318 MR. Н. №. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
EBENACE. 
MABA BUXIFOLIA, Pers. 
A small tree at Kwala Pahang. 
This is one of the trees which produces good ebony in the Malay Peninsula; it is 
called ** Kayu Arang.” 
ПтоврҮвов LUCIDA, Wall. ? 
Of three specimens of this tree sent to Kew and Calcutta, two were named Diospyros 
aff. ebenum and flavicans, the third was named 2. lucida; one of the former was collected 
in open country at Pekan, where it formed a good-sized tree with white flowers. It is by 
no means rare in the Peninsula, and is also known as an ebony-tree. 
D. сатлвтховА, n. sp. Arbor elata, gracilis, cortice atro, ramis pubescentibus. Folia 
alterna, elliptica, oblonga acuta, petiolata (sicca brunnea), 8 pollices longa, З pollices 
lata, nervorum 13 paribus, supra glabra, subtus costa et nervis minute pubescentibus, 
petioli 4-pollicares, minute pubescentes. Flores e ligno vetusto copiosa congesta, 
pedunculis brevibus pubescentia nigra tectis. МазсаН calyx patelliformis; sepala 4, 
late ovata obtusa, exteriore et margine capillis atris tecta. Corolla urceolata alba 
sericea, 1-pollicaris, lobi recurvi 4, breves ovati. Stamina 16, per paria aggregata, 
filamentis quam antherze breviora, crassa, minute hispida, antheris glabris elongati 
conicis, apicibusacutis. Ovarium abortivum, 4-lobum, irregulare, lobis canaliculatis. 
Stylus conicus. Flores feminei поп visi. Fructus (valde putridus solummodo visus) 
parvus, globosus, sepalis incrassatis cinctus. 
In thick woods at Kota Glanggi and Kwala Tembeling. 
I only found male flowers of this tree, but I saw the remains of the fruit, in too rotten 
а state to preserve, still in situ, among the male flowers. It is evidently allied to D. 
cauliflora, Blume, but that species differs in its oval glabrous leaves narrowed at both 
ends, axillary male flowers, and other points. 
D. ARGENTEA, Griff. 
A small tree in thick jungle. Tahan woods. 
The dry leaves of this plant are burnt by the Malays to drive away mosquitoes from 
their houses. They make a crackling sound, which is supposed to frighten insects away ; 
hence the plant is called “ Mulatope Арі” (fire-cracker) or “ Mulatope Lalat" (fly-cracker). 
| ЭТУВАСЕЖ. 
SYMPLOCOS FERRUGINEA, Roxb. 
A beautiful tree, producing numerous panicles of white flowers. — Pramau heaths, 
Pekan. Д 
ОТЕАСЕЖ. 
JASMINUM PUBESCENS, Willd. 
Not eommon.  Pekan. 
