Xanthophyllum.] xiii. polygalace^e. 147 



base rounded or cuneate ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs not very prominent, 



3 to 5 in. long, i to 1-3 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Panicles 

 axillary or terminal -3 in. long, buds yellow. Sepals sub-equal, 

 rotund, tomentose. Petals oblong obtuse, glabrous except the 

 keel broadly obovate pubescent. Filaments with an ovoid pubes- 

 cent swelling near base. Ovary sessile, ridged, pubescent; ovules 

 2 to 4. Disc glabrous fleshy angled. Hab. Forests. Singapore 

 Gardens, in jungle. Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Curtis). Penang, 

 Moniots Road (Curtis). 



(15) X. glaucum Wall. Cat. 4199; Benn. I.e. i. 209; King, 

 I.e. 137. X. microcarpum Chodat, I.e. 263. 



A big tree with a stout trunk, 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, shining above, glaucous beneath, lanceolate to elliptic- 

 lanceolate sub-ac^te, base narrowed; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 3 to 



4 in. long, I to 1-4 in. wide; petioles hardly 25 in. long. Flowers 

 •25 in. long, rose pink in terminal racemes or panicles 3 to 4 in. 

 long, lax pubescent or hairy. Sepals unequal, oblong pubescent. 

 Petals glabrous except the keel. Ovary tomentose. Fruit globose 

 •25 in. through, smooth glabrous. Hah. North of the peninsula 

 in open country. Setul and Perils at Kanga. Distrib. Siam 

 (Trang), Chittagong and Burma. 



Chodat separates King's plant as X. microcarpum, saying it has " Fructus 

 parvus nee verrucosus nee costatus," a good description of WalUch's type 

 of X. glaucum. 



(16) X. discolor Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 257. 



A small tree, bark grey. Leaves lanceolate oblong acuminate 

 4 to 5 in. long, 2 in. wide, above smooth, green, beneath glaucous; 

 nerves fine 6 to 7 pairs inarching within margin, base shortly 

 cuneate ; petioles -i in. long. Racemes few axillary and terminal, 

 puberulous 75 in. long few-flowered. Sepals unequal ovate obtuse. 

 Petals -5 in. long, white, glabrous, connate with the very short 

 staminal tube at the base only. Ovary shortly stipitate, pilose. 

 Fruit globose, smooth, green hairy, 75 in. through. Hah. In 

 woods, rare. Singapore in the Garden Jungle and at Selitar. 

 Pahang, Rumpin (Foxworthy). Native name : Sisyor. 



(17) X. verrucosum Chodat, I.e. 263. X. eurhynchum King, 

 I.e. 137 {not of Miguel) . 



Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate sub-acute or rounded at base ; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, 4 to 

 5'5 in. long, 175 to 2"5 in. wide ; petioles -3 in. long. Flowers -25 in. 

 long in pubescent axillary and terminal racemes 3 in. long, or in 

 few-branched panicles. Sepals unequal, ovate-oblong blunt, tomen- 

 tose. Petals spathulate glabrous except keel. Style and ovary 

 villous; ovules 4. Fruit globose 75 in. across, verrucose green. 

 Hab. Perak, Thaiping; Goping (Kunstler). Bindings, Pangkor 

 (Curtis). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 



Chiefly distinguished from X. Palembanicum by its much larger leaves. 



