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elliptic-lanceolafce, sub-acute, tlie base narrowed into the petiole; upper 

 surface shininpf ; lower dull, sub-glaucous ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, not pro- 

 minent, leticulalions minute ; leugtii 3 to 4 in., breadth 1 in. to 1'4 in. ; 

 petiole rather thick, less than "25 in. Fluwurs •25 in. long, otherwise as 

 in X. GriJ^lliii. Fruit globose when quite ripe, slightly warted, and 1 

 in. in diani. Hook. fil. i\. Br. Ind. I, 2U9 ; Hassk, in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd. Bat. I, J 93. 



Trang ; King's Collector No. 1427. Distiib. Chittagong, Burmali. 



Thsi differs from X. Griffi,thii chiefly by having many more nerves 

 in its leaves. 



5. Xantuophyllum Palembanicum, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 

 317. A glabrous tiee 30 to 40 feet high ; branchlets slender, pale, 

 ieares membranous, drying pale green, lanceolate, rarely elliptic, caudate- 

 acuminate, the base narrowed ; acute orcuneate ; upper surface shining, 

 the lower dull, pale but not glaucous, main nei-ves 4 to 5 pairs, slightly 

 prominent, I'eticulations minute ; length 3 to 45 in., breadth I'l to 1"3 

 in. ; petiole "2 in., sleiuler. Flowers '4 in. Racemes jixillary, lew- 

 flowered, slender, shorter than the lenves. Sepals unequal, rhomboid, 

 spreading, flat, puberulous externally. Petals spiithulate, glabrous except 

 the pubescent keel. Filaments thickened and pubescent in the lower 

 half. Ovary shortly stipitate, villous ; the annular disc surrounding it 

 small ; style spjtrsely villous. Ovules 4, from near base of ovary. Fruit 

 globose, •?5 in. in diara., glabrous, boldly verrucose and with several 

 irregular vertical grooves; pericarp "1 in. thick, crustaceous. 



Perak, rathei' common. Distrib. Sumatra. 



Tlws is not unlike X. Maingayi, but is at once distinguished from 

 that by its deeply grooved fruit. 



6. Xanthophyllum eurhynchum, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 

 277. A glabrous tree 30 to 50 feet high ; branchlets terete, bi-own. 

 Leaves drying pale green, sub-coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering at 

 both ends, to elliptic with rounded base and apex shortly acuminate ; 

 both surfacessmooth, the upper shining, the lower dull slightly paler; main 

 nerves 4 to 5 pairs, prominent beneath ; length 4 to 5"5 in., breadth 1'75 

 to 2'5 in., petiole "3 in. Floivers "25 in. long, the pedicels not longer 

 than the calyx. Racemes shorter than the leaves, pubescent, axillary 

 and solitary or in terminal few-bianched panicles. Sepals unequal, ovate- 

 oblong, blunt, spreading, minutely tomentose externally. Petals spathu- 

 late, glabrous except the pubescent keel. Filaments slightly flattened 

 and pubescent in the lower half. Ocary villous, 4-ovuled. Style slight- 

 ly curved, villous. Frtiit globose, '75 in. in diam., puberulous, rather 

 minutely verrucose, not vertically ridged ; pericarp crustaceous, brittle, 

 •2 in. thick. 



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