146 ANNALS OF .THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
5. -Xynopra Maincayi, Hook. fil. & Thoms, Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. A tree? Young 
branches rusty-pubescent, afterwards glabrous and with white dots, Leaves small, 
coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sub-acute or obtusely acuminate, the base sub- 
cuneate; both surfaces glabrous and reticulate; the Gui? pale, the lower dark; main 
nerves slender; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 1 ‘3 1:25. in.; petiole -25 to °3 in. Hine 
solitary, pendent, pale-orange ; Heclitels very short, sou curved ; bracteoles 2 or 3, 
orbicular, rusty-tomentose. Sepals broadly ovate, connate to the middle, rusty-tomentose. 
Petals flat, linear-oblong, sub-acute, softly tomentose except the glabrous concave base; the 
inner narrower, almost as long, trigonous. Stamens with rounded apiculus; the anthers 
narrow, septate. Ovaries about 9, with 6 ovules; style glabrate. Ripe carpels oblong- 
ovoid, blunt, glabrescent, 1°5 in. long and 1:2 in. in diam, King i Journ, As. Soc. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 115. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 81 (in part). 
Prats 191A. Xylopia Maingayi, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpel 
—of natural size; 3, calyx and andro- “gyncecium ; 4, outer petal; 5, inner petals; 6, 
anther; 7, pistil—enlarged. 
6. Xynopia pusrunats, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. A tree; young 
branches pale, glabrous, minutely white-dotted. Leaves coriaceous, small, elliptic, sub- 
obtuse, the base acute; both surfaces glabrous, the lower reddish-brown and reticulate; 
main nerves faint, not more prominent than the secondary. lowers solitary or in pairs, 
axillary, 5 in. long, pendent; pedicels very short, with orbicular, ciliate, deciduous basal 
bracteoles. Sepals short, ovate, sub-acute, rusty-pubescent, united to the middle, Pesals 
linear, sub-acute, densely adpressed-pubescent; the outer obtuse with a rather broad 
concave base; the inner shorter and much narrower with a broader concave base. Stamens 
linear with rounded apiculus; the anthers long, septate. Ovaries 5 to 8, hirsute; the 
style slender with clavate stigma; ovules several. Ripe carpels unknown. King in Journ. 
As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 116. © ; 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 82°. 
Pirate 191B. Xylopia pustulata, H. f §& Th. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size ; 
2, section of flower; 3, flower with its pedicel and bracteoles; 4, outer petal; 5, inner 
petal; 6, andro-gynecium; 7, anther, back view; 8, pistil; 9, section of ovary—enlarged. 
7. Xynopra Fusca, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. A tree; young branches 
rather stout, glabrous, black; buds silky. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, the base 
cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining ; ; the lower dull, dark, reticulate; main nerves 
8 or 9 pairs, very faint; length 2 to 3 in., breadth ‘75 to 1 in.; neeale ‘2 in., stout. 
Flowers ‘75 in. long, sin acne solitary, Seay or fascicled; peduncle °25 to °75 in. 
with several bracts; pedicels -25 in., puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals ovate, acute, connate 
into a cup with 3 spreading ute teeth, puberulous outside. Petals linear-oblong, 
tapering to the sub-acute apex; the outer adpressed golden-sericeous outside; the inner 
narrower and shorter, concave at the base. Stamens with an oblong apical process. 
Anthers linear, lateral, not septate. Ovaries 4 or 5, cohering into a cone, golden-silky ; 
ovules 10 to 16, in two rows. Ripe carpels unknown. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, 
pt, 2, t16; sn 5 : 
