositifolia and D. acuta a female 
flower usually terminates each young shoot ; other female 
flowers occur in the axils of young leaves, but the males 
occur either in the axil of old leaves, or on woody twigs 
independent of foliage leaves. The females are thus subject 
to more exposure, and being exposed to the wind on all sides 
are more likely to attract insects and to catch wind-borne 
pollen. 
