Xylopiai] vi. anonace^. 93 



puberulous. Sepals ovate acute, connate about half their length; 

 teeth acute, puberulous outside, "i in. long. Petals linear-oblong, 

 tapering at the tip, white silky, base little dilate ; inner ones smaller. 

 Stamens linear not septate, appendages short erect. Ovaries 4 or 5, 

 silky. Carpels oblong-cylindric blunt, reddish brown, 1-25 in. long, 

 •7 in. wide. Seed 3 to 4 globular. Hah. Forests. Malacca 

 (Griffith and Maingay) ; Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(9) X. caudata Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 125 ; Hook. fit. 

 F.B.I, i. 85; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 117; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. I.e. 148, pi. 193B. 



Shrub or small tree, with very slender pubescent branchlets. 

 Leaves small, lanceolate acuminate obtuse, base cuneate, above 

 glabrous, beneath adpressed silky or glabrous, coriaceous ; nerves 

 10 pairs, faint; i'25 to 2*25 in. long, -6 to '8 in. wide; petioles 

 •I in. long, slender. Peduncles axillary, very short. Flowers small 

 white, 2 to 3 in. long. Sepals ovate sub-acute, connate at base, 

 pubescent outside. Petals linear-oblong blunt, silky pubescent, 

 dilate at base; inner ones slightly narrower. Stamens numerous. 

 Ovaries 2, silky; ovules 2. Carpels i to 3, sub-globose or oblong 

 pubescent, "3 in. long. Hah. Singapore (Wallich 6452). Malacca 

 (Maingay and Griffith). Pahang, Temerloh (Foxworthy). Native 

 name : Memponai. 



(10) X. magna Maing. in. Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 84; King, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 120; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 151, pi. 197B. 



A tree 40 to 60 ft. tall; stem 6 to 10 in. through; branchlets 

 tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic sub- 

 acute, base rounded, above shining light green, glabrous except 

 the pubescent midrib, beneath hairy; nerves 10 pairs inarching 

 near the edge, very faint, reticulations as conspicuous ; 3 to 4*5 in. 

 long, i"25 to 2 in. wide; petioles '25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 

 2 to 2*5 in. long, solitary or in pairs on red-pubescent pedicels "3 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate acute, connate into a cup, pubescent outside. 

 Petals sub-equal, oblong-linear acuminate, 'i in. across, dilate and 

 concave at base, coppery-pubescent. Stamens numerous ; anthers 

 linear septate, appendages oblong. Ovaries 15, densely hairy 

 outside, 4-ovuled. Carpels obovoid-oblong blunt, tomentose, green, 

 marked with red and white, 1*4 in. long, '65 in. wide; stalks thick, 

 •15 in. long. Hab. Thick lowland forest. Malacca (Maingay) ; 

 Perak, Larut 500 to 800 ft. altitude and Ulu Kal (Kunstler). 

 Native name : Kudaga hutan. 



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

 Beng. I.e. 120; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 151, pi. 198. Habzelia 

 ferruginea Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 123. 



A tree 50 to 80 ft. tah, 10 to 24 in. through ; branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves coriaceous, narrow oblong acute, base slightly narrowed 

 rounded sub-cordate, above glabrous dark green, beneath glaucous, 

 pubescent ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs inarching near the edge, prominent 



