month of May of the following year, in the stove; but all the 
blossoms had imperfect anthers, and we are as s yet anemic’ 
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 
LINDLEY justly observes that it has many important points’ 
in common, especially with the Maba buwifolia, (Ferreola, 
Roxs. et WILLD.) which is fully described in Rotu’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 
tank between Diospyros and Maba, but of which one of the 
essential peculiarities is to have the germen wen zl ae 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 smgle leaf, (natural me ——All but te 6. more or less mnaaein 
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