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Perak, on low Hills. 



This resembles X. adenotns, Miq., but differs ia venation of leaves 

 and in inflorescence. 



J9. XANTiiOPHYLLUM SULPIIUREUM, King, n. sp. A tree 100 (or even 

 150) feet liifjli ; branches with veiy dark brown bark, the youngest 

 minutely toiuentose. Leaves coriaceous, drjiiifj; bright yellowish-green, 

 elliptic-oblong, sometimes sub-obovate, acuminate, tlie edges recurved 

 when di-y, the base cuneate ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; lower sul- 

 phureous, softly but minutely pubescent especially on the midrib and 6 

 to 7 pairs of prominent ascending nerves ; length 5'5 to 7*5 in., breadth 

 2 to 2"5 in., petiole '5 to ■65 in. Floivers '4 in. long, the pedicels about 

 as long as the calyx. Panicles tonieutose, with ovate deciduous bracts, 

 compact, many-branched, a.\illary or terminal, less than half the length 

 of the leaves. Sepals unequal, ovate-rotund, minutely tomcntoso on 

 both surfaces, the edges ciliolate. Petals oblong, obtuse, glabrous 

 except the pubescent tips ; the keel obovate, vertically 9- to 10-ridged, 

 tomentose. jPi7(imeu/s flattened, glabrous. Ovar?/ shortly stipitate, gla- 

 brous, ovate, 8-ovuled, surrounded at the base by a fleshy glabrous much 

 waved annular disc. Sti/le villous in its lower, glabrous in its uppei-, 

 half. Fruit (young) globose, sulphureous, glabrous, faintly rugose. 

 Perak, on low hills. 



Not unlike X. rufum, A. "W. Benn. in general aspect ; but with 

 smaller flowers, glabrous ovary and fruit, and leaves intensely sulphu- 

 reous beneath. 



20. XANTHOPHYLr-UM UDFL'M, A. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I 

 210. A tree 40 to 60 feet liigh. Brancldets stout, terete, pale scurfy- 

 pubescent, the youngest rufous-tomeutose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to 

 ovate or obovate-elliptic, very shortly and suddenly acuminate, narrow- 

 ed in the lower third to tlie stout short petiole, the edges recurved when 

 di-y ; upper surface glabrous, dull ; lower paler, covered with short soft 

 pubescence especially on the midrib and 7-8 pairs of bold semi-erect 

 nerves; length 4'5 to 65 in. (acumen "5 in.), breadtli 2*25 to 2 75 in., 

 petiole '5 in. Panicles terminal or from the axils of the uppermost 

 leaves, lax, few-branched, 3 to 7 in. long, densely tomentose, the ends 

 of the branches and sepals rufous. Flowers '6 in. long, on short pedicels 

 in the axils of ovate sub-persistent bi'acts. Sepals unequal, ovate to sub- 

 reniform, densely tomentose on both surfaces, fleshy, concave. Petals 

 more than twice as long as the sepals, oblong, obtuse, glabrous except 

 the tomentose keel. Filaments glabrous, flat at the base. Ovary sur- 

 rounded by a sliallow fleshy disc, sessile, ovate, pointed, ridged, tomen- 

 tose as is also the conical style ; ovules 12 to 16. Fruit "75 in. in diam., 

 (? mature) globo.se, with 4 vertical lufous pubescent ridges ; pericai'p 

 thick, crustaceous. 



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