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pale. Leaves drying pale brown, sub-coiiaceous, elliptic-lanceolate to 

 elliptic, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base narrowed or rounded-; 

 above shining ; below dull, the reticulations distinct; nerves 5 or 6 

 pairs; length 25 to 4 in,, breadtii 1"2 to J75 in., petiole '25 in. 

 Flowers "25 in. long. Racemes axillary, sboiter than the leaves, the 

 pedicels longer than the flowers. Sepals ovate, fleshy, glabrous, con- 

 cave, unequal. Petals thin, spathulate, much longer than the sepals, gla- 

 brescent. Ovary glabrous, siiortly stipitate ; the stalk suiTounded by a 

 shallow entire, undulate, annular disc ; 10-ovulate ; style glabrous. Fruit 

 globular, '5 to '7b in. in diatn , when ripe smootli, pulpy ; peiicarp 

 thin, leathery. Hoook. til. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 211. 



Malacca, Peiak. 



35. Xanthophyi-ldm obscdrdm, A. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. FI. Br. 

 Ind. I, 211. A large tree; branches stout, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic, blunt, narrowed in the lower third to the stout petiole, 

 di-ying to a dark brown; both surfaces shining ; the lower slightly paler; 

 main nerves 5 to 6 pairs, thin, rather piominent as ai-e the intermediate 

 nerves ; lena:th 4"2o to 4"75 in., breadtii 2 to 2'25 in., petiole *4 in. 

 Racemes axillary, 1 to 1"]5 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers '6 in. long, 

 the pedicels short. Sepals oblong, blunt, the edges ciliate, the 3 outer 

 Bmall. Petals glabrous, oblong, sub-spathulate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 

 ovules 8 to 10; style glabrous. 



Singapore ; Maingay, Hullett. 



16. Xanthophyllum pdlchkum. King, n. sp. A glabrous shrub or 

 small tree, the young branches rather robust, the bark very pale. Leaves 

 coriaceous, shortly petiolate, elliptic, acute or very shortly and bluntly 

 acuminate, the edges recurved when dry, base rounded ; upper surface 

 shining ; lower dull, pale yellow, glaucous, the 5-6 pairs of nerves and 

 the fine reticulations very prominent ; length 4 to 8 in., breadth 225 to 

 4 in.; petiole stout, "2 in. Flowers '6 in. long, on short thick pedicels, 

 in dense, solitary, axillary, rufous-tomentose racemes half as long as 

 the leaves, or less ; bracts broadly ovate, concave, deciduous, coloured. 

 Sepals nearly equal, ovate-rotund, with fleshy tomentose midribs and 

 thin minutely ciliate edges, coloured. Petals oblong, blunt, glabrous 

 except the pubescent keel. Filaments rather short, broad, flat, puberu- 

 lous. Ovary ovoid, pointed, tomentose, surrounded by a thin, rather 

 deep, glabrous disc; style glabrescent, slightly curved ; ovules 12. Fruit 

 globose, "75 in. in diam., minutely tomentose when ripe, pericarp 

 thin. 



Perak ; rather common. A handsome bush or treelet with yellow- 

 ish flowers tinged with pink. 



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