516 LXxxi. ebenacka; (hiekn). [Maha. 



JmOxvcv Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith ! Ambriz. Wclmihoh! 

 A very variable species, occurring also in Madiigascar, the East Indies, Australia 

 and the Pacific Islands. 



3. 91. lancea, Hlern, Monogr. Eben. p. 118. Shrubby ; yoang parts 

 and inflorescence pnbemlons ; 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 y„-| in. long. Male flowers small, several toge- 

 ther, crowded in very short ferruginous-hairy axillary cymes, ferru- 

 ginous-haiiy ; bracts rounded. Calyx broad]}- couipanulate, deeply 

 trifid (or by exception pentamerous). Corolla pale-ferruginous silky, 

 8 ?-lobed, glabrous inside. Stamens 5-6 (?), hypogynous, erect ; 

 anthers subsessile, hairy towards the base, subulate. Ovary 0. Female 

 plant unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Sincathman ! 



4. m. BZannii, Iliern^ Monogr. Ehen. 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, 2^-5 by 1-2^ in. ; 

 petiole i\,-5 i"- Flowers triraerous, subsessile, ^| in. long, in very 

 abbreviated axillary cymes, tlie male ones a few together, the female 

 ones unknown. Calyx campanulate, not quite glabrous, -^^^ in. long, 

 trifid, with round ciliolate lobes, not accrescent. Corolla white, tubu- 

 lar ; tube exceedingr the calyx ; lobes 3, short, rounded. Stamens 6-9 

 in tlie male plant, linear, acute, somewliat hairy, inserted at the base, 

 of the corolla. Ovary in the male plant rudimentary, hairy. Fruit 

 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 \-^ in. diameter, spreading, 

 appressed to the base of the fruit, not quite glabrous. Seeds 5-6, 

 solitary in the cells ; albumen ruminated. 



irpper Guinea. Niger Expedition, opposite Stirling, Th. Vogcl! (doubtfully 

 referred by Mr. Bontham,in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 442, to Diosj)yros senegcdevsis, Perr.); 

 at Nupe, Barter! Bagroo River, Mann! 



5. BE. abyssinica, Hier^i, Monogr. Ehen. p. 182. 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 both 

 surfaces, somewhat shining above, patent or erect-patent, 2-5 by 

 ^-1| in.; midrib slightly depressed above; veins inconspicuous; 

 petiole ^ -^ in. long. Flowers subsessile, clustered, axillary, mostly 

 trimerous, sometimes 4-5-merous ; bracts pubescent, small, caducous. 

 Male flowers J 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, fila- 



