ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^.: 143 



9 . Flowers sessile, in groups on the stem, -^ in. high ; calyx 5-partite, coriaceous, 

 cup-shaped, appressedly hairy outside, lobes obtuse ; corolla 5-partite, strigillose outside, coria- 

 ceous, lobes oblong-lanceolate, somewhat spreading ; staminodes 10 14, inserted at base of 

 corolla, united by their filaments in 5 7 pairs, the inner ones being the shorter ; barren 

 anthers covered with long rigid pilose hairs ; style 3-fid, half concealed by hairs of ovary, 

 hairy; stigmas bifid at apex. Ovary, with long rigid pilose hairs, (8-celled ex Fl. Brasil. 

 I.e.) 6?-celled. 



Surinam, by river Marowyne, Wullschldgel ; Cayenne, Martin! 



58. MABA HILAIKEI, sp. nov. 



M. foliis oblongis, utrinque angustatis, apice acuminatis, costd et margine exceptis gla- 

 brescentibus, coriaceis, petiolatis, floribus femineis 3 7-nis, breviter pedicellatis, fulvo-sericeis, 

 pentameris, calyce campanulato profunde o-fido, corolld profunde 5-lobd, lobis patentibus, 

 staminodiis 11 13, leviter pilosis, corollas basi insertis, stylis 3, ovario dense ferrugineo-piloso, 

 6-loculari. 



Young parts pubescent; branches terete. Leaves oblong, narrowed at both ends, acumi- 

 nate at apex, glabrescent except midrib and margins beneath which are fulvo-puberulous ; coria- 

 ceous, alternate, of dark slate colour above, reddish dull-brown beneath, with two rows of 

 depressed glands not far from the midrib on each side, veins rather distant not conspi- 

 cuous, midrib depressed above, 3 4 in. long by 1 1^ in. wide; petioles 5 in. long, some- 

 what twisted. 



? . Inflorescence fulvo-sericeous, 3 7-flowered, \ \ in. long, bracts, ovate, small ; 

 peduncle almost obsolete, pedicels -j^ \ in. long ; flowers pentamerous, | in. long ; calyx 

 \ in. long, campanulate, deeply 5-fid, lobes lanceolate or ovate pubescent on both sides ; 

 corolla deeply 5-lobed, stellate, lobes spreading, fulvo-pubescent along middle outside, glabrous 

 inside, contorted in aestivation; staminodes 11 13, somewhat pilose, inserted at the base of 

 the corolla. Ovary densely ferruginous-pilose, globose, flattened at top ; terminated by 3 

 distinct styles pubescent below, \ in. long, diverging in full flower, glabrous and lobed at 

 apex ; ovary 6-celIed, cells 1-ovuled. 



Brazil, Province of Espiritu Santo, A. St Hilaire! 18161821, n. 375. 



59. MABA MELLINONI, sp. nov. 



M. foliis ellipticis, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis, supra nervo excepto glabris, subtus 

 pallidioribus sparsis pilis appressis, petiolatis; jloribus femineis sub-3-nis, breviter cymosis, 

 5 Q-meris, pedicellis brevissimis, calyce campanulato 5 6-fido, utrinque pubescente, lobis 

 deltoideis, corolld 5 Q-partitd, staminodiis 25 30, minutis, uniserialibus, corollce basi insertis, 

 subglabris, ovario dense rufo-piloso, 6-loculari, stylis 3. 



Young parts pubescent. Leaves alternate, elliptical, acuminate at apex, narrowed at 

 base, about 2J in. long by in. wide, of dark slate green colour above and glabrous except 

 deprpssed midrib, paler beneath and appressedly pubescent on midrib and with scattered 

 appressed hairs on the lamina ; margins recurved ; petioles ^ in. long. 



5 . Flowers about 3 together, in short axillary cymes, 5 6-merous, J in. long by -j^ in. 



