514 LXXXI. EBENACEZ (HIERN). [ Euclea. 
6. B. bilocularis, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p. 102. Glabrous. Branches 
sometimes whorled 3 together. Leaves alternate opposite or whorled 3 
together, obovate, rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, 
coriaceous, somewhat wavy, 2-3 by #-12 in.; veins inconspicuously 
raised on both surfaces, dark green above, redder beneath ; petiole 
ly in. long. Racemes of female flowers dense, short (in bud), about 
9-flowered ; flowers tetramerous. Calyx cup-shaped, shortly toothed. 
Corolla 4-cleft. Staminodes 0. Ovary 2-celled, glabrous ; cells 2- 
ovuled. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Kirk ! . . 
A male plant, with 16-18 stamens, from Madagascar, may belong to this species. 
7. EB. Kellau, Hochst. in Hb. Schinyp. Abyss. sect. ii. n. 1078. A 
glabrous shrub or small tree ; branches subopposite, straight. Leaves 
subopposite, obovate or oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, wedge- 
shaped at the base, subcoriaceous, glossy above, paler beneath, flat or 
wavy, 1-2 by }-1 in. ; veins delicate; petiole ~,—-} in. Flowers 4-5- 
merous, racemose ; bracts lanceolate, at the base of the pedicels, small. 
Racemes 9-11-flowered, the male ones lax, 3-1 in. long, the fem? 
3 in. Calyx-lobes deltoid, apiculate or acuminate. Corolla deep y 
cleft. Stamens 12, in female plants 0. Ovary in female plant contca ’ 
glabrous, 4-celled; cells 1-ovuled: styles 2. Fruits globose, 4 = 
diam., edible-—Hochst. in Flora, 1843, p. 83. Myrsine Kellau, Hoch 
in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect i.n. 159. Kellaua Schimper, Alph. DO. 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. ii. vol xvi. p. 96 (1841) name only, et vol. xvi. P- 
209 (1842). 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin Dillon and Petit! 
The Abyssinian name of the fruit is “ Kellau.” . . 
The species is the same as, or closely allied to, the “ Nakus” of Arabia Felix, es, 
pero by pom, Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. p.197 (1775); see Hiern in Trimen, Journ. Bot., 
1877, p. 97. 
3. MABA, J. R. et G. Forst.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. il. p. 664. 
Calyx campanulate in flower, usually trifid, occasionally 4—5-mer- 
ous, in fruit sometimes accrescent to a moderate extent. Corolla cam- 
panulate or tubular, exceeding the calyx, usually 3-lobed. siege 
in male flowers 6-12 (in our species), glabrous, distinct or united J 
their filaments in pairs; represented in the female plants by 3-6 s ; 
minodes or altogether wanting. Ovary in the male plants radimes- 
tary, in the female 3- or 6-celled, hairy or glabrous; style a-lobe 
ovules 6 in all, solitary in the 6-celled ovaries, two together in 
3-celled ovaries. Fruit globose or ovoid, not large, baccate oT oy 
indehiscent, 1-6-celled. Seeds 1-6; albumen uniform or ruminate 
Fruiting calyx spreading or cup-shaped.—Shrubs or trees, usually es ‘ 
hard wood, with alternate leaves of moderate size, short axillary cy™® 
and small dicecious flowers. 
A genus of 60 species, widely scattered over the tropics; only one species occurs 
in Natal, none in othér parts of the continent of Africa except the following: 
