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cent when young, glabrescent when old, '8 in. long and '6 in. in diam. 

 Seeds about 4, discoid, pale brown, shining. Drepanantlms stenopetala, 

 Scortechini, MSS. 



Perak: Scortechini, No. 1781; King's Collector, No. 8241. 



A species allied to X olivacea, King ; but with broader leaves, 

 shorter flower pedicels, narrower petals and ovoid sub-glabrous fruit. 



12. Xylopia olivacea, King n sp. A shrub or small tree : young 

 branches pubescent, ultimately brown, striate and glabrous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, shortly 

 and abruptly acumiuate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces dull oliva- 

 ceous when dry ; the upper glabrous, the lower paler, slightly sciu'fy ; 

 main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching boldly "15 in. from 

 the margin, prominent beneath ; length 3'5 to 7 in., breadth 1'75 to 2"5 in., 

 petiole •2") in., swollen, puberulous, black when dry. Flowers solitary 

 or in pairs, supra-axillary; pedicels rather stout, "5 to '8 in. long, 

 cinereous-tomentose with an ovate-lanceolate, mesial bracteole. Sepals 

 thick, especially at the base, ovate, acute, connate below the middle, 

 pale cinereous-puberulous on both surfaces. Petals sub-equal, fleshy, 

 nari'owly linear with a tapering limb and slightly expanded concave 

 vaulted claw, densely and minutely cinereous-tomentose, 1 to 1*5 in. 

 long, the inner shorter. Stamens short, cuneate, the broad oblique 

 heads covering the apices of the linear anthers. Ovaries few, oblong, 

 densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled ; style short, cylindric : stigma large, 

 fleshy. Ripe carpels few, globular, with slightly flattened minutely 

 apiculate apex, and an imperfect lateral ridge, densely and minutely 

 yellowish-tomentose, '6 in. in diam., stalks very short. Seeds 4 or 5, 

 discoid, smooth, pale brown, shining, separated from each other by 

 imperfect dissepiments. 



Perak : up to elevations of 3,000 or 4,000 feet, common. Scorte- 

 chini, Wray, King's Collector. 



13. Xylopia OBTUSiiOi-iA, Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. 

 A tree : young branches glabrous, dark-coloured, striate : buds silky. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse or retuse, the base cuneate, upper 

 surface glabrous, shining ; the lower adpressed rufous-sericeous : 

 main nerves 8 or 10 pairs, oblique, very faint ; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 

 1 to 1'5 in., petiole "25 in. Floivers "5 in. long, axillary, solitary or 2 or 

 3 in small sub-racemose cymes ; pedicels "2 to '25 in., rufous-pubescent 

 with a single bracteole. Sepals thick, broadly ovate, acute, united to 

 the middle, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals linear-oblong, 

 tapering towards the blunt apex ; the outer petals adpressed-rufous- 

 pubesccnt outside, puberulous within, slightly concave and glabrous at 

 the base ; the inner smaller, more concave at the glabrous base, puberu- 



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