516 LXXXI, KBENACE® (HIERN). [ Maba. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! Ambriz, Welwitsch! ; 
A very variable species, occurring also in Madagascar, the East Indies, Australia 
and the Pacific Islands. 
3. M. lancea, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p.118. Shrubby ; young parts 
and inflorescence puberulous; branches straight. Leaves lanceolate- 
oblong, acutely acuminate at the apex, somewhat narrowed at the base, 
thinly and firmly subcoriaceous, opaque, nearly glabrous except the 
veins beneath, dark green with inconspicuous veins above, paler beneath, 
3-4 by 1 in. ; petiole 4-4 in. long. Male flowers small, several toge- 
ther, crowded in very short ferruginous-hairy axillary cymes, ferru- 
ginous-hairy ; bracts rounded. Calyx broadly campanulate, deeply 
trifid (or by exception pentamerous). Corolla pale-ferruginous silky, 
3 ?-lobed, glabrous insidé. Stamens 5-6 (?), hypogynous, erect ; 
anthers subsessile, hairy towards the base, subulate. Ovary 0. Female 
plant unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathman! 
4, M. Mannii, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p. 129. A small tree or 
an arborescent shrub, glabrate; branches terete, smooth, erect-patent. 
Leaves oval-ovate, obtusely narrowed at the apex, somewhat narrowed 
at the base, thinly coriaceous, glossy, dark above, redder beneath, 
slightly wavy or flat, inconspicuously veined, 24-5 by 1-24 in.; 
petiole y5-} in. Flowers trimerous, subsessile, 4-3 in. long, in very 
abbreviated axillary cymes, the male ones a few together, the female 
ones unknown. Calyx campanulate, not quite glabrous, +5 in. long, 
trifid, with round ciliolate lobes, not accrescent. Corolla white, tubu- 
lar ; tube exceeding the calyx ; lobes 3, short, rounded. Stamens 6-9 
in the male plant, linear, acute, somewhat hairy, inserted at the base 
of the corolla. Ovary in the male plant rudimentary, hairy. Frait 
subglobose, with 5-6 obscure rounded sides, nearly 1 in. diameter, 5-6- 
celled, of a bright orange colour when ripe, glossy, nearly glabrate but 
showing remains of hairs. Fruiting calyx 1-2 in. diameter, spreading, 
appressed to the base of the fruit, not quite glabrous. Seeds 5-6, 
solitary in the cells; albumen ruminated. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Expedition, opposite Stirling, 7h. Vogel! (doubtfully 
referred by Mr. Bentham, in Hook. Niger Fl, p. 442, to Diospyros senegalensis, Pert.); 
at Nupe, Barter! Bagroo River, Mann ! 
5. M. abyssinica, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p.132. A large shrub, 
glabrous except the inflorescence ; shoots terete. Leaves lanceolate- 
oblong, obtuse and often somewhat acuminate at the apex, more or less 
narrowed at the base, subcoriaceous, flat, of the same colour on bot 
surfaces, somewhat shining above, patent or erect-patent, 2-5 by 
4-13 in.; midrib slightly depressed above; veins inconspicuous; 
petiole 3-1 in. long. Flowers subsessile, clustered, axillary, mostly 
trimerous, sometimes 4—5-merous; bracts pubescent, small, caducous. 
Male flowers 2 in. long; calyx cleft, lobes rounded, minutely ciliate; 
corolla widely campanulate, glabrous, lobes rounded; stamens about 
14, glabrous, mostly in pairs, inserted at the base of the corolla, fi 
