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DlOSPYROS HIRSUTA. (L.) A middling sized tree, young leaves and inflorescence ferrugineo-tomentose, leaves 
subcoriaceous elliptic or oblong more or less abruptly acuminate, slightly narrowed at the base, at length snbglabrous 3-8 inches Ions 1-3 
inches broad, petiole tomentose 3-4 lines long ; male capitula many flowered, calyx 1 line long, 5 parted nearly to the middle, corol 
about 2 lines long, rudiment of ovary small, stamens 5 on the torus round the rudimentary ovary; female flowers 1-3, calyx thick 3 lines 
long 5 parted to beyond the middle, lobes triangular acute margins reflexed, corol a little longer than the calyx, sterile stamens 5 on 
the corol tube, ovary 10 celled, fruit ovoid apiculate fulvo-tomentose 9 lines long 6-10 seeded seated on the enlarged calvx. seeds black 
transversely striated 7 lines long 3 lines broad, albumen ruminate.—There are occasionally female flowers in the capitula on the male 
tree, they are small and have the ovary only 6 celled and are probably abortive. Thw. En. PL Zey. p. 151;—Z./. Supp. p. 440:_ 
A. DC. Vol. viii. p. 223. 
Ceylon forests of the south of tlie island. 
PLATE No. CXXXVII. 
DlOSPYEOS MoONIL (Thw) A middling sized tree, branches terete slightly pilose when young but soon glabrous, 
leaves coriaceous obloug acuminate rounded at the base, glabrous above, costa and petiole channelled, sparingly pilose beneath 5-12 
inches long l|-4 inches broad, petiole 3 lines long, inflorescence axillary, fulvo-pilose, male capitula 6-10 flowered, calyx 2 lines long 
5 parted nearly to the middle, corol about 4 lines long, stamens 5. Female flowers 1-2, calyx thick 3 lines long margin revolute, corol 
about equal to the calyx in length, stigma obscurely 5 lobed, fruit 14 inches long 6-10 seeded, seated on the enlarged calyx, seed oblong 
compressed, transversely rugose, blackish 7 lines long 4 lines broad, albumen ruminate. Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 182. 
Ceylon at no great elevation— (from a drawing executed in the Ceylon Plerbarium.) 
PLATE No. CXXXVIII. 
DlOSPYROS ATTENUATA. (Thw.) A middling sized tree, leaves membranaceous glabrous or sparingly pilose obloug 
acuminate attenuated at the base into a short petiole, closely and minutely reticulated, pale beneath, 1^-4 inches long, 4-1 inch broad, 
petiole 1-2 lines long, infloresceuce strigose, with brownish yellow hairs amongst which are mixed some black hairs, male capitula 3 10 
flowered, calyx l line long 4-5 parted to below the middle, lobes lanceolate acute, corol about 2 lines long, stamens 5 on the base of 
the corol tube round the rudiment of an ovary, female flowers solitary axillary, calyx 3-4 lines long 4-5 parted to below the middle 
lobes lanceolate acute reflexed at the margin, corol a little longer than the calyx, sterile stamens 5 on the corol tube, stigmas 2 short 
spathuliform, ovary 4 celled fruit oblong acuminate 1-] | inches long, 2-3 seeded, seeds chestnut shining oblong acuminate, albumen 
not ruminate. Thw. En. PL Zey. p. 183. 
Ceylon, Pasdoon Corl, at no great elevation ; the flowering branch of the male tree is from a drawing executed in the Pera- 
denia Herbarium, Ceylon. 
PLATE No. CXXXIX. 
D ebenum, D. EXSCULPTA, D. WlGH TIANA, and D. EMBRYOPTERIS. Valuable timber trees in 
Southern India, have been figured in tlie Flora Sylvatica. D. assimilis figured in the Conservator’s Annual Report for 1866-67, is per¬ 
haps only a variety of ebenum ; D. Candolliana (Nilgiris), dubia (foot of Sevagherries and Conrtallum), montana (eastern and western side 
of the Presidency), ovalifolia (throughout the western forests), chloroxylon (capitulata, Wight), and cordifolia, Eastern side, and obovata 
(locality not given)'have all been figured by Dr. Wight, and I have met with them all frequently except the last species which is quite 
unknown to me._Diospyros acuta (Thw.) is a Ceylon tree, of which I have no specimen, and I have observed several other species 
in the dense forests of our Western Coast, of which I have not been able to procure specimens in flower, the genus is well represented 
in Bengal and Birmah. 
GERANIACEiE. 
TiMPATIENS PARASITICA. (Bedd.) Parasitic on trees, stems very succulent oiten moniliform and throwing out 
roots leaves crowded about the apex of the branches glabrous long petioled ovate acute, crenat. with incurved bristles 1J-2 inches 
long by about 1 inch broad, petioles »,-} inch long, peduncles axillary very short bearing 2 (rarely only 1) long ped.cels (about 
° , , „„ n i„ for „i AT , ot! vprv small linear acute, lower one bright red saccate with a recurved 
9 lines long) upper sepals green with a fohaceous crest, lateral ones very s>m>m > 
„ . . , , „ ,, Q wi, almost entirely hid in the saccate sepal, capsule glabrous ovate 
spur, upper of compound petals much smaller than the lower, botu Almost, eu j 
cibbous, seeds numerous small. Bedd. Mad. Journ. of Lit. 1859. , , , „ 
° ' Anamallays on trunks of trees 5,000-7,000 feet. I have not met with this very lovely spec.es anywhere but on the Anamallays, 
but it is now in cultivation on the Nilgiris ; it is allied to 1 Jcrdonii and viridillora, and though its flowers are smaller than those of 
Jerdonii it is a far more beautiful species, as it is a most profuse bloomer, a small mass in a pot being often covered with 60 or SO 
flowers and remaining in full bloom from May till November ; it is quite hardy in the open air in Ootaeamund, never bemg injured by 
the slight frosts we experience, it grows admirably in lumps of brickand charcoal, and cuttings root readily .1 stuck into the same compost 
PLATE CXL. 
