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XIII. POLYGALACE^. 



[Xanthophyllum . 



(i8) X. Wrayii King, I.e. 138; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. v. (2), 

 136, pi. 161. 



A shrub 3 to 8 ft. or more tall. Branchlcts pubcrulous. Leaves 

 sub-coriaceous, drying yellow green, .shining above, elliptic to oblong 

 acuminate, base rounded or narrowed ; nerves 10 to 13 pairs, promi- 

 nent, inarching within the edge, 6 to 10 in. long, 2-25 to 4-5 in. 

 wide; petioles -3 to -6 in. long. Flowers -35 in. long in terminal 

 or axillary racemes or panicles 3 in. long. Sepals ovate blunt, 



Fig. 15. — Xanthophyllum Palembanicum. 



puberulous. Petals oblong, obtuse, puberulous, base pubescent, 

 cream colour. Ovary densely villous on a glabrous stalk, 4-ovuled, 

 disc glabrous. Fruit globose 75 in. through, silky when young, 

 ripe glabrous and warty. Hah. In dense forests in the low country 

 not rare. Perak, Gunong Pondok (Kunstler) ; Gunong Bubu. 

 Penang Hill (Burkill). 



Distinguished from X. affine Korth. by the distinctly inarching fewer 

 nerves, villous silky ovary and 4 ovules only. The panicles are also much 

 denser and the fruit wrinkled. 



