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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, 

 3-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. 13335 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 TRI FLORA 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- 



