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[Diospyros. 
(15) D. styraciformis King and Gamble, l.c. 216. 
Tree; branchlets pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic 
to elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acute, base cuneate, beneath red-pubes¬ 
cent (deciduously); nerves 5 pairs; 2-5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles -2 to -35 in. long. Male flowers few in short cymes, 
clustered. Calyx -2 in. long, campanulate tomentose, teeth narrow, 
triangular. Corolla -5 in. long, narrow tubular, lobes half the 
length, 4, oblong, blunt. Stamens 16. Female flowers solitary. 
Calyx-lobes broad, reniform. Fruit globose, truncate and depressed 
at top, densely minutely tomentose, -5 in. long, -65 in. through; 
calyx cup-shaped, teeth triangular, 4. Hab. Very local and 
scarce. Singapore (Maingay), Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah; 
Chua Chu Kang. 
(16) D. bilocularis Oliv. Ic. Pl. t. 2336; King, lx. 215. Maba 
Maingayi Hiern, lx. 107; Clarke, lx. iii. 552. 
A big tree about 80 ft. tall, glabrous with obovate thickly 
coriaceous leaves or elliptic sub-acute or blunt, base narrowed; 
nerves obscure on both surfaces about 12 pairs; 3 to 5 in. long, 
i*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Male flowers *65 in. long 
on pedicels -3 in. long in fascicles of 3 or 4 white. Calyx cori¬ 
aceous, -25 in. long, lobes 4, short and broad. Corolla narrow, 
tubular, yellow, *4 in. long, very thick, lobes long, oblong. Stamens 
16. Female flowers similar. Fruit ellipsoid yellow, 1*5 to 2 in. 
long on a stout pedicel; calyx flat, lobes blunt. Seed 1, 
ruminate. Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Seli- 
tar; Changi. Malacca (Maingay); Sungei Hudang (Derry). Perak 
(Kunstler). 
(17) D. clavigera Clarke, lx. iii. 558. 
Tree; glabrous entirely except calyx. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic, narrowed or broad, rounded at base, apex sub-acute; 
nerves 6 to 7 pairs, slightly prominent beneath; 3-25 to 6 in. long, 
1-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles *15 to *4 in. long. Male flowers 3 to 
16 in small cymes. Calyx -15 in. long. Corolla -35 in. long, 
clubbed, glabrous. Stamens 16. Fruit oblong, -5 in. long, shining; 
calyx cup-shaped with 3 to 5 short excurved lobes, -2 in. long. 
Hab. Forests, widely distributed but not common; very variable 
in the size of the leaves. The type-specimens have quite small 
leaves with an occasional big one. Singapore, Sungei Morai. 
Malacca, Ayer Chantie (Maingay); Ching (Griffith). Lankawi, 
Kwah (Curtis). Kedah, Alor Sta. Perlis, Kanga; Chupeng 
(leaves pubescent on the back). Native name : Komoi. 
var. pachyphylla, D. pachyphylla Clarke, lx. iii. 568. Leaves 
rather smaller, base round. Flowers and fruit smaller. Hab. 
Singapore, Tampinis Road (Ridley). Malacca (Maingay). 
(18) D. siamensis Hochreut. PL Bogor. exsicc. 36. 
Tree about 40 ft. tall with large head. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, 
oblong dark green, base rounded, tip blunt or shortly acute; 
