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Diospyros (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 479, Vol. I., the following species and varieties should now be added:

D. Aurantium (orange). A variety of D. Kaki.

D. Berti (Bert's). A variety of D. Kaki.

D. coronaria (crowned). fl., calyx spreading or slightly reflexed in fruit. fr. orange-red, sub-globose, 1in. in diameter. l. large, coriaceous. Japan, 1885. A small, hardy tree.

D. elliptica (elliptic). A variety of D. Kaki.

D. Kaki Aurantium (orange). fr. light orange-yellow, appleshaped, depressed; calyx very large, with large, rhomboidal, jagged segments. (R. H. 1887, p. 349, f. 2.) D. K. Berti (Bert's). fr. beautiful reddish-orange-yellow, depressed apple-shaped, large, smooth; basilar cavity broad and deep; summit umbilicate, with a narrow cavity. (R. H. 1887, p. 349, f. 3.) D. K. elliptica (elliptic). fr. beautiful, shining orange-yellow, regularly elliptical, very smooth; basilar cavity very small; apical mucro scarcely visible. (R. H. 1887, p. 349, f. 4.) D. Sahuti gallica (Sahut's, French). fr. reddish-yellow and golden, covered with a silvery bloom, apple-shaped, acuminate at summit; surface smooth and rounded; basilar cavity almost absent; umbilical cavity absent and replaced by a slight, characteristic, angular elevation. (R. H. 1887, p. 349, f. 5.) D. Wiseneri (Wisener's). fl., calyx lobes having a short, central lobe. fr. egg-shaped, obscurely ribbed. l. elongate-ovate, shortly attenuated and rounded at apex. Japan, 1887. Hardy. Probably a variety of D. Kaki.