120 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



< . Flowers in subsessile clusters, about 5 to 7 together, in. in length, oblong ; calyx 

 dark, with scattered short hairs, 3-lobed at apex, fa in. in length, lobes depresso-deltoid ; 

 corolla pale, sericeous, 3-fid. stamens 9, free, equal, glabrous, mostly hypogynous; ovary rudi- 

 mentary. 



9 . Flowers 3 together, subsessile ; fruit 1 to 3 together, ellipsoidal, subglabrous, f in. 

 in length by \ in. in width, subsessile, 1 2-celled, terminated by remains of style, 1-seeded, 

 straight, rarely 3-celled and 3-seeded ; fruiting calyx, fa f in. high, cup-shaped, with 3 broad 

 and shallow lobes ; seed ^ in. in length by -fa in. in thickness with a depressed longitudinal 

 line ; albumen not ruminated ; radicle more than double the length of the cotyledons. 



A slender tree attaining 50 60 feet in height and 9 to 12 inches in diameter, with 

 dark scaly bark, found growing in the scrubs ; wood soft and tough ; fruit eaten by the 

 natives (Thozet). 



E. Australia, from Moreton Bay to Kockingham's Bay; Queensland, Dallachy!; Rodd's 

 Bay, N. E. Australia, A. Cunningham! 306; Moretown Island, Dr Mueller/; Brisbane River, 

 Fraser!, Mueller!; Queensland Woods, London Exhibition, 1862, no. 50, Hill!; Keppel Bay, 

 Shoalwater Bay, Thirsty Sound, Broad Sound, E. Brown! 



16. MABA HUMILIS, R. Br. Prodr. p. 527. n. 3 (1810). 



M. foliis obovatis, parvis, apice rotundatis vel subretusis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, glabris, 

 subsessilibus ; floribus masculis 3-nis, brevissime cymosis, trifidis, campanulatis, calyce sub- 

 glabro, staminibus 8 9, glabris, ovarii rudimento hirsute; floribus femineis solitariis, sub- 

 sessilibus, trilobis; fructibus glabris, apice hirtellis, ellipsoideis, calyce fructifero cupuliformi, 

 glabro. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vill. p. 242. n. 12 (1844); Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. p. 291. n. 9 (1869); 

 non Ettingsh. Blatt-skel. dikot. p. 90. t. 36. f. 8 (1861). 



Diospyros humilis, F. Muell. Austral. Veg. in Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, 1866 67, 

 p. 35 (1867). 



An erect bush glabrous or puberulous except the flowers, 2 5 feet or sometimes 20 feet 

 high, much branched ; branches terete, subcinereous. Leaves obovate, rounded or retuse at 

 apex, narrowed at base, coriaceous, \ 1 in. in length by f in. in width ; petioles fa ^ in. 

 in length; veins not conspicuous; young leaves with a few depressions on the lower surface 

 which disappear from the older leaves. 



<J . Cymes 3-flowered, fa in. in length ; flowers not much exceeding fa in. in length ; 

 calyx in the dry state of a chestnut brown colour, 3-fid, subglabrous; corolla not much 

 exceeding calyx, 3-fid, lobes straight, light-hairy outside; stamens 8 or 9, some in pairs, 

 hypogynous, glabrous ; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



? . Flowers solitary, subsessile, in. in length, oval ; calyx pubescent, subferruginous, with 

 3 shallow rounded lobes, turbinate ; corolla not much exceeding calyx, hairy outside.' Fruit 

 solitary, 3-celled with cells 2-seeded, or 1 2 cells often abortive and seed solitary, glabrous 

 except at apex, fa in. in length ellipsoidal; fruiting calyx between a half and a third of 



