Diospyros.] lxxxviii. ebenace^e. 285 
(7) D. tubicalyx Ridl. 
Branches slender. Young parts pubescent. Leaves alternate, 
elliptic, bluntly short acuminate, glabrous except midrib beneath; 
base cuneate; nerves 6 pairs, slender inarching some way from 
the edge, slightly raised beneath; whole leaf papery, thin, drying 
brownish, 3-5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles *i in. long, pubescent. 
Male flowers small in axillary clusters of 5, sessile or nearly so. 
Bracts oblong hairy. Calyx tubular, *12 in. long; lobes 4, thick 
short ovate, outside brown-silky; lobes silky inside. Corolla 
small, silky, lobes acute. Stamens 8, glabrous, filaments shorter 
than anther; anther-cells oblong, connective between them, 
distinct and prolonged into a subulate point. Hab. Pahang, 
Lubok Paku (Foxworthy). 
This somewhat resembles D. eriantha Benth. of Hongkong. The flowers 
of the specimen are very young. From description it resembles D. Cart net 
Hiern, of the Philippines. 
(8) D. dumosa King and Gamble, l.c. 211. 
Small tree. Leaves membranous, lanceolate short-acuminate, 
base cuneate slightly puberulous on the midrib and nerves 4 to 5 
pairs; 1-5 to 2 in. long, -5 to *75 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long. 
Male flowers in short axillary fascicles of 3 or 4. Calyx -25 in. 
long; lobes ovate-lanceolate acuminate, deep, edges undulate, 
pubescent. Corolla -5 in. long, narrow tubular; lobes 4, oblong- 
narrow, pubescent within and without. Stamens 12. Females 
solitary, *4 in. long. Calyx cleft to base in 4 large ovate reniform 
undulate blunt acuminate lobes. Corolla longer; staminodes 8. 
Hab. Perak (Wray). Rare. Distrib. Lower Siam. 
(9) D. flavicans Hiern, Trans. Carnb. Phil. Soc. xii. 205; 
King, l.c. 212. ,. _ 
Shrub or tree up to 70 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
elliptic, short acuminate; base cuneate, glabrous; nerves 5 to 7 
pairs; 3*25 to 5 in. long, 1-35 in. wide; petioles -i to -15 in. long. 
Male’flowers -45 in. long, 2 to 6 in. wide in sessile, tomentose 
fascicles. Calyx campanulate, pubescent; lobes 5, broad, ovate blunt 
acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped cylindric, pubescent above, 
glabrous inflated below, lobes 4, broad oblong, blunt. Stamens 
12 in 3 rows. Females conspicuously bi-bracteate in peduncled 
cymes. Fruit ellipsoid, glabrous, 75 in. long. Seeds 4 Hab. 
Woodlands in low country, Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith) . Selangor, 
Ulu Selangor (Goodenough). Perak (Kunstler). Penang, Batu 
Feringhi. Adang islands, Pulau Rawei. 
(10) D. apiculata Hiern, l.c. 186. 
Shrub 4 to 8 ft. tall; branches hirsute. Leaves membranous 
oblong caudate-acuminate, base round, above often hairy, beneath 
rough hairy on the nerves 8 to 10 pairs; 5-5 to 77 in. long, i*5 to 
2-5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long, hairy. Male flowers about 3, 
sessile, -35 in. long. Calyx-lobes narrow lanceolate 4 or 5, pubescent. 
