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to 3 in., breadth 1 to 1"25 in. ; petiole "25 to 3 in. Flowers solitary, pendent, 

 pale-orange ; pedicels very short, stout, curved ; bracteolcs 2 or 3, orbi- 

 cular, rusty-tomentose. Sepals broadly ovate, connate to the middle, 

 rusty-tomentose. Petals flat, linear-oblong, sub-acute, softly tomentose 

 except the glabrous concave base ; the inner narrower, almost as long, 

 trigonous. Stamens with i^ounded apiculus : the anthers narrow, sep- 

 tate. Ovaries about 9, with 6 ovules ; style glabrate. Blpe carpels 

 unknown. 



Malacca: Maingay. 



5. Xylopia pustulata, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. 

 A tree : young branches pale, glabrous, minutely white-dotted. Leaves 

 coriaceous, small, elliptic, sub-obtuse, the base acute, both surfaces gla- 

 brous, the lower reddish brown and reticulate : main nerves faint, not 

 more prominent than the secondary. Floivers solitary or in pairs, axil- 

 lary, '5 in. long, pendent ; pedicels very short, with orbicular, ciliate, 

 deciduous basal bracteoles. Sepals short, ovate, sub-acute, rusty-pubes- 

 cent, united to the middle. Petals linear, sub-acute, densely adpressed- 

 pubescent ; the outer obtuse with a rather broad concave base, the inner 

 shorter and much narrower with a broader concave base. Stame7is 

 linear with I'ounded apiculus : the anthers long, septate. Ovaries 5 to 8, 

 hirsute ; the style slender with clavate stigma ; ovules several. Bipe 

 carpels unknown. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew x)istribution) No. 86. 

 6. Xtlopia fusca, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. A 

 tree ; young branches rather stout, glabrous, black : buds silky. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, the base cuneate ; upper surface o'labrous 

 shining ; the lower dull, dark, reticulate ; main nei'ves 8 or 9 pairs, very 

 faint ; length 2 to 3 in., breadth '75 to 1 in. ; petiole 2 in., stout. Flowers 

 •75 in. long, supra-axillary, solitary, racemed, or fascicled ; peduncle "25 

 to -75 in. with several bracts ; pedicels "25 in., puberulous, ebracteolate. 

 Sepals ovate, acute, connate into a cup with 3 spreading, acute teeth 

 puberulous outside. Petals linear-oblong, tapering to the sub-acute 

 apex : the outer adpressed golden-sericeous outside ; the inner nar- 

 rower and shorter, concave at the base. Stame)>s with an oblong apical 

 process ; anthers linear, lateral, not septate. Ovaries 4 or 5 coherino- 

 into a cone, golden-silky ; ovules 10 to 16, in two rows. Ripe carpels 

 unknown. 



Malacca: Maingay, (Kew Distribution) No. 86. 

 7. Xylopia Cuhtisii, King, n. sp. A tree 30 feet high : young 

 branches stout, glabrous, striate, dark-coloured. Leaves very coriaceous 

 oblong, acute or shortly acuminate ; the base cuneate, slightly oblique : 

 upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower dull, darker (when dry), 



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