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(2) S. opovata. (R. W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Il. I. p. 49. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I. t. 22. 
Spec. Cuar. Small herbaceous plant, erect, branched: leaves 
alternate, subsessile, glabrous, obovate-obtuse, above from subor- 
bicular to cordate: racemes terminal, elongated’: capsules bristle- 
toothed on the margins: flowers small, red. 
Malabar Coast. 
GENUS Ill. XANTHOPHYLLUM. 
Octandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Xanthos, yellow, and Phyllon, a leaf. ‘The leaves 
‘of several species turn yellow in drying. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees with coriaceous, shining leaves: racemes 
axillary or terminal: sepals 5, 2 interior ones a little longer than 
the others: petals 5, distinct: keel boat-shaped, the 2 additional 
ones as large as the 2 upper: two lower filaments united with .the 
claw of the keel, two distinct and inserted opposite the inner sepals, 
the others attached one to each of the claws of the upper and late- 
ral petals: anthers opening by pores: ovary 1-celled, each bear- 
ing 2-6 ovules: fruit fleshy, globose, 1-celled : seed solitary, with- 
out a carunculus : albumen none. i 
(1) X. ruavescens. (Roxb. ) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 59.—Roxb. fl, Ind. II, p. 229. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. IV. t. 23. 
Srxc. Cuan. Large tree: leaves elliptic-oblong, shortly and 
bluntly acuminated, under side with two pores ape fie Hees 
racemes axillary and terminal: ovules 8-12: flowers small yel- 
lowish-rose-coloured. 
Hilly parts of Chittagong. Malabar Coast. Flowering in May. 
(2) X. virens. ( Roxb.) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 221. 
Engrav. Rox. Cor. t. 284, 
Srxc. Cuan. Large tree: leaves ftom oblong to lanceolate’: 
racemes terminal and axillary : flowers small, numerous, on longish 
pedicels, yellowish-rose-coloured. 
Silhet and Assam. Flowering in March. 
(8) X. aneustirotium, (R. W.) 
Ident.. Wight’s Ill. I. p. 50. 
Spec. Onan, Tree: leaves narrow-lanceolate, glabrous: ras 
