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Leaves glaucous beneath 

 Leaves 3'5 to 5'5 in. long, leaves glau- 

 cous beneath ; petals very long and 

 narrow 

 Leaves more or less obovate or oblanccolate, 

 4 to 7 in. long. 



Leaves 175to4 in. broad ; flower pedi- 

 cels '2 to "25 in. long ; ripe carpels 

 broadly ovoid, blunt, sub-glabrous . , . 

 Leaves 1"75 to 25 in. broad ; flower 

 pedicels '5 to "8 in. long ; ripe carpels 

 globular, densely and minutely yel- 

 lowisli-tomeutose 

 Upper surfaces of leaves glabrous (the midrib 

 alone pubescent in some) : under surfaces uni- 

 formly pubescent. 



Under-surface of leaves adpressed-rufous- 



10. X. atenopetala. 



10. X. stenopetala. 



11. X. Scortechinii. 



12. X. olivacea. 



sericeous ; length 2 to 3 in. 



13. X. ohtusifoUa. 



magna. 



15. X. ferruginea. 



16. X. Ridleyi. 



Under-surface of leaves deep brown, the 

 pubescence slightly paler ; length 3 to 

 4"5 in. ; ripe carpels obo void -oblong, blunt 14. 

 Under-surface of leaves purplish-brown, pu- 

 bescent ; length 3"5 to 5*5 in. ; main nerves 

 10 to 12 pairs ; ripe carpels much elon- 

 gate, cylindric, many-seeded ... 

 Under-surface of leaves brownish-tomen- 

 tose ; length 6"5 to 8'5 in. ; nerves 12 to 

 14 pairs 



1. Xylopia oxt antra, Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. T 85. 

 A tree : young parts puberulous ; the branchlets rather stout, striate. 

 Leaves coriaceous, ovate or oblong, abruptly and shortly acuminate, 

 glabrous, glaucous on the lower surface ; main nerves 12 to 15 pairs 

 spreading, thin ; length 6 to 7 in., breadth 2-5 to 3 in., petiole -^Sb in. 

 Peduncles axillary, in fascicles, "35 to "5 in. long, adpressed-pubescent. 

 Sepals bx'oadly ovate. Outer petals narrowly linear, tapering at the apex, 

 yellowish pubescent, slightly keeled at the back, r25 to 1'5 iu. lono- 

 Stame7is and ovaries as in X. ferruginea. Habzelia oxyantlia. Hook, hi 

 and Th. Fl. Ind. 124; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 37. Uvaria oxgantha, 

 Wall. Cat. 6478. 



Singapore : Wallich. 



2. Xylopia dicarpa. Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Br. lud. I, 85. A 

 tree 20 to 25 feet high ; branches glabrous, dark-coloiu'ed, minutely 



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