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VI. ANONACE^. 



[Xylopia. 



Leaves quite glabrous. 



Leaves 12 in. long, strongly nerved beneath 

 Leaves 6 to 7 in. long ..... 



Leaves 3 to 5 in. long. 



Ripe fruit tubercled ; leaves lanceolate . 

 Fruit smooth ; leaves elliptic cuspidate 

 Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, shining .... 



Leaves 3 in. long, midrib beneath obscurely 

 hairy ; petals very narrow and long 

 Leaves pubescent beneath, coriaceous ; nerves incon- 

 spicuous. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate 3 in. long acute 

 Leaves oblong blunt, 3 in. long 

 Leaves lanceolate caudate, 2 in. long ; silky 

 beneath ....... 



Leaves elliptic sub-acute, 6 in. long ; petals long 

 Leaves oblong acute, 6 in. long, red-hairy beneath, 

 branches hairy ; fruit long, cylindric 

 Leaves large, thin, obovate or oblanceolate with promi- 

 nent nerves ; petals narrow. 

 Leaves glabrous, oblanceolate .... 



Nerves pubescent, strongly elevate, obovate 

 Leaves obovate, hairy all over beneath ; very 

 subulate ....... 



(i) X. Curtisii 



(2) X. oxyantha 



(3) X. dicarpa 



(4) X. malayana 



(5) X. pustulata 



(6) X. stenopetala 



(7) X. elliptica 



(8) X. fusca 



(g) X. caudata 



(10) X. magna 



(11) X. ferruginea 



(12) X. olivacea 



(13) X. Scortechinii 



(14) X. Ridleyi 



(i) X. Curtisii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 116; A7tn. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 147. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall glabrous. Leaves large, very coriaceous, 

 oblong shortly bluntly acuminate; base cuneate oblique, margin 

 undulate, glabrous except midrib, puberulous beneath; nerves 

 sunk above, prominent beneath, 12 to 20 pairs, inarching near the 

 edge, transverse nervules horizontal; 5*5 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 

 wide ; petioles 35 in. long, stout. Flowers i to 2, on stout woody 

 peduncles, "4 in. long; pedicels red-tomentose, '2 in. long. Sepals 

 thick ovate acuminate blunt woolly, free nearly to base, '2 in. long. 

 Petals linear-lorate obtuse, sub-equal, 7 in. long to i in. wide, 

 tomentose, outer ones wider than inner ones, keeled, base dilated 

 concave. Stamens numerous, appendages oblique truncate. 

 Ovary i, cylindric fluted, glabrous; ovules many. Carpel globose 

 compressed grey woody, 3 in. long, 2*5 in. wide. Seeds flat large, 

 4 to 6. Hah. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Rare. 



Very peculiar in the large stiff leaves, with very distinct nervation and 

 the large round woody fruit. 



(2) X. oxyantha Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 85; King, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 114; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 144, pi. 188. 



A tree. Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic ovate or oblong shining, 

 shortly abruptly acuminate, glaucous beneath; nerves 12 to 15 

 pairs, slender; 6 to 7 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -35 in. 

 long. Peduncles axillary fascicled, -35 to -5 in. long, adpressed- 

 pubescent. Flowers pale green, pubescent. Sepals ovate broad. 

 Petals narrow linear, tapering to the point, i'25 to i'5 in. long. 



