148 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
lower brown, minutely adpressed-pubescent, both reticulate; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, 
oblique, very faint; length 1°5 to 2 in., breadth 1 to 1:25 in.; petiole °2 in., slender. 
Flowers solitary, erect, axillary, °d to °75 in. long; peduncle about half as long, rusty- 
pubescent like the calyx; bracteoles minute. Sepals ovate, sub-acute, united to the middle. 
Petals pale brownish-tomentose; the outer linear-subulate with a broader concave base ; 
the inner trigonous, shorter and narrower than the outer. Stamens numerous, minute, 
the apex rounded; anthers linear. Ovaries 1 to 8, densely hairy, 4- to 6-ovuled. Ripe 
carpels unknown. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 117. 
Malacca,—MUaingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 82. Perak,—Wray No. 3562. Penang,— 
Curtis No. 2482. 
Pirate 198A. Xylopia elliptica, Maing. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size; 
2, flower dissected—sliyhtly enlarged; 3 & 4, anthers; 5, pistil; 6, section of pistil— 
much enlarged. : 
11. Xynopra caupaTa, Hook. fil. § Thoms. Fl. Ind. 125. A shrub or small tree; 
young branches very slender, minutely pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, 
much and obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous except the 
pubescent midrib; the lower sparsely adpressed-sericeous; main nerves about 10 pairs, 
spreading, faint; length 2 to 2:25 in., breadth ‘6 to ‘8 in.; petiole ‘1 in., slender. 
Peduneles 1 to 3, axillary, very short, minutely bracteolate at base and apex. Flowers °2 
to *3 in. long. Sepals ovate, sub-acute, connate at the base, adpressed-pubescent outside, 
glabrous inside. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, pubescent except a small glabrous concave 
spot at the base; the inner about as long as, but narrower than, the outer, Anthers rather 
numerous, compressed; the apical process narrow. Ovaries 2, elongate, sericeous, 2-ovuled; 
style long, pointed, glabrous, exserted. Ripe earpels (fide Hooker) 2 or 3, sub-globose or 
ovoid, pubescent, 6 in. long, 2-seeded. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
i, pt. 2, 38; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 117.—Guatteria (?) caudata, Wall. 
Cat. 6452. ? 
Singapore,—Waillich, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 79. Malacca,— Griffith, 
Prare 193B. Xylopia caudata, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size ; 
2, flower’ .dissected—enlarged; 3 & 4, anthers; 5 & 6, pistils—much enlarged. 
12. XyYLOPIA STENOPETALA, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Plantar., t. 1563. A tree 50 to 60 feet 
high; young branches dark-coloured, glabrescent, minutely lenticellate. eaves thinly 
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base sub-cuneate; upper 
surface glabrous, shining; the lower glaucous or glaucescent, sparsely adpressed-pubescent ; 
both reticulate; main nerves 10 or 12 pairs, spreading, inter-arching close to the edge, 
faint; length 2°5 to 45 in., breadth 1°1 to 16 in.; petiole ‘25 in. Flowers axillary, 
solitary or in fascicles of 2 to 5; pedicels slender, often decurved, puberulous, with one 
minute bracteole, ‘5 to ‘75 in. long. Sepals united to form a small puberulous cup with 
acute, spreading teeth. Petals fleshy, very narrow, slightly expanded and concave at the 
base, minutely tawny-pubescent; the inner slightly shorter and narrower. Stamens linear; 
the connective prolonged into a cylindro-conic apical appendage. Anfhers fusiform, lateral. 
_ Ovaries. numerous, elongate, pubescent, 6-ovuled; style filiform; stigma sub-clavate. . Ripe 
-earpels oblong, sub-terete, narrowed to the stalk, 2 to 2°5 in. long and ‘5 in. diam.; 
