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Diospyros.] 
Cymes much-branched, 3 in. long; flowers 
large . . ■ • 
Cymes over 1 in. long; fruit large with 
papery sepals X‘5 in. long 
Cymes small - 5 in. long on a long slender 
peduncle 12 in. long 
Flowers borne on trunk or old wood on branches. 
Fruit large pear-shaped .... 
Fruit 1 in. long, oblong or globose. 
Leaves pubescent on midrib and petiole; 
cymes black hairy; fruit globose . 
Leaves quite glabrous; cymes yellow hairy; 
fruit oblong . . 
Leaves membranous cordate; fruit large; 
thorny shrub .... 
(36) D. Horsfieldii 
(37) D. latisepala 
(38) D. nutans 
( 39 ) D. pyrifera 
(40) D. caliginosa 
(41) D. trunciflora 
(42) D. cordifolia 
(1) D. Wrayi King and Gamble, l.c. 209. 
Shrub 12 ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous, Leaves membranous, 
ovate-lanceolate to narrow elliptic acuminate blunt, base cuneate 
or round; nerves very obscure, 5 to 6 pairs, midrib hairy on both 
sides; 2 to 4 in. long, 75 in. wide; petioles -i in. long or less. Male 
flowers *25 in. long, 2 to 4 in axillary cymes, puberulous; pedicels 
very short. Calyx less than 1 in. long, narrow campanulate, 
lobes 4. Corolla 3 times as long, salver-shaped, lobes oblong, 4. 
Stamens 16. Females like males but longer; staminodes 8. 
Stigmas 4. Fruit globular, glabrous, shining black; calyx 75 in. 
wide, coriaceous, 4-lobed. Hab. Dense forests. Selangor, Pondok 
Tanjong (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Blanda Mabok; Trong; Kota 
(Wray). ... _ 
(2) D. microphylla Bedd. Ic. PL hid. Or. 27, /. cxxxm; King, 
l.c. 210. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall and 2 ft. through. Branchlets pubescent. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate lanceolate, sub-rhomboid, acute 
or blunt; nerves obsolete; young leaves sparsely hairy on both 
sides, adult appressed hairy on midrib and edges, 1 to 1-4 in. 
long, *45 to *65 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long. Male flowers 
solitary or 3 in a cyme. Calyx -05 in. long, deeply 4-lobed. 
Corolla little longer, lobes 4. Stamens 16. Females -2 in. long, 
solitary, pedicelled or paired. Calyx campanulate, lobes 4, round, 
blunt, imbricate, silky on edge and centre. Corolla longer, deep, 
4-lobed. Fruit cylindric or oblong conic, glabrous, i-celled, 
1-seeded. Hab. Common in forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Garden Road. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Malacca, Sungei Hudang 
(Goodenough); Ayer Panas (Cantley); Bukit Bruang (Griffith). 
Dindings, Lumut. Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. India, Malay 
isles. Native name : Delai Putih. Use : Said to supply the best 
Malacca ebony. 
(3) D. subrhomboidea King and Gamble, l.c. 209. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves lanceo¬ 
late, ovate or sub-rhomboidal, caudate-acuminate blunt, base 
