I ^m II 



SPENCER MOOUE: QAMOPETAL^. 



355 



meniLranacels 8 Jiim. lonn;, ; corolla: alboe lobis 7-8 anguste obovato-oblongis 

 oblusissiniis 10 mm. long, tubum duplo excetlentibus ; stdimnibus 15 filamentis 

 mm. long, snbulatis quam antlierte oblongro tripio longioribus; ovario 

 snbgloboso basi villoso 7-locuIari 4x5 mm. stylo filiCovmi glabro 6*5 mm. 

 lono'. terminato. 



13 



Tree 



Ignambi ; fairly frequent in forest; 2000-3000 ft. ; gneiss. 1522. 



witb spreading crown, 



Fycnandra Bentb., wbich tbeso two plants resemble in general apjiearance 

 and to wliicli tbey are no doubi nearest allied, has corolla-lobes isomerous 

 with the segments of the calyx and stamens at least five times as many as the 

 lobes, and also more cells to the ovary. 



EBENACE^. 

 By AV. P. HiEEN 



Maba buxifolia Pers., var. Cap Bocage; open scrubby association; 

 200 ft. ; mica schist. 1400. Shrub 8 ft. Copious iricdium 



(>reen leaves. 



Fruits acorn-like in 3-lobed calyx. From Tropical Africa through East 

 Asia to North Australia. 



Maba Vieillardi Hiern, rar. ? Comptoni Hiern, var. nov., foliis subtus 

 subpallidioribus et fructibus minoribus (sc. modo 8x7 mm.). Cap Bocagc ; 

 frequent in slightly sheltered parts of serpentine scrub and scrubby woods ; 

 800 ft. 139 oT Shrub 6 ft. Leaves stjf¥, light green. Fruits spherical 



in persistent 3-lobed calyx. 



There being no flowers known of this plant, its status in the genus must at 



present remain doubtful. 



M. fasctculosa F. Muoll. Littoral, in Acacia spirorUs woods. 49, 778. 

 Tree, drooping leaves. Bipe fruits green-brown. Calyx of 3 fleshy seg- 

 ments. Tlie fruits of No. 778 are considerably larger than those of No. 49. 

 Eastern Australia, 



SYMPLOCACEiE. 



(§ Bobua) 



Arl 



01 



elata, 



ramulis ullimis foliosis primo angulatis dein subteretibus sparsim puberulis 



/ 



8 X 4-4'5 cm. petiolatis (pet. 1-2 cm. long.) obovato- 



oblongis apice rotmidatis ipso sa3pe retusis basi obtusis intcgris coriaceis 

 glabris ; racemis 4-5 cm. long, simplicibus foliis plane brevioribua pturifloris 

 puberulis ; pedlceUis validis quam calyx brevioribus ; hmcteis ovato-oblongis 

 vel ovatis obtusis acutisve circa 3 mm. long. ; calycls 5 mm. long, oxtus 

 puberuli bractcas nullo negotio superantis lobis tubo a3quilongis suborbi- 



cularibus margine ciliatis ; coro 



Ike albfie alte divisoe in toto 6 mm. long. 



sec^mentis ovatis obtusissimis o-kbris; staminihus circa 60 filamentis G mm. 



