152 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
19.. Xynopra Rivtey1, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 121. A tree? Young 
branches stout, densely rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-elliptic, abruptly and 
very shortly acuminate, narrowed from below the middle to the slightly cuneate base; 
upper surface glabrous except the rufous-puberulous midrib; lower softly rusty-tomentose 
with longer, superficial, paler hairs intermixed; main nerves 12 to 14 pairs, oblique, inter- 
aching boldly within the margin, promiment on the lower, depressed on the upper, surface; 
length 6°5 to 8°5 in., breadth 2°75 to 3°5 in.; petiole *5 to ‘6 in., stout, tomentose. 
Flowers in extra-axillary (often leaf-opposed) fascicles of 3 to 5; pedicels stout, rufous- 
tomentose, with a single bracteole, *25 to °3 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, long-acuminate, 
rufous-pubescent outside, glabrous within, °35 in, long. Peéals filiform, triquetrous, with 
expanded concave vaulted bases concealing the andro-gyncecium, glabrous inside, otherwise 
pubescent, 2°5 to 3°5 in. long. Stamens numerous, with truncate 4- or 5-angled heads 
concealing the elongate lateral anthers. Ovaries obliquely ovoid, densely sericeous, 4- to 
6-ovuled; stigmas fleshy, agglutinated. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Singapore,—fidiey. 
Puate 199. Xylopia Ridleyi, King. 1, Flowermg branch—of natural size ; 2, flower 
dissected—enlarged ; 3 & 4, anthers; 5 & 6, pistils—much enlarged. 
22: Pheanthus, HH. /. & 7. 
Trees or climbers. Flowers solitary, terminal or im extra-axillary fascicles. Sepals 
3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in two rows; outer small like the sepals; inner large, 
flat, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, oblong or quadrate, truncate; anther-cells dorsal, 
distant. Carpels numerous; style cylindric or clavate, sometimes grooved ventrally. Ovuies 
1—2, sub-basal, ascending, Ripe carpels stalked, 1-seeded. Distrib.—Species about 6; one 
in Southern Peninsular India, the rest Malayan. 
Leaves softly PULSsOONG Fe ee ee ne Fe a Beg. leer nutans: } 
Leaves glabrous. 
Outer petals nearly of the same size as the sepals. . 
Ovules, and’ seeds To tS i, Poets 2. P. lucidus. 
Ovules and seeds 2; petals united at base . . . . . . 38, P. andamanicus. - 
Outer petals twice as large as the sepals . . .. . =... 4 P. malabaricus. 
‘1, Pumantnus nutans, A. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. 147. A small tree; young branches 
rusty-tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate to obovate-elliptic, 
caudate-acuminate, the base always narrowed and sometimes acute; upper surface glabrous, 
the midrib and main nerves tomentose; lower softly pubescent, the midrib tomentose; 
main nerves 10 to 14 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath, inter-arching near the edge: 
length. 5 to 9 in., breadth 1°3 to 4:5. in.; petiole *3 in., tomentose. Flowers fcetid, solitary 
or 2 or 3 together, drooping, extra-axillary; pedicels *5 to 1:5 in. long, with 1 or 2 
linear bracteoles, pubescent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading, tomentose, °2 in. long. 
Petals very unequal; the outer small like the sepals; -inner ovate-oblong, acute, yellow, 
‘pubescent, 5- to 7-ribbed, 75 to 1 in. long. Ripe. carpels ovoid, pubescent, beaked, °6 in. 
long and °35 in, in diam.; stalk nearly as long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. ante tee; ligt. FL 
