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bracts about tbe middle, calyx glabrescent, as in the male but increasing with the fruit, fruit ovoid densely tc mentose, 3-4 celled. 
Dab. Hook. Jour, of Bot. iv. p. 109. 
Bombay ghats (Dalzell).— Carcoor ghat (Wynad) 2,000-3,000 feet elevation. My specimens of tbe female tree are imperfect. 
I have not observed any difference in the size of the leaves of the 2 sexes, and I have specimens of the male tree from Mr. Dalzell with 
the leaves 7 inches long 
PLATE No. CXXY. 
DlOSPYROS CRUMENATA. (Thw.) A very large tree, branches glabrous, leaves glabrous oblong abruptly and obtusely 
acuminate rounded or slightly attenuated at the base 2-5 inches long 1-2 broad, petiole 3-4 lines long; male, cymes pilose 2-3 lines 
long 3-5 flowered bent downwards, calyx 2 lines long obscurely 4 toothed at the apex, corol hypocrateriform 5 lines long stamens about 
12-13 of equal length anthers single seated on the torus ; female, flowers large solitary on short thick peduncles (2-3 lines Png) calyx 4 
lines long pilose on both sides 4 lobed to the middle and dilated between the lobes, lobes rounded apiculate, corol a little longer than the 
calyx, sterile stamens about 8 equal in length, filaments single seated on the base of the corol, ovary S celled stigmas 4, fruit subspheri- 
cal, 14-2 inches in diameter, at length glabrous 6-8 seeded, seeds black shining 1 inch long \ inch broad, albumen ruminate. Thw. 
En. PI. Zey. p. 179. 
Ceylon mountains, 2,000-4,009 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CXXVI. 
DlOSPYROS AFF1NIS. (Thw.) A middling sized tree, branches subglabrous, buds pilose, leaves glabrous subcoria- 
ceous prominently reticulated, lanceolate-oblong attenuated at both ends l^--4£ inches long by 6-16 lines broad, turning black in dry¬ 
ing, petiole 3-5 lines long ; male, cymes pilose 3-7 flowered a little longer than the petiole, calyx 1| lines long shortly 4 toothed, corol 
4 lines long hypocrateriform, stamens about 12 of equal length filaments single seated on the torus ; female, flowers solitary large on 
short peduncles calyx 5 lines long pilose within, subglabrous on the outside, 4 cleft to the middle dilated between the lobes, lobes with 
long acuminations, sterile stamens 8 single of equal length seated on the base of the corol, ovary 6 celled styles 4 fruit spherical apicu¬ 
late 1 inch long at length glabrous 4 seeded, seed 6-7 lines long 4 lines broad, albumen ruminate. Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 179, 
nearly allied to D. crumenata. 
Ceylon mountains. PLATE No. CXXVII. 
DlOSPYROS QUCESITA. (Th w.) A large tree, branches glabrous, leaves glabrous prominently reticulated oblong 
abruptly acuminate attenuated at the base 3-7 inches long by l-|-3 broad, turning blackish when dried, petioles 3-7 lines long channelled 
above as is the costa of the leaf ; male, cymes 3-7 flowered pilose about the length of the petiole, calyx shortly 5 toothed, corol hypocra¬ 
teriform, stamens about 16 of equal length, filaments single seated on the torus ; female, floers swolitary calyx 5 lobed to the middle, 
dilated between the lobes, lobes acute, fruit subspherical 2-2|- inches long. Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 179. 
Ceylon, in the dense forests at the south of the island at no great elevation ; this is the tree which yields the valuable cala- 
mander wood of commerce. 
PLATE No. CXXVIII. 
DlOSPYROS PRUR1ENS. (Dalz.) A small or middling sized tree, young branches densely hirsute with long yellow 
hairs, leaves narrow-oblong with a blunt acumination and more or less cordate at the base glabrous on the upper side except the costa, 
very hirsute beneath 3-5| inches long by l-2-|- broad, petioles 1-2 lines long ; male, peduncles 2-3 times as long as the petioles axillary 
or between the axils, numerous and often congested on small young ramuli 1 flowered or very rarely with 2 flowers, calyx 4 parted divi¬ 
sions linear oblong obtuse reticulated glabrous within, very hairy on the outside, equalling the tube of the corol, corol hirsute on the 
outside, limb 4 parted with the divisions as long as the tube, stamens about 14 connate at the base unequal in length and seated on the 
toms surrounding a very small hairy rudiment of an ovary; female inflorescence as in the male, but corol more gibbous at the base, 
sterile stamens 4, very small on the corol tube, styles 2, stigmas dilated and more or less lobed, ovary very hairy 4 celled, fruit ovate- 
conical \\ inch long densely covered with stinging hairs. Dalz. Hook. Jour, of Bot. iv. p. 110. 
Very common throughout the Wynad up to 3,000 feet elevation, Anamallays, South Canara ghats and plains, Tinnevelly 
and Bombay ghats, also found in Ceylon. 
PLATE No. CXXIX. 
DlOSPYROS INSIGNIS. (Thw.) A very large tree, young branches slightly pilose, leaves subopposite or alternate sub- 
membranaceous glabrous oblong acuminate, attenuated or rounded at the base, 4-14 inches long by 14-6 inches broad, petioles 3-5 lines 
long ; male, capituli many flowered, flowers very small, calyx pilose 1J lines long 4 parted to the middle, lobes acute, corol 4 lines long 
pilose on the outside, stamens unequal in length 14-20 single, in pairs, or occasionally 3 on the same filament partly on the base of the 
corol tube and partly on the torus round a small abortive ovary ; female, flowers 1-3 axillary sessile, ovary 8 celled, fruit sub- 
spherical seated on the thick woody enlarged calyx which has reflexed margins. Seed 11 lines long, 6 lines broad, albumen ruminate. 
Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 180. 
Anamallays in dense forests 2-3,000 feet elevation. Ceylon 2,000 feet. I have no perfect female flower for analysis. 
PLATE No. CXXX. 
