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puberulous on the midrib near the base ; main nerves 12 to 20 pairs, 

 very prominent beneath and connected by straight transverse veins ; 

 length 6'5 to 9'5 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petiole "35 in., stont. Floivers 

 1 or 2, on stont woody extra-axiUary peduncles ; pedicels "2 in. long, 

 rufous-pubescent, with a single large bracteole. Sepals thick, sjjread- 

 ing, broadly ovate, sub-acute, minutely tomentose on both surfaces but 

 especially on the outer. Petals thick, subequal, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 keeled outside ; the claw orbicular, vaulted over the andro-gynoocium 

 and glabrous inside, otherwise minutel}^ tomentose, '75 in. long. Stamens 

 numerous, the heads obliquely truncate and concealing the linear, lateral 

 anthers. Ovai-y solitary, cylindric, fluted, glabrous, multi-ovulate. Ripe 

 carpel ovoid, compressed, silvery-grey, many-seeded, 3 in. long, and 2"5 

 in. in diam. 



Penang : Curtis, No. 1569. 



8. Xylopia elliptica, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 86. 

 A tall tree : young branches dark-coloured, glabrous, the youngest pu- 

 bescent. Leaves membranous, small, elliptic, obtusely acuminate, the 

 base rounded or acute : upper surface glabrous, pale ; the lower brown, 

 minutely adpressed-pubescent ; both reticulate : main nerves 6 or 7 

 pairs, oblique, very faint ; length I '5 to 2 in., breadth 1 to 1"25 in.; 

 petiole "2 in., slender. Floivers solitary, erect, axillary, '5 to "75 in. 

 long : peduncle about half as long, rusty-pubescent like the calyx, 

 bracteoles minute. Sepals ovate, sub-acute, united to the middle. Petals 

 pale brownish-tomentose ; the outer linear-subulate with a broader con- 

 cave base : the inner trigonous, shorter and narrower than the outer. 

 Stamens numerous, minvite, the apex rounded ; anthers linear. Ovaries 

 1 to 3, densely hairy, 4- to 6-ovuled. Ripe carpels unknown. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.,) No. 82. Perak : Wray No. 

 3194. Penang : Curtis, No. 2482: 



9. Xylopia caudata. Hook. fil. and Thonis. PL Ind. 125. A shrub 

 or small tree : young branches very slender, minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, long and obtusely acuminate, the base 

 cuneate ; upper surface glabrous except the pubescent midrib; the 

 lower sparsely adpresscd-sericeous : main nerves about 10 pairs, spread- 

 ing, faint ; length 2 to 2"25 in., breadth '6 to "8 in. ; petiole '1 in., 

 slender. Peduncles 1 to 3, axillary, very short, minutely bracteolate at 

 base and apex. Flowers '2 to "3 in. long. Sepals ovate, sub-acute, con- 

 nate at the base, adpressed-pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, pubescent except a small glabrous concave spot 

 at the base, the inner about as long as, but narrower than, the outer. 

 AiUliers rather numei-cnis, compressed, the apical pi'ocess naiTOW. Ovaries 

 2, elongate, sericooua, 2-ovult;d : style long, pointed, glabrous, exserted. 



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