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inserted at the base of the corolla-tube, the filaments very unequal, 
some of them 1-2 lin. long, others very short; anthers oblong, 
acute ; ovary-rudiment in males tawny-hirsute. 
Has.—Martaban hills, at 4,000 ft. elevation. 
MABA, Forst, 
- Flowers dioecious, very rarely monoecious or polygamous, usually 
3- rarely 4-6-merous. Calyx bell-shaped or oblong, lobed or trun- 
cate. Corolla bell-shaped or tubular, sinistrorsely twisted. Males : 
stamens 3 to many ; ovary rudimentary; females: staminodes none 
to many, usually few; ovary 3- or 6-celled, with 2 ovules in each 
cell; styles 3, connate; berry 3- or 2-celled, with as many seeds; 
seeds pendulous.—Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves ; 
flowers in cymes or solitary, axillary. : 
* Ovary glabrous, 6-celled, glabrous or nearly so. - HM. Merguiensis. 
* * Ovary densely pubescent, 3-celled. 
Leaves small, glabrous ; berries globular, the size of a pea. . M. buzifolia, 
Leaves large, hirsute along the nerves beneath ; berries oblong, 
more than an inch long i : i ‘ .  «  « M, Andamanica, 
1. M. Merguiensis, Hiern.—A small tree, glabrous or nearly 
80 ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, on a 4-3 in, long petiole, rounded 
or slichtly narrowed at the base, 24-63 in. long, acuminate, almost 
membranous, glabrous, or sometimes the midrib puberulous beneath, 
the veins delicately raised on both sides; flowers very shortly pedi- 
celled, in pubescent cymes, the males cymose-panicled ; males : calyx , 
rs in. deep, open, bell-shaped, shortly and slightly pubescent outside, 
3-4 lobed, the lobes widely deltoid, about half as long as the calyx, 
ciliate ; corolla nearly glabrous, about 71, in. long, 3-4-lobed, the 
lobes short ; stamens 14-16, all or nearly all in pairs, glabrous, the 
inner ones smaller; ovary rudimentary ; females: calyx pubescent, 
glabrescent, 1 in. long, spreading, the lobes ovate; corolla pubes- 
cent, the lobes ;!, in. long, oval ; staminodes 3 or 6, linear, glabrous ; 
ovary glabrous, at the base with a ring of hairs, 6-celled, with a . 
solitary ovule in each cell ; styles 3, “distant,” glabrous ; fruit glo- 
bular, about 4-2 in. in diameter, glabrous, smooth, and shining.— 
(After Hiern.) 
Hazs.—Tenasserim.—Fl. Jan.; Fr. Feb. te 
laceous, glossy above, glabrous, the midrib beneath sharply 
