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lous elsewhei'e. Stamens numerous, elongate, narrow, with an acute 

 apiculus ; the anther-cells linear, lateral. Pistils one or two, conical, 

 adpi'esse(l-])ubescent ; tlie style short, thin. Ripe carpels oblong, cjlin- 

 dric, sub-oblique, blunt, 1'25 in. long '7 in. in diam. Seeds 3 or 4, 

 globular. 



Malacca : Griffith. Perak : King's Collector, N'o. 2816, 



14. Xtlopi.a. magna, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 84. A 

 tree : young branches tomentosc, becoming glabrous and darkly cine- 

 reous. Leaves coriaceons, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, sub-acute, the 

 base rounded, the edges slightly revolute when dry ; upper surface 

 shining, reticulate, glabrous except the pubescent midrib ; under sur- 

 face deep brown, with rather pale pubescence ; main nerves about 10 

 pairs, spreading, inter- ar-ching some way from the edge, faint : length 3 

 to 4"5 in., breadth 1*25 to 2 in. ; petiole '25 in., pubescent. Flowers 2 to 

 2'5 in. long, solitary or in paii's, axillary : pedicels stout, tomentose, 

 with a single large, ovate, acute, often bifid bract. Sepals thick, ovate 

 acute, conuate into a 3-toothed cup, adpressed-pubescent outside, glab- 

 rous inside. Petals sub-equal, the inner narrower and shorter, narrowly 

 linear, slightly expanded and concave at the base, tapering towards the 

 apex, pubescent except in the basal concavity. Stamens numerous, 

 elongate, with an oblong obtuse apical process ; the anthers lateral, 

 linear, septate. Pistils about 15, narrowly oblique, hirsute on the outer 

 side, 4-ovuled. Style filiform, long. Pipe carpels obovoid-oblong, com- 

 pressed, blunt, minutely tomentose, r4 in. long and 'Go in. diam. ; stalks 

 thick, only "15 in. long. Seeds about 4, in two rows, arillate, the testa 

 bony. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distinb.) No. 83. Singapore ; Ridley. 

 Perak ; Scortechini. 



15. Xyloi'IA ferruoinea, Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. 

 A ti'ee 20 to 60 feet high ; young branches bi'ownish-pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous, narrowly oblong, acute; the base slightly narrowed and 

 oblique, rounded or minutely sub-cordate ; upper surface glabrous, shin- 

 ing ; the lower glaucous and softly purplish-brown pubescent : most 

 densely so on the midrib ; main nei'ves 10 to 12 pairs, oblique, inter- 

 arching near the edge, prominent beneath ; length 35 to 5"5 in., breadth 

 ri to 2 in. ; petiole '2 in., channelled. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 

 axillary or extra-axillary, erect or pendulous, yellow; pedicels 5 to 75 

 in., rusty-pubescent; bracteoles 1 to 3, small, lanceolate. Sepals broadly 

 ovate -acuminate, connate at the base, spreading, small, pubescent out- 

 side, glabrous within. Petals linear, fleshy, tapering at the very apex, 

 vei'y long; the outer rufous-pubescent outside, cinercous-puberulous 

 inside, concave at the very base, 1"25 to 2 iu. long; inner petals much 



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