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3. Xyuopra Marayana, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 125, A slender tree; young 
Praatie thin, glabrous, the buds pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, shortly and 
bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate; both surfaces glabrous; main nerves about 8 pairs, 
faint, spreading; length 3°5 to 5 in., breadth 1°5 to 2 in. ; petiole *2 in. Flowers °6 
to ‘9 in. long, Solitare or in pairs, calaee pedicels rufous- TREES ‘l in. long, with 
several bracteoles at the base. Sepals broadly ovate, sub-acute, puberulous outside and 
on the edges, glabrous inside, 15 in. long and as broad. Petals linear-oblong, tapering 
to the apex, concave and glabrous at the slightly expanded base, densely pubescent 
elsewhere; the inner slightly narrower and shorter than the outer and more concave at 
the base. Stamens numerous; the apices rhomboid, papillose; the anthers long, lateral, 
with transverse divisions. Piséi/s about 6; the ovaries oblong, densely pale-hirsute, about 
as long as the stamens, 2-ovuled; styles about as long as the ovaries and projecting 
far above the stamens, glabrous, sub-cylindric, clavate. Ripe carpels (fide Maingay) °35 
to 1 in., several-seeded; stalk short, thick. Hook. fil. § Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85; 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 388; King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 115.— 
Parartabotrys sumatrana, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 374; Scheffer in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. 
SWG SOSA MNS y 
Malacca,—Grifith, Derry, Muingay (Kew Distrib.) Nos. 81, 84 (in part). Singapore,— 
Ridley, Perak,—Scortechini. Distrib.—Sumatra. 
PuaTe 187B. Xylopia Malayana, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels 
—of natural size; 3, flower dissected; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistils—enlarged, 
4, XYLOPIA PARVIFOLIA, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 125, A tree; young branches 
brown-pubescent, rather stout. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base 
cuneate; both surfaces reticulate, shining, glabrous; the lower dark when dry and the 
upper pale; main nerves about 9 pairs, spreading, slender; length 2°5 to 3°5 in., breadth 
1 to 1:25 in.; petiole °3 in., slender. Flowers *5 to ‘6. in. long, yellow, m axillary 
3- to 5-flowered sub-sessile fascicles; pedicels short, pubescent, with several large sub- 
orbicular bracteoles. Sepals ovate, acute, united above the middle into a 3-toothed cup. 
Petals narrowly linear, tapering to the apex, the base wider; the inner narrower, shorter 
and paler than the outer; all.minutely pubescent with a glabrous spot inside at the 
sub-concave base. Stamens with a broad flat apiculus; the anthers elongate, lateral, 
not septate. Ovaries about 5, oblong, tapering, pubescent, 4- to 6-ovuled; style as 
long as the ovary; stigma as long as both, falciform. Ripe carpels obovoid, blunt, 
tapering to the base, pubescent, 1 to 1°5 in. long and °75 in. in diam. Seeds oblong, 
smooth and embedded in pulp. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 84 (exel. syn. Patonia parvi- 
folia) ; Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 9; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 48; Bedd. Flora Sylvatica, 
EP QT 2: | 
Ceylon: in the south of the island. Trayancore,—Beddome. 
Pirate 190A. Xylopia parvifolia, ZH. f & Th, 1,. Flowering branch ; 2. para 
8, section of carpel; 3,* seed—of natural size; 4, flowers; 5, sepals and andro-gyncecium ; 
6, section through flower, the petals faviue been removed; 7, anther; 8,  pistil; 
9 & 10, sections of ovaries—enlarged. (Nos. 2 to 10 copied from a drawing made in the 
Peradeniya Herbarium and lent by Dr. i. Trimen, FBS. ) 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Caucutta Vor. IY. 
