:Xylopia,] iv. ANOKACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 85 



Ceylon; Ambagamowa and Eatnapoora districts, Gardner, &c. 



A tree ; branches slender, glabrous ; buds rather silky. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1| in., thin, 

 coriaceous, base acute, pale beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. Flowers 1 in. long, pale ochreoua. 

 or reddish, tomentose, triquetrous, broader than in its congeners ; pedicels J in., brown- 

 silky ; bracteoles 2-3, minute, basal. Calgx slightly 3-lobed. JPetals triquetrous above ; 

 inner narrower, one-third shorter. OvcM-y solitary, 4-ovuled. GarpeU If in. Seeds 

 enveloped in pulp. 



10. X. caudata, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 125; leaves oblong or lanceolate 

 long obtusely acuminate tip mucronate glabrous except the midrib above 

 silky beneath, peduncles 1-3 very short axillary bracteolate at the base and 

 under the calyx, sepals connate at the base, carpels subglobose or ovoid pu- 

 bescent short-stalked. Quatteria 1 caudata. Wall. Gat. 6452. 



SiscAPOKE, Wallich; Malacca, Griffith. 



A small leaved, much branched shrub, or small tree ; brauchlets hoary. Leaves 

 l^-3i by |-1 in., thin, coriaceous, pellucid-punctate, grey beneath; petiole r\- in. 

 Flowers J-| in. lon^, subsessile. Sepals hoary. Petals silky, about equal in length, 

 very slender. Ovaries 2, silky hairy, 2-ovuled ; styles long, clavate, glabrous, exserted. 

 Carpels 2-3, \ in., 2-6eeded. 



11. X. pustulata, H.f. & T. ; branches pustulate, leaves small elliptic 

 glabrous tip narrowed obtuse dark beneath, nerves faint, peduncles solitary 

 or geminate very short, sepals united to the middle. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree?; branches pale, minutely white-dotted, glabrous. Leaves 1-2 by |-1 in., 

 base acute, coriaceous, thick, hardly shining above with obscure veins, reddish-brown 

 and reticulated beneath, nerves and venules all alike ; petiole J in. Flowers 4 in. 

 long, many, axillary, pendent ; bracts basal, orbicular, oiliate, deciduous ; buds obtuse. 

 Sepals short, ovate, subacute, rusty-pubescent. Petals densely appressed pubescent ; 

 outer linear from a rather broader concave base, obtuse ; inner much narrower, rather 

 shorter, trigonous with a broader excavated base. Stamens outside the torus, linear ; 

 anther-cells long, septate, top of connective rounded. Ovaries 5-8, sunk in the concave 

 top of the torus, strigose ; style slender, clavate ; ovules several. 



12. X. nXaingayi, H.f. & T. ; branches rusty-pubescent, leaves small 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong glabrous subacute or obtusely acuminate, nerves 

 very finely reticulate, flowers solitary, peduncles very short and calyx rusty- 

 tomentose, buds hooked, ovaries many. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree ; branches minutely white-dotted. Leaves 2-3, by 1-lJ in., base subacute, 

 coriaceous, pale above, darker beneath, nerves very slender reticulate on both surfaces ; 

 petiole slender, %-\ in. Flowers 1-1 4 in. long, pendent, pale-orange ; peduncle very 

 short, stout, curved, and calyx rusty-tomentose ; bracteoles 2-3, orbicular, persistent. 

 jSepafe connate to the middle. Outer petals flat, very narrow, subacute, base concave, 

 silky tomentose ; inner as long, very narrow, 3-gonous, base excavated. Anthef-cells 

 septate, tip of connective rose-coloured, rounded. Ovaries about 9, immersed in the 

 torus, style glabrate ; ovules 6. 



13. X. dlcarpa, H.f. & T. ; branches glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 obtuse or obtusely acuminate glabrous, nerves very finely reticulate, flowers 

 solitary or geminate, pedicels short and calyx glabrous, sepals connate to the 

 middle, ovaries 2. ' 



SiHCAPORE, Maingay. 



A tree?; brancJtes dark, minutely dotted. Leaves 3-4J by IJ-lf in., base acute, 

 firm, coriaceous ; nerves oblique, finely reticulate on both surfaces ; petiole J in. 

 Flowers 1^ in., pendent, peduncle very stout; bracteoles 1-3, orbicular, amplexicaul. 

 Sepals obtuse, tubercled. Petals hoary, outer narrow from a rather broader base. 



