xvi. POLYOALE2E. (A. W. Bennett.) 209 



and insertion. Fruit 1-celled, indehiscent, 1-seeded. Seeds exalbuminous, 

 estrophiolate. DISTEIB. Species about 15. Moat abundant in the Archi- 

 pelago and Malacca; a lew species are Continental Indian, and one is 

 N. Australian. 



\ Ovules 4-8, rarely more (8-14 in X. qffine). 



1. X. flavescens, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. t. 248 ; leaves coriaceous elliptic- 

 lanceolate not glaucous beneath yellow-green when dry/ Jpanicle diffuse 

 closely pubescent, sepals unequal, ovary and style strigose, fruit glabrous. 

 W.& A. Prodr. 39. X. paniculatum, Miquel Ft. Ned. Ind. Sappl. i 393. 

 X. Arnottianum, undulatum, and Roxburghiannm, Wight III. i.- 50; Bed- 

 dome Ftor. Sylvat. (Anal.) t. 3.ft/ieede Hort. Malab. iv. t. 23. 



EAST BENGAL ; Silhet, and Chittagong. WESTERN PENINSULA. CEYLON. DISTRIB. 

 Sumatra, Java. 



A timber tree. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-3 in., shining above, less so and veins much reti- 

 culated beneath, with 5-7 principal nerves ou each side, and more or less scattered 

 perforated glands (which are sometimes absent) at the axils of the nerves or elsewhere. 

 Flowers ^-\ in. long, yellow ; pedicels very variable, - in. Sepals unequal, subor- 

 bicular, finely tomentose. Ovary globose, densely strigose ; ovules 4, 2 erect and 2 

 pendulous, or more numerous and subborizontal. Fruit globose, | in. diam., and up- 

 wards, walls very thick, green. Very variable. I am unable to distinguish between 

 Roxburgh's jfoweaeerw and virens, both usually having pitted glands on the leaf boneath, 

 except by the long pedicels of the latter, the Ceylon specimens of which have 4 ovules, 

 and the Silhet ont-s usually the same, whilst the Peninsula ones vary 4~y, and Suma- 

 tran specimens are 4-ovuled. 



VAR. 1. jtavesceiis proper ; leaves broad, panicle close axillary or terminal, pedicels 

 short, ovules 4-12. Chittagong and Western Peninsula (Sumatra, Java). 



VAR. 2. angustifolium, Wight 111. 6(J, t. 23 (/>.) leaves narrower, ovules usually 4. 

 Beddome Fl'tiylvat. Anal. Gen. t. 3. 



VAR. 3. virens, Roxb. Cor, PI. t. 248 (p.); panicles short supra-axillary, pedicels 

 very slender, ovules 4. X. flavescens, Roxb. ?; Wight I.e. ; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. Anal. 

 Gen. t. 3. Ceylon, Silhet; Paupanassum hills (Travancor ?), alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. 



2. X. afline, Korth.in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 271 ; leaves coriaceous oblpng- 

 or elliptic-lanceolate not glaucous beneath yellow-green when dry, panicles 

 axillary and terminal diffuse tomentose, sepals unequal, ovary g.abrous, 

 style strigose. X. flavescens, Wall. Cat. 4198, not of Roxb. 



EASTERN PENINSULA ; Tenasserim to Malacca and Penang, Wallich, &c. DIBTRIB. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



So like the X.jiavescens, that the larger leaves, rather larger flowers, more toinen- 

 tose calyx, and glabrous larger ovary, alone distinguish it in the dried state. The 

 ovules vary from 8-14, and the fruit is quite glabrous, green, globose and tbiok- 

 walled. 



3. X. glaucum, Wall. Cat. 4199 ; branches very slender, leaves usually 

 membranous elliptic or lanceolate acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves very 

 numerous 8-10 on each side, panicle large open lax, branches long tomen- 

 tose, calyx pubescent or tomentose, ovary and style strigose, fruit glabrous. 

 Hassle, in Mv. Ann. Mus.i. 193, 



EASTERN PENINSULA ; Rangoon and Tenasserim in moist places. 



A small tree; branches terete, very slender, dark red brown, glabrous. Leaves 

 3-4 by 1-1 in., rather abruptly acuminate, quite glabrous, finely reticulate; petiole 

 slender, in. Panicle 1 ft., with long spreading very slender tomeutose simple 

 branches. Flowers $- in. diam., and slender pedicels pulescent, pale when dry. 

 Ovary sessile, covered with dense strigcne hnirs, ovules 4. f'ru't much smaller than 

 in X. flavescens, - in. diam., quite smooth and glabrous. Easily distinguished by its 



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