138 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
PLATE 163. 
XANTHOPHYLLUM SconTECHINII, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, рі. 2, р. 140. 
A glabrous tree 25 to 30 feet high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, drying brown, ovate, 
obtusely acuminate, the base more or less cuneate, shining on both surfaces; nerves 
8 pairs, sub-erect, not prominent; length 2 to 2:25 in., breadth 1 to 1°35 in., petiole 
"95 in. Flowers handsome, '75 in, long, their pedicels "95 in.  Zacemes axillary, solitary 
1 to 1:5 in. long, few-flowered. Sepals fleshy, glabrous with ciliolate edges; the three 
outer ovate blunt, the two inner rotund, Petals obovate to elliptic, clawed, glabrescent, 
the keel puberulous. Filaments as long as the petals, flat; anthers short, ovate. Ovary 
shortly stalked, elongated-ovoid, glabrous, 6-ovuled; style little curved, glabrous; stigma 
capitate; disc small, annular, glabrous, Ripe fruit, glovular, sub-glabrous, about 2 in. in 
diam. ; pericarp thick, hard. 
Perak. Scortechinii, No. 2079; Wray No. 4028. Penang, Curtis, No. 2407. 
Prats 163. Xanthophyllum Scortechinii, King. 1, flowerng branch; 2, fruit: of natural size; 3, flower, its parts 
separated; 4, anthers with upper part of filament; 5, ovary style and stigma: enlarged. 
PLATE 164. 
XANTHOPHYLLUM PULCHRUM, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pi 2, p. 141. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree, the young branches rather robust, the bark very pale. 
Leaves coriaceous, shortly petiolate, elliptic, acute or very shortly and bluntly acuminate, 
the edges recurved when dry, base rounded or minutely cordate; upper surface shining ; 
lower dull, pale yellow, glaucous, the 5-6 pairs of nerves and the fine reticulations promi- 
nent; length 4 to 8 in., breadth 2:25 to 3:5 in.; petiole stout, "2 in. Flowers “6 in. long, 
on short thick pedicels, in dense, solitary, axillary, rufous-tomentose racemes half as long 
as the leaves or less; bracts broadly ovate, concave, deciduous, coloured. Sepals nearly 
equal, ovate-rotund, fleshy, concave, sub-glabrous or puberulous, coloured, the edges thin. 
Petals oblong, blunt, glabrous except the pubescent keel. Filaments broad, flat, puberulous, 
all except one or two inserted in the disc: anthers bearded at the base, Ovary ovoid, 
pointed, tomentose, surrounded by a thin, rather deep, glabrous disc; style glabrescent, 
slightly curved; ovules 12. Fruit globose, ‘75 in. in diam., minutely tomentose when 
ripe, pericarp thin 
Perak: rather common, A handsome bush or treelet with yellowish flowers tinged 
with pink. | 
Білте 164. Xanthophyllum pulchrum, King. 1, flowering branch ; 2, ripe fruit; 3 seeds: of natural size; 4, sepal: 
8, keel; 6, petal; 7, petals with one stamen attached; 8, seven stamens attached to the disc: enlarged; 9, stamen : 
such enlarged. 
PLATE 165. 
Сватохугох Marneayt, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258. 
| Nat. Ord. Hypericinee. 
A tree 30 feet high, all parts glabrous; youug branches with pale brown, ridged 
bark. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic, acute at apex and base; both surfaces shining, 
the lower paler; main nerves obscure, about 6 pairs; length 2 to 25 іш, breadth 1 to 
