94 VI. ANONACE^,. [Xylopia. 



beneath; 3-5 to 5-5- in. long, I'l to 2 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long, 

 channelled. Flowers solitary or in pairs axillary or extra-axillary, 

 yellow; pedicels red- velvety, -5 to 75 in. long. Bracts small, 

 lanceolate. Sepals ovate acuminate, connate at base, pubescent 

 outside, -2 in. long. Petals linear fleshy, acute at tip elongate 

 yellow, outer ones red-pubescent outside, puberulous inside, concave 

 at base, 1-25 to 2 in. long; inner ones narrower and thinner, little 

 shorter, puberulous. Stamens 24; anthers linear, appendages 

 broadly oblong. Ovaries numerous, hairy. Carpels red, elongate 

 cylindric, 4 to 5 in. long. Seeds oblong. Hah. Common in forests 

 at low attitudes. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Sehtar; Changi. 

 Malacca (Maingay, Griffith). Pahang. Selangor, Rawang (Kloss). 

 Perak, Ulu Bubong and Batang Padang (Kunstler). Disirib. 

 Borneo. Native names : Jangkang Merah or Jangkang Paya ; 

 Pisang-Pisang Jari. Use : The bark is used for walls and partitions 

 in houses, and the timber for rafters. 



(12) X. olivacea King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 119; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 150, pi. 196. 



A tree 15 to 70 ft. tall; stem 4 to 15 in. through. Leaves cori- 

 aceous, elliptic-oblong, more or less obovate sometimes abruptly 

 short acuminate, base cuneate dark green, glabrous; nerves 6 to 

 8 pairs, curved, interarching -2 in. from edge, prominent beneath ; 

 3"5 to 8 in. long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles •25 in. long, thick 

 wrinkled. Flowers solitary or in pairs extra-axillary, cream colour 

 to light yellow, green when young; pedicels stout, -5 in. long, 

 tomentose. Sepals thick ovate, connate at base, acute puberulous, 

 •I in. long. Petals sub-equal linear, 1-5 in. long, -i in. wide, base 

 much expanded, hemispheric, densely tomer^tose, inner a little 

 shorter. Stamens cuneate, appendages broad. Ovaries few oblong, 

 densely silky, 6- to 8-ovuled. Carpels few globose, minutely tomen- 

 tose, -6 in. through. Seeds 4 or 5, discoid. Hab. Perak, Thaiping 

 Hills up to 500 ft. altitude. Common (Kunstler) ; Sungkai (Burn- 

 Murdoch). Negri Sembilan, Selaru (Foxworthy). 



The tree has a spicy smell (Kunstler). 



(13) X. Scortechinii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 118; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 149, pi. 195. 



Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through; branchlets tomentose. 

 Leaves coriaceous large, obovate-elhptic to elHptic-oblong shortly 

 abruptly acuminate, base sub-cuneate rounded, above glabrous, 

 beneath sparsely pubescent, especially on midrib ; nerves 10 to 14 

 pairs, straight elevate; 4 to 7 in. long, 175 to 4 in. wide; petioles 

 •35 in. long, pubescent. Flowers i to 5, fascicled on axillary 

 tubercles pale yellow ; pedicels "2 to '25 in. long, thick tomentose. 

 Sepals free, broad ovate obtuse, brown, pubescent outside. Petals 

 thick, linear obtuse, base concave dilated, pubescent. Stamens 

 numerous, appendages truncate angled. Ovaries few, short, 



