Xylopia.] vi. anon ace .E. 95 



pubescent, ovules 4 to 5. Carpels broad ovoid blunt, pubescent 

 eventually glabrous. Seeds 4, discoid, brown. Hab. Dense jungle 

 near limestone, 200 to 300 ft. altitude, Perak at Kwala Dipang 

 (Scortechini and Kunstler). 



(14) X. Ridleyi King, Journ.As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 121 ; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 152, pi. 199. 



A tree 20 ft. tall ; branches tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous 

 large, obovate-elliptic, abruptly shortly acuminate, base slightly 

 cuneate, above glabrous, beneath softly tomentose; nerves 12 

 to 14 pairs, inarching, -i to '2 in. from edge, prominent beneath; 

 6-5 to 8*5 in. long, 275 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles -5 to i in. long, 

 thick, tomentose. Flowers extra-axillary on stout branches, 2 to 5 

 together, green fragrant ; pedicels tomentose -2 in. long. Sepals 

 ovate, long acuminate, 35 in. long, tomentose. Petals fiHform, 

 1-2 in. long, very narrow, bases widely concave, tomentose. Stamens 

 numerous, appendages 4- to 5-angled. Ovaries ovoid, silky, 4- to 

 6-ovuled. Hah. Dense forests at low altitudes. Rather rare. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah and Changi (Ridley). Distrih. Borneo. 



The flowers are scented like Cananga flowers. 



25. PHiEANTHUS, Hook. fil. 



Bushes or small trees, with thin membranous leaves. Flowers 

 small, solitary or 2 or 3 together, extra-axillary, pendulous. Sepals 3, 

 small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, outer ones small like the sepals ; 

 inner ones large flat, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, oblong- 

 quadrate truncate ; anther-cells dorsal, distant. Ovaries numerous, 

 I- to 2-ovuled, ascending, basal. Style cyHndric or clavate, grooved 

 ventrally. Carpels stalked, i-seeded. Species 6, one in Burma, 

 one in the Andamans, the rest Malayan. 



Leaves softly pubescent; flowers over an inch long. . (i) P. nutans 



Leaves glabrous ; flowers i in. or less long . . . (2) P. lucidus 



(i) P. nutans Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 147; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 72 ; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 122 ; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Gale. I.e. 152, pi. 200A. 



A bush or small tree; branchlets tomentose. Leaves mem- 

 branous, oblong-lanceolate to obovate-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, 

 base narrowed sometimes acute, above glabrous except midrib 

 and nerves tomentose, beneath softly pubescent, midrib tomentose ; 

 nerves 10 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath, inarching near the edge; 

 5 to 9 in. long, 1-3 to 4-5 in, across; petioles -3 in. long, tomentose. 

 Flowers on pedicels, '5 to i"5 in. long, pubescent. Sepals linear 

 lanceolate, -2 in. long. Petals, outer ones sepaloid, green; inner 

 ones ovate-oblong acute pubescent, cream colour, '75 to i in. lorig. 

 Stamens pale green outside; anther-cells white. Carpels ovoid, 

 pubescent, "6 in. long, orange or dark red. Hah. Common in 



