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EBENACEAE 
MABA Forster 
MABA EUPHLEBIA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva (ex Ramos 3 m alta) ; foliis alternis, 
breviter petiolatis, oblongis, usque ad 33 cm longis, acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis, supra glabris subtus parce pubescentibus; nervis 
utrinque circiter 12, distantibus, valde prominentibus; floribus 
paucis, sessilibus, bracteolatis, fasciculatis, axillaribus; stamini- 
bus 12; corolla circiter 1.5 cm longa, extus dense fulvo-hirsuta. 
A shrub or small tree (3 m high ex Ramos), the branchlets and 
lower surfaces of the leaves somewhat pubescent, the flowers 
densely so, otherwise glabrous. Branches slender, terete, brown 
or grayish, Leaves subcoriaceous or thickly chartaceous, oblong, 
20 to 33 cm long, 7 to 9 cm wide, somewhat shining when dry, 
the upper surface olivaceous, glabrous, the lower pale-brownish, 
distinctly pubescent on the midrib and nerves, the base somewhat 
narrowed, rounded, the apex acute or acuminate; lateral nerves 
about 12 on each side of the midrib, very prominent, curved, 
distinct, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, prominent; petioles 
stout, pubescent, about 3 mm long. Flowers few, 2 or 3, rarely 
more, in axillary, sessile fascicles, each flower subtended by three 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hirsute, about 3 mm long 
bracteoles. Calyx about 5 mm long, slightly hirsute, cup-shaped, 
8-lobed, the lobes broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, one about 
as long as the calyx-tube. Corolla in nearly mature bud about 
1.5 cm long, cylindric, 3 mm in diameter below, narrowed above, 
outside very densely hirsute-pubescent with appressed fulvous 
hairs. Stamens 12, in three series, the anthers linear-oblong, 
2 to 3 mm long, the filaments of the inner series about 2 mm 
long, of the outer series about 6 mm long, flattened. Female 
flowers and fruits not seen. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Tagcauayan, in forests, altitude about 
90 meters, Bur. Sci. 18885 Ramos, March 15, 1911. 
A very characteristic species, distinguishable by its comparatively large, 
prominently nerved leaves which are pubescent beneath, and its few, axil- 
lary, fascicled, sessile flowers. It is, perhaps, most closely allied to Maba 
venosa King & Gamble, of Singapore, but is entirely distinct from that 
species as described. 
DIOSPYROS Linnaeus 
DIOSPYROS TRIFLORA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, floribus exceptis glabra, ramis ramulisque tenu- 
ibus, teretibus; foliis oblongis, usque ad 23 cm longis, subcoria- 
ceis, supra nitidis, acuminatis, basi acutis, leviter decurrento- 
