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17, Xynopra. Macna, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 84, A tree ;. young 
branches tomentose, becoming glabrous and darkly cinereous. eaves coriaceous, ovate: 
lanceolate to elliptic, sub-acute, the base rounded; the edges slightly revolute when dry ; 
upper surface shining, reticulate, glabrous except the pubescent midrib; under-surface 
deep brown, with rather pale pubescence; main nerves about 10 pairs, spreading, inter- 
arching some way from the edge, faint; length 3 to 4°5 in., breadth 1:25 to 2 in.; petiole 
"25 in., pubescent, Flowers 2 to 2°5 in. long, solitary or in pairs, axillary; pedicels stout, 
tomentose, with a single large, ovate, acute, often bifid bract. Sepals thick, ovate, acute, 
connate into a 3-toothed cup, adpressed-pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals sub- 
equal, the inner narrower and shorter, narrowly linear, slightly expanded and concave at 
the base, tapering towards the apex, pubescent except in the basal concavity. Stamens 
numerous, elongate, with an oblong obtuse apical process. Anthers lateral, linear, . 
septate. Pzsti/s about 15, narrowly oblique, hirsute on the outer side, 4-ovuled. Sfyle 
filiform, long. Ripe carpels obovoid-oblong, compressed, blunt, minutely tomentose, 1-4 
in. long and °65 in, in diam.; stalks thick, only °15 in. long. Sveds about 4, in two 
rows, arillate; the testa bony. King im Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pl, 2, 120. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 83, Singapore,—Ridley. Perak, —Scortechini. 
Puate 197B, Xylopia magna, Maing. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 3, 
section of carpel—of natural size; 4, flower dissected —slightly enlarged; 5 & 6, anthers; 
7 & 8, pistils—much enlarged. 
18. Xynopra FeRRUGINEA, Hook, jil. & Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. ~A tree 30 to 60 
feet high; young branches brownish-pubescent. eaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong, acute; 
the base slightly narrowed and oblique, rounded or minutely sub-cordate: upper surface 
glabrous, shining; the lower glaucous and softly purplish-brown, pubescent, most densely 
so on the midrib; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, oblique, inter-arching near the edge, pro- 
minent beneath ; length 3°5 to 5°5 in., breadth 1°1 to 2 in.; petiole 2 im., channelled. 
Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary or extra-axillary, erect or pendulous, yellow; pedicels 
‘*5 to ‘75 in., rusty-pubescent; bracteoles 1 to 3, small, lanceolate. Sepals broadly ovate- 
acuminate, connate at the base, spreading, small, pubescent outside, glabrous within, 
Petals limear, fleshy, tapering at the very apex, very long; the outer rufous-pubescent 
outside, cinerous-puberulous inside, concave at the very base, 1:25 to 2 in. long; imner 
petals much narrower and thinner and a little shorter than the outer, cinereous-puberulous. 
Stamens about 24, narrow. Anthers linear, lateral; the connective ending in a broadly 
oblong apical process. Ovaries numerous, narrowly oblong, pointed, densely rusty-hirsute, 
multi-ovular ; style short,-filiform, glabrous; stigma minute. Ripe carpe/s numerous, much 
elongate, cylindric, glabrescent, with transverse partitions between the seeds, many-seeded, 
sub-moniliform when dry, 2 to 5 in. long. Seeds oblong, rugose, minutely pellucid- 
dotted, *3 in long. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 120.—Habzelia ferruginea, 
Hf & Tekh Inde 123 Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 87.—Artabotrys malayana, Grif. 
Notul. iv. 713. | 
Malacea,—Grifith No. 385; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 89. Perak,—Scortechini, 
King’s Collector, Wray; common. Selangor,— Curtis. Distrib. Borneo,—Beccari. 
Prats 198. Xylopia ferruginea, H. f. & J. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 
8, flower dissected—of natural size; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistils—enlarged. 
