Maba.] lxxxviii. ebenace^e. 201 
(7) M. buxifolia Vers. Syn. ii. 606; King , l.c. 206. 
Large bush or small tree. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, 
base narrowed, tip round to sub-acute; nerves faint, 4 to 6 pairs, 
midrib bold; *35 to 1 in. long, -3 to -6 in. wide; petioles under 
•5 in. long. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 in a cyme, tnmerous. Calyx 
•1 in. long, lobes short.- Corolla campanulate, lobes short triangular. 
Male flowers, stamens 6 to 12. Females no stamens. Ovary 
3-celled; style 3-lobed. Fruit ellipsoid or globose, -35 in. long. 
Seed 1. * Hob. Not rare, usually by the sea. Singapore, Tampinis; 
Kranii. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan; Pulau 
Tiuman (Burkill); Baloh, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Tnngganu, by 
the sea. Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Lankawi, Kwah 
(Curtis). Pulau Adang, Pulau Tengah. Perils, Kanga. Distnb. 
Tropical Africa, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 
var. rhomboidea Ridl. Leaves 2'5 in. long, 1 in. wide, rhomboid 
lanceolate. Province Wellesley, Kubang Ulu (Curtis). Native 
names : Kay a Arang; Sachirit Laut. 
(8) M. elegans Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 161. 
Slender tree-like shrub 10 ft. tall. Branches drooping, stiff 
hairy. Leaves elliptic lanceolate, blunt, base narrowed, midrib 
hairy beneath, nerves invisible; -5 in. long, *12 in. wide. Flowers 
male, unknown. Females solitary, sessile or nearly silky all over, 
•25 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4, ovate round. Corolla flask-shaped, 
lobes 3 lanceolate blunt, hairy; staminodes filiform, 3. Ovary 
hairy. Hab. Pahang, Kwala Teku woods (Ridley). 
2 . DIOSPYROS, Linn. 
Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate. Calyx-lobes 4 to 5 
(rarely 3), deep enlarged in fruit. Corolla tubular or campanulate, 
lobes 4 to 5, short. Stamens 4 to 64, usually 16, in males; 
staminodes o to 16 in females. Ovary 4- to 5-celled or imper¬ 
fectly 8- to 10-celled; ovules 1, rarely 2 in each cell; styles and 
stigmas 1 to 4. Fruit globose, ellipsoid or conic-ovoid subtended 
by enlarged, sometimes woody calyx; flesh pulpy. Seed oblong, 
compressed. Species 220, tropics, rarely sub-temperate regions. 
Trees, rarely shrubs, unarmed. 
(1) D. Wrayi 
(2) D. microphylla 
(3) D. subrhomboidea 
(4) D. Scortechinii 
Flowers male in small cymes or fascicles axillary 
on branches. 
Leaves membranous, under 3 in. long. 
Leaves elliptic cuspidate, 2-5 in. long, 
globular; stamens 16 . 
Leaves broad lanceolate, 1*4 in. long; fruit 
cylindric; stamens 16 . 
Leaves elliptic blunt acuminate or lanceo¬ 
late, 2-25 in. long; stamens 8; 
fruit ellipsoid, puberulous 
Leaves over 3 in. long. 
Leaves lanceolate, 3*5 in. long . 
