ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^. 135 



tube of. the corolla, j- in. in length, linear, glabrous ; styles 3, distant, glabrous, $ in. in length ; 

 ovary semi-ellipsoidal, glabrous except at base where there is a band of hairs, 6-celled, cells 

 1-ovuled. Fruit glabrous, smooth and shining, globular, about J f in. in diameter, some- 

 times 4-celled when young ; albumen of seeds not ruminated. 



Flowers in January, fruits in February. 



Mergui Archipelago, Griffith! (in fruit), Heifer/ 3618; Sumatra, Korthals!; Borneo, 

 0. Beccari! n. 1670; ?Java, Blume!, Kurl and Hasselt! 



42. MABA FASCICULOSA, F. Muell. Fragm. v. p. 163 (1866). 



M. foliis ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongis, apice angustatis vel acuminatis, obtusis, basi angus- 

 tatis, glabris, coriaceis, petiolatis; floribus masculis numerosis, dichotome cymosis, 3 4-meris, 

 staminibus 8 18, antheris glabris, filamentis scepe minute ciliatis ; floribus femineis 3 oo-nis, 

 3 4>-meris, staminodiis 4, ovario glabro, Q-loculari, loculis uni-ovulatis ; fructibus subglo- 

 bosis, glabris. 



Benth. Fl. Austral. IV. p. 290. n. 5 (1869). 



Diospyros fasciculosa, F. Muell. Austral. Veg. in Intercol. Exh. Ess. 1866 67, p. 35 (1867). 



M. laanflora, Benth. I. c. n. 4. 



A tall shrub or lofty tree, glabrous with terete branches spreading at about 45". Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate oval or oblong, narrowed or acuminate at apex, obtuse, more or less narrowed 

 at base, minutely black-punctate beneath, 2 4 in. long by | If in. wide; petioles ^ | in. 

 long; midrib and veins more or less raised on both surfaces; margins somewhat recurved. 



<J . Flowers numerous, 3 4-merous, ^ ^ in. long, in fascicled axillary cymes J \ in. 

 long exclusive of the flowers; pedicels slender, subglabrous; bracteoles small, ovate, slightly 

 pubescent, caducous. Calyx -fa in. long, with short lobes, somewhat pubescent outside, 

 glabrous inside. Corolla campanulate, 3 4-fid, glabrous or obsoletely pubescent, lobes rounded; 

 stamens 8 18, anthers glabrous, filaments often minutely ciliate ; ovary rudimentary, gla- 

 brous. 



9 . Flowers 3 or many together, clustered, 3 4-merous ; cymes axillary short ; sta'mi- 

 nodes 4, glabrous; ovary shortly conical, glabrous, 6-celled with cells 1-ovuled, or 3-celled 

 with 2 ovules in each cell separated by an incomplete dissepiment ; style very short, 3-lobed 

 at apex. Fruit subglobose or shortly ellipsoidal, shining, of pale colour, -fa f in. long; fruiting 

 calyx 3 4-fid with spreading and reflexed deltoid lobes, tube cupuliform ; seeds 1 4, albu- 

 men not ruminated. 



Called in New Caledonia Mddeso. 



Australia, Buckingham, Dallachy!; Queensland Woods, Hill! 100; Brisbane River, 

 F. Mueller /; Rockhampton, O'Shanesyf, Thozet. 



New Caledonia, Deplanchef 48, 206; Vieillard! 899. 



43. MABA KUMINATA, sp. nov. 



M. foliis anguste ellipticis, utnnqwe angustatis, glabris, coriaceis, petiolatis; floribus 

 femineis <x-nis, trimeris; fructibus subglobosis, glabris; calyce fructifero 3-fido, tube hemi- 

 sphcerico, lobis late ovatis, patentibus ; albumine seminum ruminato. 



