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- Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 86. ° 
Prate 190B. Xylopia fusca, H. f. §& Th 1, F lowering branch—of natural size ; 
2, flower from which the petals have been removed; 38, outer petal; 4 & 5, anthers; 
6, pistil; 7, section of pistil—enlarged. 
8. XAyLopra Curtisu, King in Journ. As, Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 116. A tree 380 fect 
high; young branches stout, glabrous, striate, dark-coloured. Leaves very coriaceous, 
oblong, acute or shortly acuminate; the base cuneate, slightly oblique; upper surface 
glabrous, shining; the lower dull, darker (when dry), puberulous on the midrib near the 
base; main nerves 12 to 20 pairs, very prominent beneath and connected by straight 
transverse veins; length 5°5 to 9°5 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole °35 in., stout. Flowers 
1 or 2, on stout, woody, extra-axillary peduncles; pedicels 2 in. long, rufous-pubescent, 
with a single large bracteole. Sepals thick, spreading, broadly ovate, sub-acute, minutely 
tomentose on both surfaces, but especially on the outer. Petals thick, sub-equal, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, keeled outside; the claw orbicular, vaulted over the andro-gyncecium 
and glabrous inside; otherwise minutely tomentose, ‘75 in. long. Stamens numerous, the 
heads obliquely truncate and concealing the linear lateral anthers. Ovary solitary, 
cylindric, fluted, glabrous, multi-ovulate. Ripe carpel ovoid, compressed, silvery-grey, 
many-seeded, 3 in. long and 2°5 in. in diam. 
Penang,— Curtis No. 1569. 
Puate 192A. Xylopia Curtisii, Hing. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpel; 3, flower 
dissected—of natural size; 4 & 5, anthers; 6, ovary—enlarged. 
9. XyLopia NicRIcANs, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 125. A tree; young branches 
siender, puberulous, ultimately glabrous and cinereous. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining, 
the lower minutely puberulous; main nerves about 9 pairs, spreading, faint; length 2 to 
3 in., breadth -8 to 1 in.; petiole -2 in. Racemes short, 3- to 5-flowered, extra-axillary, 
densely and minutely pubescent; pedicels about °15 in. long, with a single large sub- 
rotund obtuse bracteole. Flowers 1 in. long; petals linear-oblong, thick, concave at the 
base, ochreous-pubescent; the inner shorter and narrower than the outer. Stamens 
numerous, with orbicular convex apices; the anthers lateral. Ovaries 4 or 5, oblong, 
tapering, oblique, pubescent, 8- or 9-ovuled; style nearly as long as the ovary, cylindric; 
stigma clayate-rhomboid. Ripe carpels sessile, obovoid, glabrous. Seeds embedded in pulp, 
in two rows, obovoid, dark-coloured. Hook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. i. 84; Thwaites’ Enum. £1. 
Ceyl. 9, 398; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 44. 
Ceylon; in the northern part cf the island. 
Puare 192B. Xylopia nigricans, H. f §& Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe 
carpels; 3, section of a carpel; 4, seed—of natural size; 4, sepals and andro-gyncecium ; 
6, sepals and pistils; 7, outer petal; 8, inner petals; 9 & 10, anthers; 11, style, stigma 
and section of ovary; 12, transverse section of ovary—enlarged, 
10. Xynopra ELuiprica, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 86. A tall tree; young 
branches dark-coloured, glabrous, the youngest pubescent. Leaves membranous, small, 
elliptic, obtusely acuminate, the base rounded or acute; upper surface glabrous, pale; the 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catcutra Vor. IV. 
