514 Lxxxi. EBENACEiE (hiern). [Euclea. 



6. S. 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 *-lf in. ; veins inconspicuously 

 raised on both surfaces, dark green above, redder beneath ; petiole 

 j^o in. long. Racemes of female flowers dense, shoi^t (in bud), about 

 9-flowered ; flowers tetramerous. Calyx cup-shaped, shortly toothed. 

 Corolla 4-cleft. Staminodes 0. Ovary 2-celled, glabrous ; cells 2- 

 ovuled. 



XKIozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Kirk ! 



A male plant, with 16-18 stamens, from Madagascar, may belong to this species. 



7. E. ZLellau, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. 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 yo~8" ^^- Flowers 4-5- 

 merous, racemose ; bracts lanceolate, at the base of the pedicels, small. 

 Racemes 9-11 -flowered, the male ones lax, |-1 in. long, the female 

 f — ^ in. Calyx-lobes deltoid, apiculate or acuminate. Corolla deeply 

 cleft. Stamens 12, in female plants 0. Ovary in female plant conical, 

 glabrous, 4-celled ; cells 1-ovuled : styles 2. Fruits globose, ^ in. 

 diam., edible. — Hochst. in Flora, 1843, p. 83. Myrsine Kellau, Hochst. 

 in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect i. n. 159. Kellaua Schimperi, Alph. DC. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. vol xvi. p. 96 (1841) name only, et vol. xviii. p. 

 209 (1842). 



SrUe Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Qiiartm Dillon and Petit! 



The Abyssinian name of the fruit is " KellmL" 



The species is the same as, or closely allied to, the " Nakus " of Arabia Felix, men- 

 tioned by ForskSl, Fl. JEgypt.-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. PI. ii. 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. Stamens 

 in male flowers 6-12 (in our species), glabrous, distinct or united by 

 their filaments in pairs ; represented in the female plants by 3-6 sta- 

 minodes or altogether wanting. Ovary in the male plants rudimen- 

 tary, in the female 3- or 6-celled, hairy or glabrous; style 3-lobed; 

 ovules 6 in all, solitary in the 6-celled ovaries, two together in the 

 3-celled ovaries. Fruit globose or ovoid, not large, baccate or dry, 

 indehiscent, 1-6-celled. Seeds 1-6 ; albumen uniform or ruminated. 

 Fruiting calyx spreading or cup-shaped. — Shrubs or trees, usually with 

 hard wood, with alternate leaves of moderate size, short axillary cymes, 

 and small dia;cious flowers. 



A genus of 60 species, widely scattered over the tropics; only one species occurs 

 in Natal, none in other parts of the continent of Africa except the following. 



