294 lxxxviii. EBENACEiB. [Diospyros. 
slightly cuneate; midrib, nerves and nervules depressed above, 
much elevate beneath, nerves 8 to 14 pairs; 6 to 10 in. long, 
2-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles -35 in. long. Cymes 2 or 3 i n * l° n S* 
black, pubescent, sometimes panicled, mostly of male with a few 
female flowers. Male flowers, calyx -15 in. long of 4 broad ovate 
undulate lobes. Corolla cylindric, 4-angled at base, tomentose, 
•4 in. long, lobes narrow, elliptic, blunt. Stamens 16 in 2 rows. 
Female flowers, corolla longer. Fruit ovoid-globular, glabrous, 
1 to 1-25 in. through; calyx-lobes large, undulate. Hab. Apparently 
rare. Malacca (Griffith). Perak (Scortechini, Kunstler). Distrib. Java. 
(37) D. latisepala Ridl. D. paniculata King, l.c. 226 (not 
of Dalziel). 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through; branchlets softly 
hairy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong acuminate, base 
cuneate; midrib slightly depressed above, prominent and angled 
beneath, hairy on both sides; nerves 5 to 8 pairs strongly elevate 
beneath, reticulations small, conspicuous on both sides, nerves 
and reticulations hairy beneath, and in young leaves above also; 
4 to 7-5 in. long, 1*65 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, stout, 
wrinkled and grooved softly hairy. Cymes elongate axillary 
sometimes several together softly hairy, 1-5 in. long, few-flowered 
with peduncles -5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, *05 in. 
long. Pedicels -i in. long. Sepals 4 or 5, lanceolate acuminate, 
■2 in. long, hairy, membranous. Corolla (male) -25 in. long, base 
tubular, globose short; lobes 6, oblong lanceolate, blunt all 
pubescent silky. Stamens 6 in the tube short; filaments very 
short attached to tube; anthers longer lanceolate. Fruit ellipsoid, 
1-25 in. long, red hairy, when young becoming glabrous; calyx-lobes 
5, ovate membranous, reticulate, 1-25 in. long and as wide. Hab . 
Dense jungle, Selangor, Kopis and Sungei Buloh (Foxworthy). 
Perak, Gunong Pondok (Kunstler). Native names : Singus or 
Siangus; Berumbang Darat. 
(38) D. nutans King and Gamble, l.c. 226. 
A low shrub 4 to 15 ft. tall. Stem corky, deep grooved; branchlets 
villous. Leaves thin coriaceous, oblong, shortly caudate-acuminate, 
base round, glabrous or puberulous beneath or villous on the 
nerves, 7 to 10 pairs, prominent beneath; 5 to 7 in. long, 1*5 to 
2*5 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long. Cymes umbellate, few-flowered 
on slender peduncles 4 to 12 in. long, pendent. Male flowers -5 in. 
long; pedicels -i in. long, brown. Calyx with 5 long lanceolate 
lobes. Corolla 4 times as long, tubular, lobes 5, deep oblong. 
Stamens 10. Female flowers on different cymes, shorter. Fruit 
narrow ellipsoid, hairy, -6 to 1 in. long. Hab. Forests, Johor, 
Kota Tinggi. Perak, Larut and Kinta hills (Kunstler). 
(39) D. pyrifera Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 50, p. 117. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall, bark black. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, 
elliptic blunt or sub-acute, base round, 11 to 13 in. long, 4 in. wide. 
