month of May of the following year, in the stove ; but all the 
blossoms had imperfect anthers, and we are as yet unacquainted 
with the ripened fruit. 
I can by no means satisfy myself whether this plant should be 
referred to Diospyros, or to Maba^ with which latter genus Mr 
Ltndley justly observes that it has many important points 
in common, especially with the Maba bUiVifolia, (Ferreola, 
RoxB. et WiLLD.) which is fully described in Roth's Nov. 
Sp. PL Ind. Or., and with the M. obovata of Brown's Pro- 
dromus. From Diospyros it differs in the number of cells in 
the germen, which, in the present individual, are 3, not 8-12 ; 
and from Maba in the calyx and corolla having 4, not 3, divi- 
sions, and in the cells of the germen containing only 1, not 2, 
ovules. Again, it comes near to the character given by Mr 
Brown of his genus Cargillia, which, he says, holds a middle 
rank between Diospyros and Maba, but of which one of the 
essential peculiarities is to have the germen with 4 cells, and 
the cells with 2 seeds. 
Fig. 1. Flower. Fig. 2. Inner view of a corolla. Fig. 3. Abortive stamen. 
Fig. 4. Pistil. Fig. 5. Vertical section of the same, shewing the ovules. 
Fig. 6. A single leaf, (natural size). — All but Fig. 6. more or less magni- 
Jied. 
