130 MR HIERN, ON EBENACILE. 



clear, raised beneath, depressed above, 3 to 5 in. in length by 1J to 2| in. in width ; petioles 

 ^5 in. in length ; flowers subsessile. 



6 . Cymes very short, very slightly pubescent, dark, 3-flowered, thick. Flower trimerous, 

 \ | in. in length, slightly hairy, white when living, dark when dry. Calyx ciliate and 

 slightly hairy, -fo in. in height, with 3 rounded lobes about ^ in. in length, campanulate, not 

 appressed to corolla, not accrescent ; corolla tubular, glabrous, 3-lobed near apex ; lobes ^ of 

 the depth of the corolla, rounded. Stamens 8 (6 9), linear, acute, somewhat hairy, inserted 

 at base of corolla, in 2 series (6 in outer series). Ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



9 . Fruit glabrous, of bright orange colour when ripe (glabrescent), sub-globose, ob- 

 scurely 5 6-sided, (5-) 6-celled, 5 6-seeded, nearly 1 in. in diameter. Fruiting calyx hori- 

 zontal, small, -fa in. across, faintly puberulous ; albumen ruminated. 



Flowers in April, near the Equator, West Africa, Niger Expedition, Barter! 1220; 

 Bagroo River, Mann! 839; Quorra, Vogel! 



34. MABA SEYCHELLARUM, sp. nov. 



M. fruticosa, foliis anguste ellipticis, apice obtusis, glabris, subcoriaceis, distichis, subsessi- 

 libus ; floribus femineis solitariis, subsessilibus, pubescentibus, trimeris, calyce breviter S-lobo, 

 siaminodiis 3 6, glabris, basi corollce insertis, ovario ovoideo, S-loculari, loculis biovulatis, stylo 

 apice 3-lobo ; fructibus ellipsoideis, glabris; calyce fructifero cupuliformi, appresso; seminibus 

 solitariis, albumine non ruminato. 



Shrub 10 12 ft. high ; branches dark-cinereous, terete, at 35, with sbort patent hairs 

 at extremities, glabrescent; terminal bud with light brown pubescence. Leaves narrowly 

 elliptical, obtuse or notched at apex, slightly narrowed at base, subsessile, distichous, somewhat 

 convex from above in dried state ; midrib depressed above, other veins inconspicuous ; sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous, 1 to 2 in. in length by J to ^ in. in width ; internodes y to ^ in. in 

 length. 



9 . Flowers solitary, subsessile, with light brown pubescence, i in. long. Calyx campanu- 

 late, in. long, with 3 shallow depresso-deltoid apiculate lobes, pilose outside, glabrous within. 

 Corolla 3-lobed, divided more than half-way down, hairy outside except near base, glabrous 

 inside ; lobes obtuse, imbricated. Staminodes 3 or 6, glabrous, inserted at base of corolla-tube. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous except near apex or pubescent all over, 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Style 

 erect, 3-lobed at apex, hairy except at apex. Fruit glabrous, ovoid, pallid, rather more than 

 f in. long by rather more than | in. thick, 1 (?)-seeded. Albumen not ruminated, white ; fruit- 

 ing calyx 3-cornered, shortly cup-shaped, about J in. high by J in. wide. 



Seychelles I., Perville! 36, mountains near the cascade; Mane", 13 Febr. 1840. 



A specimen with similar foliage but rather more slender branches and peduncles (spines?) 

 \ in. long without flowers may belong here. Seychelles, Boivin ! Mahe". 



Fruit subsessile, solitary, axillary, ellipsoidal, J | in. long by \ in. thick, of a pale 

 colour, shining, glabrous except at the apex where the remains of the hairy style project ; 

 fruiting calyx pubescent or glabrescent, cup-shaped, appressed to base of fruit, 3-lobed usually 

 with short depresso-deltoid lobes, -fa \ in. high; fruit 1-celled, 1-seeded; seed rather more 

 than \ in. long (in one case) by in. thick ; albumen not ruminated, bony. Seychelles, Dr 

 Perdval Wright! 1867, 30 May 23 Nov., n. 122. 



