290 lxxxviii. ebenace^. [ Diospyros. 
calyx small with 5 reflexed lobes, Hab. Penang, Waterfall 
(Curtis). Native name : Tumuruang. 
This may be a McCba. It somewhat resembles M. cordata Hiern, of 
Borneo. 
(22) D. rufa King and Gamble, Lc. 228. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, glabrous; shoots red-tomentose. Leaves 
thickly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or oblarrceolate, shortly blunt- 
acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 7 to 10 pairs slightly elevate, 
inarching far from the edge; 5-5 to 7*5 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. 
wide; petioles *4 to *6 in. long. Fruit globular-ovoid, blunt, 
1-25 in, long and 1*15 in. through, red-tomentose; calyx flat, 
4-angled, -4 in. wide, red-tomentose. Nab. Lowland forest. 
Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native 
name: Mentuba. Use: Timber dark coloured, used in house 
building, but not durable if exposed. Fruit used for poisoning 
fish. Specimens very poor. 
(23) D. pauciflora King and Gamble , l.c. 219. 
Shrub or small tree, glabrous. Leaves very coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate acuminate, base slightly cuneate; 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs inarching; 5 to 10 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles corrugated, *25 to -3 in. long. Male flowers sessile in 
fascicles -3 in. long. Calyx *25 in. long, narrow tubular, narrowed 
both ends, tomentose and black hairy, lobes 4 triangular, short, 
base inside thick hairy. Corolla little longer, half split into 4 
broad blunt lobes, a line of black hair all along each midrib, rest 
silky. Stamens 12; 8 in pairs, 4 free, hairy. Hab. Perak 
(Kunstler). 
Very rare. I have not seen it. 
(24) D. toposioides King and Gamble, l.c. 223. 
Tree 15 to 40 ft. tall or shrubby. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 
elliptic, shortly acute, base round or short narrowed; nerves 16 
to 20 pairs depressed above, elevate strongly beneath, minutely 
distinctly reticulate on both sides; 7 to 11 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; 
petioles -3 to -4 in. long, wrinkled, stout. Male flowers *25 in. 
long in cymose panicles 1 in. long. Calyx campanulate, mouth 
entire or nearly. Corolla little larger, ovoid inflate below mouth, 
4-toothed. Female flowers conical in bud. Calyx acutely 4-angled, 
lobes deltoid, very coriaceous, puberulous outside, tomentose 
inside. Corolla tubular. Fruit depressed, globular, 1 to 1-25 in. 
through; calyx-lobes -4 in. long, stiff recurved. Hab. Forests; 
commonest on limestone. Selangor, Batu Caves; Sungei Siput. 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Bindings, Lumut. Native name: 
Tuba Bua. Fruits used for poisoning fish. 
(25) D. ellipsoidea King and Gamble , l.c. 220. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall, or tree; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 
thin coriaceous oblong acute, base rounded cordate, glabrous or 
