132 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



glabrous, terminated by a style 3-lobed at the apex, 3-celled, cells bi-ovuled ; style as long 

 as ovary, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, glabrous, of pale chestnut colour, J in. in height by in. 

 in width ; style persistent ; fruiting calyx not increased in height, hemispherical, like an 

 acorn-cup, 1 -seeded. 



S. Africa, Natal, W. T. Gerrardf 110; D'Urban, Mackenf 675. 



37. MABA ABTSSINICA, sp. nov. 



M. fruticosa, foliis lanceolato-oblongis, plerumque apice obtusis et basi rotundatis, glabris, 

 subcoriaceis, planis, breviter peiiolatis, nervis inconspicuis ; Jloribus masculis subsessilibus, 

 aggregatis, 3 Omen's, calyce laxo, lobis rotundatis ciliatis, corolld glabrd, staminibus circiter 

 14, glabris ; Jloribus femineis 3 5-nis, aggregatis, brevissime pedicellatis, 3 5- scepius 3-me- 

 ris, calyce campanulato, non accrescente, corolld glabrd, aperte campanulatd; staminodiis 3 4, 

 glabris ; ovario ovoideo, glabro, Q-loculari, loculis uni-ovulatis, stylo apice 3-lobo ; fructibus 

 glabris, subglobosis ; seminibus solitariis, albumine non ruminato. 



A large shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence ; shoots dark, terete. Leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, obtuse and often somewhat acuminate at apex, more or less narrowed at base, 

 subcoriaceous, flat, of the same dull colour on each face, somewhat shining above, patent or 

 erect-patent, 2 5 in. long by | If in. wide; petioles ^ in. long; midrib slightly depressed 

 above, veins inconspicuous. Bracts pubescent, small, caducous ; flowers subsessile, clustered, 

 axillary ; flowers mostly trimerous, sometimes 4 5-merous. 



<5 . Flowers in. long ; calyx -fa in. long, lax, usually 3-fid, lobes rounded, minutely 

 ciliate ; corolla widely campanulate, glabrous, 3 4-fid, lobes rounded;, stamens about 14, 

 glabrous, appearing at the mouth of the open corolla, mostly in pairs, inserted at the base 

 of the corolla, filaments short ; ovary rudimentary, glabrous. 



5 . Flowers 3 5 together, on very short puberulous pedicels, \ J in. long ; calyx \ in. 

 long, or after the fall of the corolla about \ in. long, glabrous or margins of the lobes 

 minutely ciliate, deeply 3 5- usually 3-lobed, campanulate, lobes wide or cordate at base, 

 \ in. long ; corolla glabrous, openly campanulate, deeply 3 5-lobed, not always isomerous 

 with the calyx, lobes spreading or recurved, oval-ovate, obtuse ; staminodes 3 4, glabrous, 

 alternate with the lobes of the corolla; ovary glabrous, ovoid, conical at apex, 6-celled, cells 

 1-ovuled ; style thick, 3-lobed at apex ; fruiting calyx lax, not accrescent ; fruit glabrous, sub- 

 globose, shining, of dark coppery colour, -fa e_ i n . l on g by \ \ in. thick, 1 few-seeded, 

 bearing ^remains of style at apex ; albumen of seeds cartilaginous, not ruminated. 



Abyssinia, on the sides of the valley of Bellagass near Loegga, 5000 feet altitude, 

 Schimperf 1854, n. 1080; Sila 5000 6000 feet altitude, Schimper! 1854, n. 1334; Keren, 

 bank of river, Beccari ! n. 55, May, 1870. 



38. MABA QUILOENSIS, sp. nov. 



M. glabrescens, foliis ellipticis, apice obtusis, basi subcordatis, submembranaceis, breviter 

 petiolatis, nervis lateralibus inconspicuis ; foribus femineis subsessilibus, sub-3-nis, calyce trilobo, 

 ovario glabro, ovoideo-conico, 6-loculari, loculis uni-ovulatis, stylo apice trilobo, glabro, caly- 

 cem superante. 



