Xylopia.] vi. anonace^. gi 



Carpels cylindric like those of X. ferriiginea 4 in. long. Hah. 

 Lowland forests. Rare. Singapore (Wallich 6478, Uvaria oxyantha) 

 Sungei Moral. Distrih. Borneo. 



(3) X. dicarpa Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 85; King, Journ. ^is. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 114; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 144, pi. 189A. 



A tree 20 to 25 ft. tall or more, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate 

 acute or acuminate, base acute ; nerves 10 pairs very faint, 

 secondaries nearly as distinct ; 3 to 4'5 in. long, 1*5 to 175 in. wide ; 

 petioles "25 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs pendent, i'5 in. 

 long; pedicels very short. Bracts orbicular, amplexicaul. Sepals 

 ovate obtuse, connate to middle. Petals linear-oblong expanded 

 at base, slightly hoary-pubescent ; inner ones narrower and shorter 

 than outer ones, sub-trigonous. Stamens many, inner rudimentary ; 

 anthers linear septate, appendages rounded. Ovaries 2 to 4 pilose ; 

 ovules many. Carpels cylindric blunt at both ends, tubercled, 

 i'5 to 2 in. long, 75 in. through. Seeds 7 or 8, compressed. Hah. 

 Forests. Rare. Singapore (Maingay) ; Bukit Timah. Ferak, 

 Gunong Malacca at 1000 to 1500 ft. altitude, top of limestone 

 hills (Kunstler). 



(4) X. malayana Hook. fit. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 125 ; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 85; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 115; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. i.e. 145, pi. 187B. X. Maingayi Hook. fil. and Thorn. I.e. 

 125 ; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 115 ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 I.e. 146, pi. 191A. 



A tall tree ; glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate to elliptic, 

 shortly bluntly acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 8 pairs, faint ; 

 3 '5 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers 

 •6 to '9 in. long, i to 3 axillary; pedicels red-pubescent, 'i in. long. 

 Sepals broad ovate acute puberulous outside, "15 in. long. Petals 

 linear, base concave, tip shortly narrowed, pubescent; inner ones 

 slightly smaller and more concave. Stamens numerous, appendages 

 rhomboid, papillose; anthers septate. Pistils 6, "hairy, 2-ovuled; 

 styles longer than stamens, glabrous. Carpels red-hairy 3 to 4, 

 oblong blunt narrowed to the stalk, nearly i in. long and '4 in. 

 through; stalk thick, "i in. long. Seeds about 6. Hah. Common 

 in the south of the peninsula, in thin woods. Singapore, Jurong. 

 Muar (Curtis) ; Malacca, Bukit Bruang. Negri Sembilan. Perak, 

 Ulu Kal (Kunstler) . Distrih. Sumatra and Borneo. N alive names : 

 Banit Kijang; Kayu B'linchi. Use: In house-building. 



X. Maingayi, Hook, fil., based on a single specimen of Maingay's, who 

 considered it the same as X. malayana, seems identical to me. 



(5) X. pustulata Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 85; King, Journ. As. Soe. 

 Beng. I.e. 116; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 146, pi. 191B. 



A tree with pustulate brown bark, glabrous. Leaves small 

 coriaceous, elliptic bluntly acuminate, narrowed and acute at base ; 

 nerves invisible above, beneath fine, secondaries equally distinct as 



