Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
203 
Leaves opposite or almost opposite 
Leaves alternate : — 
Leaves puberulous on the lower surface, their veins prominent. . 
Leaves densely velvety pubescent on the lower surface, their 
veins obsolete 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so : — 
Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, 3 to 5 in. long and l'G5 to 
2'65 in. broad ; main-nerves 3 to 5 pairs 
Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate 15 to 3 in. long and "65 to 
1 -35 in. broad 
Main-nerves G or 7 pairs ; fruit globular 
Main-nerves obsolete ; fruit obliquely ellipsoid . . 
Leaves polymorphous (mostly elliptic obovate or sub-rotund) ; 
fruit globular, fusiform 
1. 31. Hierniana. 
2. 31. venosa.. 
3. 31. olivacea. 
4. 31. merguensis. 
5. M. Clarkeana. 
6. M. perakensin. 
7. 31. buxifolia. 
1. Maba Hierniana, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small glabrous 
shrub ; young branches much thinner than a goose-quill, pale, 
glabrous. Leaves opposite, thinly coriaceous ; oblong-elliptic, the 
apex shortly acuminate, the base cuneate, the edges slightly recurved 
when dry; both surfaces hepatic-brown when dry and shining, the 
reticulations on the upper distinct ; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, curved, 
ascending and forming wide arches near the edge, prominent on the 
lower surface, faint on the upper ; the midrib bold on both ; length 6 
to 10 in. ; breadth 2 to 3'5 in. ; petioles -3 to '6 in. Male flowers 
unknown. Female flowers rotate, - 4 in. across, almost sessile, in 
axillary or extra-axillary fascicles of 2 or 3. Calyx spreading, divided 
almost to the base into 3 to 5 rotund, minutely crenate, slightly 
imbricate lobes. Corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx, deeply 
divided into 5 broadly oblong blunt lobes with slightly recurved edges ; 
staminodes 3 or 4, with short thick filaments and broad antherodes. 
Ovary depressed-hemispheric, with short, thick, conical style and 
small stigma. Fruit not seen. 
Perak : King’s Collector 7920. 
2. Maba venosa, King & Gamble. A tree 15 to 50 feet high ; 
young branches twice as thick as a crow-quill, the bark pale and 
deciduously cinereous-puberulous. Leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous ; 
oblong-elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate, the base slightly cuneate 
or rounded ; both surfaces dark olivaceous when dry ; the upper 
shining, glabrous except the puberulous depressed midrib and main- 
nerves ; the reticulations minute but distinct ; lower puberulous 
everywhere and the midrib prominent; main-nerves 6 to 9 pairs, 
prominent, curved, spreading, interarching boldly near the edge; length 
4 - 5 to 6’5 in. ; breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petioles '35 to ‘5 in. Male and 
female flowers alike, in densely crowded extra-axillary cymose fascicles 
of 5 or 6, not longer than the petioles ; flowers mostly sessile, one or 
