Xanthophyllum.] xiii. polygalace^e. 143 



Leaves elliptic lanceolate 4 by 1-25 . . (14) X. Curtisii 



Fruit glabrous small, smooth ; flowers 



pink; big tree (15) X. glaucum 



Fruit glabrous i in. through; flowers few 



white, small tree . . . . (16) X. discolor 



Leaves glabrous ; fruit warty when dry. 



Leaves 4 in. long, 2 wide elliptic acuminate . (17) X. verrucosum 

 Leaves 9 in. by 4 in. elliptic . . . (18) X. Wrayii 



Leaves 2 in. by i in. elliptic cuspidate . (19) X. palembanicum 



Leaves glabrous ; fruit hairy ; leaves elliptic 



stiff coriaceous large .... (20) X. hebecarpum 

 Leaves glabrous ; fruit tomentose ; leaves 



elliptic lanceolate small . . . (21) X. Griffithii 



(i) X. Scortechinii King, I.e. 140; Ann. Hort. Bot. Calc. 

 V. (2), 130, pi. 163. 



A glabrous tree 25 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous 

 ovate blunt acuminate, base cuneate, pale shining ; nerves 3 pairs, 

 not prominent, 2 to 2'25 in. long, i in. wide; petioles 35 in. long. 

 Racemes axillary 2 in. long. Flowers few, "5 in. long pink ; pedicels 

 35 in. long. Sepals glabrous, edges ciliolate, outer 3 ovate blunt, 

 inner rounded. Petals broad obovate clawed, keel pubescent ; 

 filaments as long, flat pubescent. Ovary shortly stalked, ovoid 

 glabrous; ovules 6. Fruit globose 2 in. through; pericarp -3 in. 

 thick. Hab. Rare, forests. Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray). Penang 

 Hill (Curtis). 



(2) X. Kingii Chodat. Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 255. X. elHpticum 

 Benn. in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 211 ; King, I.e. 140 {not of Miquel). 



A tree 30 to nearly 60 ft. tall. Leaves shining deep green sub- 

 coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic, shortly blunt acuminate; 

 nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 2*5 to 4 in. long, i-2 to 175 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Flowers in racemes 2 in. long, white turning yellow 

 •25 in. long on longer pedicels. Sepals ovate, glabrous unequal 

 dark red. Petals much longer, *25 in. long. Ovary glabrous, 

 stipitate, stipes surrounded by a shallow undulate ring-shaped 

 disc; ovules 10. Drupe sub-globular -5 to 75 in. through, orange 

 turning deep red, pulpy sweet. Seed, i. Hab. Not rare in 

 open countrj^ and woods. Flowers in January. Singapore, Tanglin. 

 Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan. 

 Selangor, Perak, Uiu Kerling and Ulu Kal (Kunstler). Distrib. 

 Borneo. 



(3) X. afFme Korth. in Miq. Ann. Mas. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 271 ; 

 King, I.e. 142. 



Usually a large bush, but growing to a tree 30 to 60 ft. tall 

 glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 drying yellowish green, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, shortly blunt- 

 acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 to 8 pairs, 4 to 7 in. long, 

 1*8 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles '3 to "4 in. long. Panicles axillary 

 and terminal, minutely tomentose 3 to 10 in. long. Flowers 

 numerous, white withering yellow -35 in. long; pedicels nearly as 



