124 MK HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Sumatra, Dr Fr. Junghuhn! 719; in woods near Tobing, ex Miq. in PI. Jungh. I. p. 204; 

 Java, De Vriese ! 



Marcreightia andamanica, Kurz in Hep. Veg. Andam. I. edit. ii. p. 42 (1870), M. oblongi- 

 folia, Kurz 1. c. edit. i. p. xi. (1867), is said by Mr Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. XL. 

 pt. ii. p. 74 (1871) to belong to Maba sumatrana, Miq. ; it is a dull dark green shrub, with 

 oblong submembranous leaves 7 8 inches long by 2| 3 in. wide, subcordate at base, and 

 robust petioles ^ in. long ; it was collected in South Andaman by Mr Kurz ! in which island 

 he states that it is common. 



22. MABA VIEILLARDI, sp. nov. 



M. foliis obovato-ellipticis, apice rotundis vel retusis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, glabris, 

 widatis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis brevissime cymosis, monstrosis in speciminibus ; 

 floribus femineis solitariis breviter pedunculatis ; fructibus glabratis, albido-pulverulentis, sub- 

 globosis, calyce trifido. 



A tree of about 13 feet high ; glabrous or on quite young parts slightly pubescent ; 

 branches numerous, terete, smooth ; leaves oval or somewhat obovate, coriaceous, alternate, 

 rounded or somewhat emarginate at apex, more or less narrowed at base, shining, of same 

 metallic lustre when dry and without conspicuous veins on each side, coriaceous, 1 2 in. 

 long by | 1 in. wide ; petioles ^ in. long, dark and rather stout ; wavy (in the dry state) 

 and with revolute margins. 



cj . Cymes axillary on young branches, about ^ in. long, recurved, puberulous ; flowers 

 about in. long, monstrous in the specimen (Deplanche, 449) by the stamens being petaloid, 

 puberulous ; calyx and corolla campanulate, about in. long, deeply 3-fid ; ovaiy 0. 



S . Fruit solitary, on peduncles about J in. long, puberulous or glabrate, subglobose, 

 glabrous, covered with white efflorescence, nearly J in. in diameter, 3-celled, 5 6-seeded ; 

 seeds about n. long ; albumen scarcely ruminated, but with slight sinuous intrusion of the 

 rather thick testa; fruiting calyx, puberulous outside, glabrous inside, not accrescent, appressed 

 to base of r it, 3-fid, ^ in. across. 



New Caledonia, Vieillard! n. 897; Deplanche! 448 (in fruit), 449, Kanala; Panch&r /, 

 Iron Mountains of Kanala, 1862. 



The following two species are very imperfectly known : 

 23. MABA ANDERSONI, Soland. MSS. in Herb. Mus. Brit., Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 152 (1866). 



M. arborea, ramis cinereis glabris; foliis ellipticis, apice obtusis, basi subrotundis, petio- 

 latis; floribus pubescentibus, svbsessilibus, masculis glomeratis ; fructibus solitariis. 



A tree with cinereous branches, glabrous except the inflorescence, apparently dioecious. 

 Leaves alternate, elliptical, obtuse at apex, rounded or nearly so at base, of uniform colour, 

 with minute net-veins, 4f 5 in. long by 2^ 3^ in. wide ; petioles about - in. long. 



<?(?). Flowers subsessile, clustered several together on the young branches. 



? . Fruit solitary, subsessile, with, wide articulation at base to the very short peduncle. 



Tonga Islands, Capt. Cook!, third voyage. 



Possibly identical with M. major, Forst. The foliage is somewhat like that of M. com- 

 pacta, E. Br. 



