286 lxxxviii. ebenace^e. f Diospyros. 
Corolla tubular, -4 in. long, lobes blunt. Stamens 6 to 12. Females 
1 to 3 in small hairy cymes. Fruit ovoid-conic, rusty hairy, 1 in. 
long. Seeds 4. Hab. Forests in north. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Penang Hill (Maingay) ; Moniot’s Road (Curtis). 
(11) D. Kurzii Hiern, l.c. 162. 
Tree. Branchlets hairy. Leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate, 
narrowed to base, edges undulate, thin coriaceous drying black, 
glabrous except midrib, hairy; nerves very fine with nervules 
conspicuous beneath; 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. 
Male flowers not seen. Female flowers in short hairy cymes; 
young fruit densely hairy sub-globose. Calyx lobed nearly to 
base; lobes 4, rounded, glabrescent, golden hairy at the base. 
Hab. Selangor, Batu Caves (Ridley). 
This differs from D. Kurzii of the Andamans chiefly in its hairy midribs 
and the hairy ovary. I refer it to Kurz's species with some doubt. 
(12) D. pubicarpa Ridl. 
Free. Branches slender pubescent. Leaves elliptic acuminate, 
thin papery, elliptic blunt acuminate; midrib beneath appressed 
hairy, base narrowed shortly; nerves about 13 pairs, very irregular, 
secondary nerves nearly as conspicuous; 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, 
drying black; petioles *i in. long, hairy. Female flowers in 
axillary pairs; pedicels hairy little longer than the petiole. Male 
flowers not seen. Fruit globose drying black, hairy with a short 
beak *5 in. through; pericarp thin; sepals 4 (in one fruit 5) oblong 
blunt leathery, free nearly to base, glabrous, -25 in. long; pedicel 
hairy, *2 in. long. Hab. Pahang, Bentong Jemampang (Fox¬ 
worthy). Native name : Hidang Kelawar. 
Allied to D. nitida Merrill, of the Philippines, but hairy. 
(13) D. lucida Wall. Cat. 4127 ; King, l.c. 217. (Fig. 99, p. 287.) 
A small tree or large shrub. Leaves coriaceous shining, lanceo¬ 
late or oblong sub-acute or blunt, base round or narrow, glabrous; 
nerves 5 to 9 pairs, quite obscure ; 1-25 to 4-5 in. long, -5 to 1-5 in. 
wide; petioles -2 to -4 in. long. Male flowers sessile in small 
fascicles. Calyx -15 in. long, lobes broad, triangular, fomentose 
all over. Corolla narrow tubular, silky tomentose, yellow, *4 in. 
long ; lobes oblong. Stamens 12 to 16 pairs. Females 1 to 2 
together, sub-sessile. Calyx larger than in male. Fruit globose 
depressed, about *5 in. long, nearly glabrous; calyx broad, woody, 
flat, cup-shaped, -5 in. wide, angled, hardly lobed. Hab. Common 
in woods and rocky places by the sea. The whole peninsula, 
Singapore, Garden Jungle; PulauBrani; Bukit Timah; (Wallich). 
Johor, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, Rumpin River (Evans). Malacca, 
Batu Tiga; Mt. Ophir; Ching (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Gunong 
Angsi. Selangor, Weld’s Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 
Perak, Sungei Larut and Sempang (Wray). Penang, Batu 
