138 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



urceolatis, staminibus 3 4, basi corollce insertis, ovario glabro, 6-loculari ; fructibus obovato- 

 ellipsoideis vel oblongo-ovoideis. 



Rhipidostigma Zollingeri, Hassk. Retz. I. p. 104 (1855). 



Hermaphrodite (?) ; glabrous except the inflorescence ; a moderate-sized tree with erect- 

 patent, terete, cinereous-white, punctately asperulous branches and green glabrescent shoots; 

 bark of shoots papery. Petioles in. long ; leaves subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, attenuate 

 at both ends, sometimes acuminate at apex, 1J 3 in. long, f 1| in. wide, with subreflexed 

 margins. Cymes short, \ J in. long, pedicelled, usually 3-flowered, sometimes 4 6-flowered ; 

 bracts very short, ovate, acute, at the base of the pedicels, green, deciduous ; pedicels terete, 

 -j^ J in. long, green, glabrous. Calyx fleshy, green, 3 4-partite ; tube very short, cupuli- 

 form, scarcely ^ in. high ; lobes ovate, acute, -^ in. long, \ in. wide at the base, with reflexed 

 margins. Corolla urceolate, white, ^ in. high ; tube subglobose ; lobes 3 4, patent, ovate, 

 shorter than the tube. Stamens 3 4, inserted at base of corolla and included, abortive (?). 

 Ovary depresso-globose, glabrous but with a ring of hairs at base, 6-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; 

 styles 2 or 3, bifid at apex, glabrous. Fruit obovate-ellipsoidal or oblong-ovoid, ? in. long, 

 in. thick, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Flowers in April. 



Java, Z oiling er ! 3467. Local name Ki Kbning Kajoe. 



The next following species is very imperfectly known ; it was described by Zollinger 

 from a drawing of Kuhl and Van Hasselt in the botanical garden at Buitenzorg. 



48. M.ABA JAVANICA, Zoll. obs. hot. nov. p. 14 in Natuurk. tydschr. Neerl. Ind. 



Vol. xiv. (1857). 



M. foliis ellipticis utrinque breviter acuminatis c/labris vix lucidis, floribus subsessilibus, 

 confertis, calycis lobis margine revolutis acutis, baccis breviter pedunculatis oUongis, stylorum 

 vestigiis mucronatis. 



Java, Zollinger. 



49. MABA MAINGAYI, sp. nov. 



M. monoeca (?), foliis obovato-ovalibus, apice rotundis emarginatis vel brevissime acuminatis, 

 obtusis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, subglabrescentibus, petiolatis ; cymis 3 o-floris, breviter pubes- 

 centibus, floribus 4 3-meris, calyce campanulato, lobis rotundatis valde contorte imbricatis, 

 staminibus 20 22, in fl. fern. 8 ? ; ovario glabro, fusiformi, 3-locularibus ; loculis 2-ovulatis ; 

 fructibus oblongis, seminibus solitariis, albumine ruminato. 



A tree, monoecious according to Dr Maingay; young branches rufous-puberulous, after- 

 wards softly subglabrescent, blackish, terete. Leaves obovate-oval, rounded emargiuate or 

 very shortly and obtusely acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, coriaceous, alternate, 

 puberulous when young, subglabrescent, 2 4 in. long by 1 2| in. wide ; petioles ^j -fa in. 

 long, dark, puberulous when young, subglabrescent. 



(J. Stamens 20 22; filaments very short or wanting, arising from the receptacle; 

 anthers very long, linear-lanceolate ; calyx deeply 4 3-lobed ; limb of corolla 4 3-lobed ; 

 ovary 0. 



?. Cymes 3 5 -flowered, ferruginously and shortly pubescent, about in. long; flowers 

 mostly on long stout pedicels nearly in. long, suberect, | in. long or more. Calyx -' in. 



