Xanthophyllum.] xiii. polygalace/e. 149 



(19) X. Palembanicum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 

 317; King, I.e. 137. X. Maingayi Benn. I.e. i. 210; King, 

 I.e. 136. 



A tree 15 to 40 ft. tall, with lanceolate or elliptic caudate- 

 acuminate leaves, base acute ; nerves 4 to 5 pairs inarching within 

 the margin, 3 to 4 in. long (tail often i in. long), i to 1-3 in. wide, 

 bright dark green; petioles -25 in. long. Racemes axihary few- 

 flowered, I to 1-5 in. long, minutely tomentose. Sepals unequal, 

 oblong obtuse. Petals spathulate glabrous white, keel silky. Ovary 

 and style villous; ovules 4. Fruit green globose glabrous -75 in. 

 through, verrucose and grooved when dry. Hab. Common in 

 woods in the low country. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca 

 (Grifhth, Hervey). Pahang. Bentong (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut 

 Hills (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 



The wrinkles in the fruit by which King distinguishes Palembanicum from 

 Maingayi only appear when the fruit is dried, and are of no value as a 

 character. 



(20) X. hebecarpum Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 263. 

 Leaves elliptic acuminate blunt, thickly coriaceous glabrous, 



8 in. long, 4 to 5 in. wide; nerves 5 pairs, prominent beneath, 

 midrib prominent; petioles about 2 in. long. Fruit i in. through, 

 cerebriform, velvety; pericarp -i in. thick. Hab. Rare and very 

 incompletely known. Bindings on Pangkor Island (Curtis, 1639). 



I have great doubt that this is a Xanthophyllum at all. 



(21) X. GrifFithii Benn. I.e. i. 210; King, I.e. 136. 



A tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate acute or acuminate, 

 base acute, shining above, sub-glaucous beneath, reticulations and 

 3 or 4 pairs of nerves distinct, 3 to 4 in. long, i to 1-5 in. wide; 

 petioles thick -35 in. long. Racemes axillary tomentose, 3 to 6 in. 

 long on terminal panicles 6 in. or more long. Flowers -35 in. long, 

 greenish yellow or dark yellow, on short stout pedicels. Sepals 

 broad ovate blunt, tomentose outside. Petals oblong blunt 

 glabrous keel pubescent. Filaments hairy below. Ovary sessile, 

 tomentose; ovules 4, base and style cylindric pilose. Fruit 

 globular tomentose. Hab. Dense forests. Malacca, Batang 

 Malaka. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak up to 6700 ft. alti- 

 tude. Gunong Batu Putih. Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Mergui. Native names : Dudali paya; Rawai. 



Order XIV. CARYOPHYLLACEyE. 



Herbs. Leaves opposite, simple entire. Flowers bisexual 

 cymose simple or dichotomous, many- or few-flowered. Bracts 

 opposite, edges or all scarious. Sepals 4 to 5 free (or connate). 

 Petals as many, entire bifid or lacerate (or absent). Stamens 



