210 xvi. POLYOALE2E. (A. W. Bennett.) [Xanthophyllv? 



slender habit, and glaucous membranous leaves, which are very pale beneath, with 

 numerous slender much reticulated veins. 



4. X. Oriffithii, Hook. f. : branches usually robust, leaves very coria- 

 ceous elliptic or elliptic lanceolate acute or acuminate with few (5-6) prin- 

 cipal nerves on each side glaucous beneath, panicle spreading tomentose, 

 calyx pubescent, ovary and style strigose. 



MEBGUI, Griffith, Heifer; MALACCA, Main gay. 



Very much more robust than X. glaucum, with very coriaceous leaves, 3-5 in. 

 long; branches very dark brown, smooth, terete ; branchlets often extra-axillary with 

 two opposite lateral coriaceous oblong scale* at the base (persistent first leaves of 

 the bud). Flowers nearly in. long, on short stout pedicels, smaller in the Mergui 

 specimens, and darker when dry. tirpila orbicular ovate, subeqmil. Petal* Hnear- 

 spathulate, glabrous, except the pubescent keel. Ovary sessile and style strigose, 

 ovules 4. Fruit in a Mergai species the size of a pea, slightly pubescent, shining 

 (perhaps immature). 



Large leaved specimens of this or a closely allied species, gathered in the Andamans 

 by Jtieuer, but without flowers, resemble the leaves of -ST. acu/ninatisnimufii, Miquel. 



5. X. Maing-ayi, Hook. f. ; branches very slender, leaves membranous 

 elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate not glaucous beneath, prin- 

 cipal nerves ft-6 on each side, racemes slender simple and panicled, calyx 

 pubescent, ovary and style strigose, fruit densely puoescent. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Mdingau. 



Branches glabrous, pale yellow-brown, branchlets tomentose. Lear.es 2-3 by 1|- 14 

 in., pale green when dry, sometimes almost white beneath, but scarcely glaucous ; 

 petiole very slender, fc-\ in. Racemes 1--2 in., axillary and terminal, the latter often 

 panicled, branches very slender finely pubescent with pale buff down. Flowers lax, 

 iin . long ; pedicels short, slender. Sepals unequal, orbicular-ovate, -obtuse, buff-pubescent. 

 Petal* glabrous, except the keel. Ovary and style strigose, ovules 4. Fruit | in. 

 diam., globose ; walls thick, rugose when dry. 



** Ovules numerous. (See also 2. X. affine.) 

 t Flowers panicled. 



6. X. fttipitatum, A. W. Benn. ; branches very slender, leaves mem- 

 branous elliptic obtusely caudate-acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves indis- 

 tinct, racemes sparingly branched pubescent, calyx puberulous ciliate, ovary 

 cottony stipitate. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branchlets glabrous, dull brown. Leaves 2 by f in., dull pale leaden-brown when 

 dry, rather coriaceous, shining above, opaque beneath, with very obscure nerves; 

 petiole T V in. Panicle sparingly branched ; branches long, slender. Flowers ^ in. long, 

 dull red, shorter than the slender pedicels. Sepals subequal, broadly oblong, obscurely 

 puberulous. PetaU about twice as long, ciliate when young. Filaments villous below 

 the middle. Ovary narrowed into a glabrous stipes, and base of style loosely clothed 

 'with white cottony hairs; ovules 10-12. 



7. X. rufum, A. W. Benn. ; branchlets stout and leaves beneath rusty or 

 rufous pubescent, leaves very coriaceous elliptic-ovate or oblong acuminate, 

 nerves oeneath few very stout, panicle large and calycea red- tomentose, 

 ovary and style densely villous, fruit pubescent. 



MALACCA, Maingay, 



A large timber tree; branchlets very stout, densely tomentose. Leaves 5-7 by 

 1^-3 in., clothed beueath with soft spreading pubescence, especially on the costa and 

 nerves (6 on each side) r paie yellow when dry, upper surface opaque, under paler; 



