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[Xylopia. 



solitary racemed or fascicled, pedicel and subentire calyx rarely pubescent, 

 petals Drown-silky, ovaries 4-5. 'v 



Malacca, Maivgay. ^ ^ / i 



A tree ; branches rather stout black, tips and very young leaves silky, shining. 

 Leaves 2-3 by |-1 in., base acute, opaque above, rather darker beneath, midnb 

 sometimes puberulous; petiole \ in., stout. Flowers | in., pendent; peduncle Jyl in-i 

 stout, curved; bracts few, minute ; pedicels short, stout, ebracteolate. Petals shiningl 

 outer linear from a rather broader base, concave ; inner rather shorter, narrower, 3- 

 gonous, base excavated. Top of connective oblong ; anther-cells not septate, lateml. 

 Ovaries cohering in a cone on the slightly concave torus, golden-silky ; style short, 

 subulate; ovules 10-12, 2-seriiite. ■ ^" 



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6. X. magrnai Maingay mss. ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse or 

 acute glabrous above softly pubescent beneath coriaceous, flowers solitary or 

 racemes terminal, sepals united beyond tlie middle, carpels obliquely ovoid 

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Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree; branches black, glabrous, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-24 in., 

 base obtuse or rounded, thick, above dull, beneath very opaque, brown, nerves faintj 

 petiole j\-^ in. Flowers 5 in. long, white, slender; peduncles very short." Sej>ah 

 united into a broad acutely-lobed cup, ferruginous. Fetats hoary, subequal ; outer very 

 narrow, subulate, fiat ; inner more slender, base concave. T-^t'w* concave. Anther^ 

 n^se-coloured, slender, cells septate, tip orbicular. Ovaries strigose ; style slender, 

 stigma hairy; ovules 4. Carpels 1\ m., walls thick ; stalk very short; torus | iu- 

 diam. Seeds about 4, superposed, arillate, testa osseous. / . ' ■ ■/ 



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7. X. parvifolia, ff. /. <fe T. Fl. Ind. 125; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous shining above pale beneath, pedicels fascicled clothed 

 with bracteoles, sepals united to the middle, carpels obovoid or oblong sub- 

 sessile pubescent. Thwaiies Enum. 9 j Beddome Ic. JPL Ind, Or. t. 43. P^' 

 tonia parvifolia, Wight III. 19. ^ 



So)»thern parts of Ceylon. 



A tree ; young branches brown -pubescent. Leaves 2-3 by f-1 J in., coriaceous, base 

 acute ; petiole ^ in, noicers ^ in. long, in axillary 3-5-iIo\vered suLessile fascicles^ 

 l>ube8cence brown appressed; pedicels very short ; bracteoles orbicular, the upper close 

 to the calyx. SepaU acute. Ovaries 5, 4-6-ovuled. Carpels I-I4 in. Seeds ohhn^t 

 smooth; imbedded in pulp (arillate ?).-^(Paic;nia Walkeri^ Wight 111. I.e., is a species 

 of Diospyros.) > 



8. X. nigricans, /T. /. & T. FL Ind. 125; leaves broad lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous shining above pale beneath, peduncles 2-3 

 together axillary, bracteoles 2-3 deciduous, sepals free, carpels as in X p^ 

 vifolia. ThuaiUs Enum. 9, 398 ; Beddome Ic, PI. Ind. Or. t 44. 



Cevlon; at Trincomalee, Glenie ; and in the Doombera district, Thwoites. 

 A tree; branches glabrous; jo\mg puberulous. Leaves 2-3 by l-l\ in., thin, coria- 

 ceous, base acute ; petiole I in, J^/owJCrs 4 in. long, pubescence ochreous, appressed i 



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