140 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Glabrous. Leaves alternate, elliptical or sometimes somewhat ovate, shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, obtusely narrowed or nearly rounded at base, coriaceous, shining and brown (in 

 dried state) on both sides, 2 4J in. long by 1^ 2f in. wide ; petioles | in. long ; veins 

 inconspicuous. Fruit solitary, on the young branches, axillary or lateral, ellipsoidal, shining, 

 smooth, obsoletely pubescent at apex, 1 1| in. long by f 1 in. thick, 5-seeded, cells im- 

 perfect ; peduncle thickened upwards, in. long, somewhat verrucose, glabrous ; calyx cup- 

 shaped, verrucose, about 1 in. across, shallowly 4-lobed, half as high as the fruit ; seeds 

 oblong, | in. long. 



Borneo, 0. Beccari! n. 3568. 



52. MABA BECCARII, sp, nov. 



M. foliis elliptico-dblongis vel ovalibus, apice breviter et obtuse acuminatis, basi rotundatis, 

 coriaceis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus breviter pedunculatis, solitaries vel aliquando bint's ; calyce 

 4-fido, truncato, lobis rotundatis, arete imbricatis, sinistrorse contortis ; fructu immature pubes- 

 cente, S-loculari(f), apice conico ; stylo brevi, apice 3-lobo. 



Young shoots ferruginous, shortly tomentose; branches puberulous, spreading at about 

 55. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong or oval, shortly and obtusely acuminate at apex, rounded 

 at base, coriaceous, quickly glabrate except the shortly tomentose and strong midrib beneath ; 

 veins indistinct ; | 2 in. long by f 1 in. wide ; petioles in. long, rather stout, shortly 

 pubescent. 



Known only after the fall of the corolla. Flowers shortly pedunculate, solitary or occa- 

 sionally 2 together ; peduncles ^ in. long. Calyx campanulate, in. long by in. thick, 

 shortly pubescent with rufous hairs, 4-fid, apparently truncate by closely contorted imbrica- 

 tion of the rounded lobes ; ovary (or young fruit) rufous with short hairs, conical above, 

 exceeding the calyx, 3-celled (?) ; style short, 3-lobed at apex. 



Borneo, 0. Beccari! n. 1948. 



53. MABA SERICEA. 



M. foliis lanceolatis, disticJiis, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis, coriaceis, supra nervo ex- 

 cepto glaberrimis, subtus dense pubescentibus, pilis appressis flams sericeis, breviter petiolatis; 

 floribus polygamis (?), subsessilibus, pJerumque pentameris, calyce campanulato, corolla 5-fldd, 

 staminibus 50 60 vel in fl. hermapkrod. circiter 32, Jiispidis ; ovario 6-loculari, sericeo, loculis 

 \-ovulatis ; fructibus flavo-pubescentibus, Q-locularibus. 



Diospyros sericea, Alph. DC. Prodr. vill. p. 236. n. 67 (1844), Miq. in Mart. Fl. Bras. vil. 

 Eben. p. 3. n. 1. t. 1. f. 2 (1856). 



A polygamous (?) small leafy tree, 15 feet high, with patulous horizontal ramification and 

 the leaves arranged in a pinnate manner ; shoots navo-pubescent. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 somewhat narrowed at base, distichous, patent, coriaceous, dark shining and glabrous except 

 along depressed midrib above, densely flavo-sericeous beneath ; with lateral veins not con- 

 spicuous ; 1 3 in. long by | 1 in. wide ; petioles ^ f in. long, pubescent. Bracts lanceo- 

 late, fulvo-pubescent ; flowers usually pentamerous. 



<J. Flowers 1 3 or more together, subsessile, axillary, tawny-hairy, T ^ in. long. Calyx 



