116 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



calyx % in. long, 3 4-lobed, lobes fa in. deep, deltoid acute ; corolla campanulate-oblong, 

 Jin. long, 3 4-fid, lobes spreading; stamens 9, 6 in 3 pairs and 3 distinct, or all in one 

 row, or in tetramerous flowers 4 6, glabrous, hypogynous, anthers Yjjin. long, linear, acute, 

 filaments slender; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



9 . Flowers 1 2 together, trimerous, f in. long ; calyx in. long, funnel-shaped, shortly 

 3-fid, lobes obtuse ; corolla 3-fid, lobes somewhat spreading, rounded at apex ; staminodes ; 

 ovary hairy, 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Fruit rufous, sericeous, ellipsoidal, obtuse, J in. long in the 

 specimens, often with the remains of the corolla at the apex which has been pushed forward 

 during the growth of the fruit ; fruiting calyx J in. wide by j in. high, somewhat accrescent 

 and cup-shaped. Flowers in July, February; fruits in May. 



India, Canara, Goa, Dalzell ! ; Moollis, Dr Ritchie ! n. 85. Pretty common in the Ghaut 

 jungles, native name " Ruktroora." The leaves turn black in drying, and appear quite veinless. 

 Allied to M. guineensis ex Dalz. and Gibs. I.e. I have not seen an authentically named 

 specimen. 



11. MABA SANDWICENSIS, Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 242. n. 16 (1844). 



M. ramis nigricantibus verrucosis, foliis ellipticis, obtuse acuminatis, basi angustatis, nervis 

 inconspicuis ; floribus subsessilibus plerumque trimeris, corolld campanulatd, staminibus 15 17, 

 glabris ; fructibus solitariis ellipsoideis vel subglobosis, glabratis, calyce paulum aucto brevi. 



M. elliptica, Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 152 (1866), uon Forst. 



A tree or shrub, glabrous except the young parts and inflorescence which are 

 pubescent ; branches dark-cinereous, rough, verrucose ; leaves elliptical, subacute or rounded 

 at apex, coriaceous, glabrous, petiolate, 1 2|in. in length by J to 1J in. in. width ; petioles 

 T\S ^7 m - i n length. 



$ . Flowers subsessile ; calyx 3-fid with deltoid acute lobes, hairy ; corolla similar ; stamens 

 15 17, glabrous, anthers of same length as filaments. 



? . Fruit ellipsoidal or subglobose but somewhat oblique, solitary, downy or subglabrous, 

 | in. in height, reddish ; fruiting calyx, cup-shaped, not or scarcely accrescent, usually with 

 rounded lobes, very rarely 4-lobed, somewhat hairy. Fruit-peduncle patent, -J in. in length 

 or shorter. 



Flora Hawaiiensis, no. 124, H. Mann and W. T. Brigham! 1867; in woods, Sandwich 

 Islands, Capt. Wilkes ! U. S. South Pacific Expl. Exp. ; Gaudichaud ! ; Oahu and Numan, 

 Dr Hillebrand ! 273, Remy ! 473 ; Hawaii, Dr Hillebrand ! 274, Remy ! 470 (?) ; Fiji Islands, 

 Dr Seemann! 295. 



12. MABA BUXIFOLIA, Pers. Synops. Plant, ii. p. 606 n. 2 (1807). 



M. foliis ellipticis vel obovatis vel lanceolatis, apice obtusis, basi angustatis, coriaceis vel 

 submembranaceis, glabris, breviter petiolatis ; floribus 1 3-nis subsessilibus trimeris pubescen- 

 tibus, cymis brevissimis, calyce corolldque breviter trifidis, staminibus 6 12 glabris; in floribus 

 femineis staminodiis 0, ovario hirsute, 3-loculari; fructibus globosis vel ellipsoideis, glabratis, 

 monospermis; albumine non ruminato. 



