Xanth&phyllum.} XVI. POLYOA.LEJE. (A. W. Bennett.) 211 



petiole J-4 i n - Panicle 6-10 in., branches stout, densely clothed with yellow-brov^n 

 tomenturn; branohlets and calyces ruddy brown. Flowers | in. long; pedicels 

 shorter than the sepals, bracts large, oblong. Sepal* subequal, coriaceous, orbicular, 

 deciduous, densely tomentose within and without. Petals <threo times as long, nar- 

 rowlv falcate-lanceolate, glabrous, except the broad toraentoss keel. Filaments pilose 

 at the base. Ovary sessile, rigid (when dry) and style densely pubescent to the top , 

 ovules 14-16. Fruit dry (immature obscurely angled). 



ft Flowers racemose, racemes rarely panicled. 



8. X. obseurum, A. W. Benn. ; braiichleta stout, leaves very thickly 

 coriaceous stout-petioled oblong obtuse glabrous dark brown when dry, 

 racemes very short stout axillary few-flowered, calyx glabrous ciliate, ov^ry 

 and style glabrous. 



SINGAPORE, Maingay. 



A large timber tree ; branchlets woody, glabrous. Leaves 5-7 by 2-4 in., exceed- 

 ingly thick, shining above, nerves 8-10 on each side reticulate, dark brown when dry ; 

 petiole | in., very stout. Racemes 1-1^ in., stout, suberect, dark, few-flowered. 

 Jf'lowers $-$ in. long. Sepals unequal, orbicular, tips minutely ciliate. Petals all 

 spathulate, subequal, glabrous, except on the claw and pubescent keel. Ovary ovoid 

 and style quite glabrous ; ovules 15-16 (Maingay). 



9. X. inaig-ne, A. W. Benn.; branchlets stout glabrous, leaves long- 

 petioled very coriaceous ovate or elliptic-oblong obtuse glabrous, racemes 

 simple short stout axillary and terminal, pedicels curved, sepals ciliate, 

 ovary sessile and style glabrous. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree, not lofty : trunk thick ; branchlets quite glabrous. Leaves 5-6 by lf-2 in., 

 base acute, dark brown when .dry, shining above, nerves 6-8 on each side, loosely 

 reticulate ; petiole f-1 in., very thick. Racemes 3-4 in., sometimes panicled at the 

 ends of the branches. Flwoers A-f in. long, handsome, almost black when dry. 

 Sepals unequal, suborbicular, puberulous. Petals spathulate, subequal, except the keel 

 which is larger and silky near the tip ; claw pubescent. Ovary ovoid ; style slightly 

 curved ; ovules 12-14. 



10. X. ellipticum, Korth. in Mig. Ann. Mus. 1. 276; wholly glabrous, 

 leaves rather coriaceous elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate not glaucous beneath .strongly reticulate, racemes simple stout 

 suberect, calyx ovary style and thin- walled fruit perfectly glabrous. 



MALACCA, Griffith. DISTRJB. Borneo. 



Branchlets slender or stout. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1^ in., glossy above, very strongly 

 reticulated on both surfaces, principal nerves about 6 on each side, pale brown when 

 dry ; petiole | in. Racemes 1-3 in., racbis rather stout, angled. Flowers in. long, 

 almost black when dry; pedicels equalling the calyx. Sepals orbicular, subequal, 

 very coriaceous. Petals twice as long, very narrow, all quite glabrous. Filaments 

 glabrous. Ovary and slender style perfectly glabrous; ovules 12-14. Fruit % in. 

 diam., sessile, chestnut-brown when dry with thin crustaceuus walls. There is a very 

 faint pubescence on the buds and pedicels of the Borneau specimens. 



ORDER XVII. FRANKENIACEJG. (By M. P, Edgeworth, P.L.S.) 



Annual or perennial herbs or undershrubs, with articulate branches. 

 Leaves opposite, small, exstipulate. Flowers small, solitary in the forks of 

 the branches, regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx gamosepalous. persistent with 

 4-6 divisions, iuduplicate valvate in bud. Petals equalling the sepals in 

 number, hypogynous, free ; claw with an adherent scale, imbricated in bud. 



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