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9. Xanthophyldm Kunstleri, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree 50 to 

 80 feet high ; tlie bi'iinchlets robust, dark brown, sub-glaucous. Leaves 

 largo, coriaceous (with a yellowish green tinge when dry) elliptic to 

 elliptic-oblong, the apex very shortly and rather suddenly acuminnte, 

 the edges (when dry) undulate, the base rounded or slightly narrowed 

 to tlie stout petiole ; both surfaces shining ; nerves sub-horizontal, 8 to 10 

 pair8, proiriinent beneath as are the secondary nerves and reticulations ; 

 lengtii 4"5 to 9 ill., breadth 2'25 to 4)*25 in., petiole "6 to "75 in. Floivers 

 •6 in. long, shortly pedicellate, in axillary racemes less than half as long 

 as, or in terminal few-branched spreading panicles longer than, the 

 leaves. Sepals slightly unequal, ovate-rotund, fleshy, thickened along 

 the midrib, minutely tomentose on both surfaces; the edges thin, cilio- 

 late. Petals oblong-obtuse, glabrous except the pubescent keel. Fila- 

 ments with a pubescent ovoid swelling above the base. Ovary almost 

 sessile, surrounded by a shallow wavy fleshy disc, ovoid, grooved, to- 

 mentose, 'i-ovulate ; style conical, slightly curved, pubescent. Fruit 

 globose, '65 in. in diam. (young) deciduously tomentose ; pericarp thick, 

 spongy, the calyx persistent. 



Perak. At low elevntions, not common ; King's Collector (Kunstler). 

 Peuang, Government Hill ; Curtis, No. 1590. 



JO. Xanthophylldm Hookerianum, King, n. sp. A glabrous large- 

 leaved shrub ; young branches rather stout, sub-glaucous. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, (drying yellowish) elliptic-oblong with a rather abrupt bluntish 

 acumen 1 in. long, the edges slightly revolute when dry, tlie base slight- 

 ly narrowed to the petiole ; both surfaces smooth, the lower slightly paler ; 

 main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, thin but rather prominent beneath as are the 

 reticulations; length 9 to 11 in., breadth 3 to 4 in. ; petiole '75 in. 

 Floivers A in. lonij, the pedicels about as long as the calyx. Sepals 

 nearly equal, broadly ovate, minutely tomentose on both surfaces, the 

 edges thin, ciliolate. Petals oblong, obtuse, glabrous except the pubes- 

 cent keel. Filaments flat, pnberulous. Ovary sessile, ovoid, tomentose, 

 4-ovuled ; style flat, grooved, pubescent, slightly curved. Fruit un- 

 known. 



Perak ; King's Collector, No. 6997. 



11. Xanthophyllum venosum. King, n.sp. A ghibrous long-leaved 

 tree 20 to 80 feet high ; young branches leather robust, with very dark 

 brown bark. Leaves (drying pale yellowish-green), coriaceous, oblong, 

 sub-acute, the edges recurved when dry, gradually but slightly narrowed 

 in the lower fourth to the rounded or minutely cordate base ; both sur- 

 faces shining, the lower slightly paler; main nerves 14i to 16 pairs, 

 horizontal near the base, sub-ascending towards the apex, prominent 

 on the lower surface and forming bold arches '2 in. fiom the max'gin, 



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