144 XIII. POLYGALACE^. [XanihopJiyllum. 



long. Sepals unequal ovate-rounded, tomentose. Petals oblong 

 blunt, glabrous, or base and keel pubescent. Ovary glabrous, 

 stipitate ; style pilose ; ovules 8 to i8. Fruit hard smooth green, 

 globose "5 to 1*25 in. through. Hab. Edges of woods, thickets 

 and on river-banks. The commonest species, lowlands up to 

 3000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry, 

 Griffith, Maingay). Selangor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss). Perak, 

 Ulu Bubong; Larut (Kunstler) ; Thaiping (Wray) ; Chanderiang 

 (Kunstler). Bindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Penang, Penara Bukit 

 (Curtis, Wallich). Distrih. Tenasserim, Siam and Borneo, Java. 

 Native name : Limah Berok jantan. 



(4) X. obscurum Benn. I.e. i. 211; King, I.e. 141. X. insigne 

 Benn. I.e. 211 ; King, I.e. 144. 



A large tree with deep green shining coriaceous leaves, elliptic 

 blunt, narrowed at base ; nerves 5 to 9 pairs, 4-25 to 475 in. long, 

 2 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Racemes axillary i to 

 1-5 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers -5 in. long. Sepals oblong 

 blunt, edges ciliate, light green, gibbous at base, 3 outer ones 

 small. Petals oblong sub-spathulate, white often tinted rose pink, 

 •5 in. long. Ovary ovoid glabrous. Fruit globose as big as a 

 cricket-ball or larger, pericarp thick brownish green. Seeds several 

 large embedded in sweet white pulp. Hab. Forests, Singapore, 

 Tanglin, etc., Malacca, Bukit Sabukor. Native name : Buah 

 Kapas. 



(5) X. buUatum King, I.e. 142. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves bullate coriaceous sub-sessile, 

 elliptic-oblong, shortly bluntly acuminate, base cordate sub- 

 auriculate; nerves 10 to 25 bold puberulous, 11 to 10 in. long, 

 4 to 6-5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long glandular. Panicles many- 

 branched pubescent 6 in. long. Bracts ovate. Flowers -4 in. 

 long. Sepals unequal rounded tomentose, inner ones thin ciliate. 

 Petals ovate rounded, little longer than the sepals, glabrous. Ovary 

 ovoid glabrous. Ovules 8. Fruit globose, glabrous 75 in. through. 

 Hab. Forests, rare. Selangor, Dusun Tua. Perak, Thaiping Hills 

 at base (Kunstler). 



(6) X. Hookerianum King, I.e. 139. 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong, point 

 abrupt I in. long blunt, base slightly narrowed to petiole, nerves 

 6 to 10 pairs, prominent beneath, 9 to 11 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; 

 petioles 75 in. long. Flowers -4 in. long; pedicels very short. 

 Sepals sub-equal broadly ovate, tomentose, edges ciliolate. Petals 

 oblong obtuse, glabrous deep yellow, keel pubescent. Filaments 

 flat, puberulous. Ovary sessile ovoid, tomentose; ovules 4. Hab. 

 Rare. Perak at Coping (Kunstler). Pahang, Sungei Lenget, 

 Rumpin (Foxworthy). Native name : Medang Mangas. 



(7) X. venosum King, I.e. 139. 



A glabrous tree 25 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 



