150 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Prats 195. Xylopia Scortechinii, King. 1, Flowermg branch; 2, ripe carpels; 
3, flower dissected—of natural size; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistils—enlarged. 
15. Xynopra otrvacea, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 119. A shrub or 
small tree; young branches pubescent, ultimately brown striate and glabrous. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, shortly and abruptly acumin- — 
ate, the base cuneate; both surfaces dull olivaceous when dry ; the upper glabrous; the 
lower paler, slightly scurfy; main nerves 6 to 8 pars, oblique, curving, inter-arching 
boldly 15 in. from the margin, promiment beneath; length 3°5 to ‘7 Bk breadth | arg 5| to 
2°5 in.; petiole *25 in., swollen, puberulous, black when dry. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 
supra-axillary; pedicels rather stout, *5 to °8 in. long, cinereous-tomentose with an ovate- 
lanceolate mesial bracteole. Sepals thick, especially at the base, ovate, acute, connate 
below the middle, pale cinereous-puberulous on both surfaces. Petals sub-equal, fleshy, 
narrowly linear with a tapermg limb and slightly expanded concave vaulted claw, densely 
and minutely cinereous-tomentose, 1 to 15 in. long; the inner shorter. Stamens short, 
_ cuneate, the broad oblique heads covering the apices of the lmear anthers. Ovaries few, 
oblong, densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled; style short, cylindric; stigma large, fleshy. Ripe 
carpels few, globular, with slightly flattened minutely apiculate apex, and an imperfect 
lateral ridge, densely and minutely yellowish-tomentose, ‘6 in. in diam.; stalks very 
short. Seeds 4 or 5, discoid, smooth, pale brown, shining, separated from each other by 
imperfect dissepiments. | 
Perak; up to elevations of 3,000 or 4,000 feet, common,—Scortechini, Wray, King’s 
Collector. 7 ; : 
Puate 196. Xylopia olivacea, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2 & 3, ripe carpels 
4, flower dissected ; 5, seed—of natural size; 6, anthers; 7 , pistils—enlarged. 
16, Xyuopia oprustroLia, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. A tree; young 
branches glabrous, dark-coloured, striate; buds silky. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse or 
retuse, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower adpressed-rufous- 
scriceous; main nerves 8 or 10 pairs, oblique, very faint; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 1 to 
15 in.; petiole *25 in. Flowers *5 in. long, axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 in small sub-race- 
mose cymes; pedicels 2 to -25 in., rafous-pubescent with a single bracteole. Sepals thick, 
broadly ovate, acute, united to the middle, pubescent outside, glabrous inside, Petals 
linear-oblong, tapering towards the blunt apex; the outer petals adpressed-rufous-pubescent 
outside, puberulous within, slightly concave and glabrous at the base; the inner smaller, 
more concave at the glabrous base, puberulous elsewhere. Stamens numerous, elongate, 
narrow, with an aeute apiculus; the anther-cells linear, lateral. Piéstils 1 or 2, conical, 
adpressed-pubescent; the style short, thin. ftipe carpels oblong, cylindric, sub-oblique, 
blunt, 1:25 in. long, ‘7 in. in diam. Seeds 3 or 4, globular. King in Journ. As. Soe. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 119. 
Malacca,— Griffith No. 386. Perak,—King’s Collector No. 2816. 
Puate 197A. Xylopia obtusifolia, H. Pees will ke Flowering branch; 2, ripe 
carpel—of natural size ; 3, flower dissected; 4, sepals and andro-gyncecium; 5, inner 
petals; 6 & 7, anthers; 8, pistil—enlarged. 
