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Diospyros.] 
midrib depressed above, elevate beneath as are 13 pairs of nerves, 
reticulations conspicuous; petioles thick, *25 in. long. Cymes 
on trunk and branches, *75 in. long, hairy, much-branched. Calyx- 
lobes 5, ovate, hairy, -i in. long. Corolla in male flask-shaped, 
•5 in. long, lobes round, cream colour, glabrous. Stamens 30, in 
pairs. Fruit pear-shaped, green, white inside, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. 
through; calyx *5 in. long, green, lobes ovate acute, glabrescent. 
Seeds 10. Hab. Local in dense forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah 
(Ridley). 
(40) D. caliginosa Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 318. 
Tall tree; bark black; branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong, acute ; nerves 13 pairs with midrib pubescent beneath; 8 in. 
long, 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers crowded 
in tufts of cymes on trunk densely black-hairy. Male flowers, 
calyx saucer-shaped, lobes 4, ovate blunt outside and edge black- 
hairy. Corolla urceolate, silky-white, -25 in. long, lobes recurved, 
4, ovate. Stamens 16 in pairs. Fruit small, globose. Female 
flowers unknown. Hab. Rare in forests. Pahang, Tahan River 
(Ridley). 
(41) D. trunciflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, 
p. 67. 
A small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate, base slightly narrowed, glabrous; nerves 11 pairs, 
reticulations distinct; 9 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -12 to -25 in. 
long. Cymes very short in large tufts on the trunk; peduncles 
•12 in. long red-hairy. Male flowers unknown. Females, calyx- 
lobes 4 ovate, sub-acute, nearly *12 in. long, hairy. Corolla very 
small, hairy. Fruit ovoid-oblong, glabrous, black, 1 in. through, 
tip only hairy; calyx-lobes ’25 in. long, triangular, reflexed, 
densely yellow-hairy. Hab. Forests. Pahang, Tahan River; 
Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Good- 
enough). Dindings, Gunong Tungul. Perak, Lenggong. 
(42) D. cordifolia Roxb. Corom. PI. i. 50. D. montana Roxb. 
lx. 48. 
Shrub or small tree, thorny. Leaves membranous, oblong 
shortly acuminate blunt, base broad, cordate or truncate, 2 in. 
long, 75 in. wide; petioles slender, -2 in. long. Male flowers in 
small cymes, -25 to 75 in. long, pubescent. Calyx *i in. deep, 
lobed. Corolla urceolate. Stamens 16. Female flowers solitary 
on peduncles *25 in. long. Calyx deeply 4-fid. Fruit 1*5 in. 
through, orange, globose, smooth. Calyx *5 in. across, lobes short 
ovate, triangular, reflexed. Hab. Lankawi, Kwala Kwah (Haniff). 
Distrib. India, Siam, Malay islands, Australia. 
