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31. MABA SALICIFOLIA. 



M. ramis teretibus cinereis, junioribus pubescentibus ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, utrinque 

 angustatis, apice obtusis, coriaceis, supra glabrescentibus, subtus pubescentibus, breviter petio- 

 latis, nervis inconspicuis ; fructibus solitariis, globosis, glabris, breviter pedunculatis ; calyce 

 fructifero triftdo, utrinque puberulo, appresso. 



Diospyros salicifolia, Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. PI. IV. p. 1112. n. 18 (1805) ; Hb. 

 Willd. n. 19250. 



Young leaves and shoots pubescent ; branches cinereous, terete. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 narrowed at both ends, obtuse at apex, glabrescent above, coriaceous, with inconspicuous 

 veins, about 2J in. long by | in. wide ; petioles in. long, puberulous. Fruit solitary, globose, 

 glabrous, shining, of a pale orange colour, about 1J in. in diameter; peduncles | in, long, 

 stout, puberulous; calyx 3-fid, appressed to base of fruit, puberulous on both sides, about 

 1 in. across, lobes semi-elliptical, with obscure parallel veins. 



Equatorial America, Humboldt and Bonpland! 



Alph. De Candolle unites this species with M. acapulcensis, but the foliage is sufficiently 

 different. 



32. MABA PAVONIL 



M. foliis ovalibus, apice acutis, basi obtusis, supra subglabris, subtus velutinis, subcoria- 

 ceis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis cymosis, brevissime pedicellatis, 3-meris, pubescenti- 

 bus ; floribus femineis solitariis, breviter pedunculatis. 



Macreightia Pavonii, Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 222. n. 7 (1844). 



Branches puberulous. Leaves oval, acute at apex, rather glabrous above, velutinous and 

 paler beneath and on the petioles, 5 6 in. long by 2f in. wide ; midrib puberulous above, 

 thinly subcoriaceous ; petioles in. long. 



$. Flowers $ in. long, several together on axillary fulvo-tomentose peduncles which are 

 about | in. long ; pedicels scarcely -fa in. long. Calyx \ in. long, ovoid, hairy on both sides ; 

 lobes ovate, acute. Corolla fulvo-sericeous outside except at base, glabrous outside, twice the 

 length of the calyx. 



5 . Flowers solitary, T \ in. long ; peduncles \ in. long ; calyx deeply 3-fid ; lobes oval, 

 submucronate. 



Local name Orlaca. Peru (?) or Mexico (?) ex Alph. DC., Pawn! 



33. MABA MANNII, sp. nov. 



M. glabrescens, foliis ovalibus, apice obtusis, basi rotundatis vel parum angustatis, subco- 

 riaceis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis 3-nis, brevissime cymosis, trimeris, staminibus 6 9, 

 leviter hirsutis, basi corollce insertis ; ovarii rudimento hirsuto ; fructibus solitariis, subsessilibus, 

 subglobosis, glabratis, 5 G-lbcularibus ; calyce parvo, patente, leviter puberulo ; seminibus 5 6, 

 albumins ruminato. 



A. small tree, growing by rivers; glabrescent, dark when dried; branches terete, erect- 

 patent. Leaves oval, browner beneath, subcoriaceous, spreading, midrib and lateral veins 

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