210 , XVI. poLYGALE^. (A. W. Bennett.) [Xanthophyllum. 



slender habit, and glaucous memtranous leaves, which are very pale beneath, with 

 numerous slender much reticulated veins. 



4. X. Griffitbii, EooJc. f. ; branches usually robust, leaves very coria- 

 ceous elliptic or eliipticlanceolate acute or acuminate with few (5-6) prin- 

 cipal nerves on each side glaucous beneath, panicle spreading tomentose, 

 calyx pubescent, ovary and style strigose. 



Mergdi, Griffith, Melfer; Malacca, Mairtgay. 



Very much more robust than X. glaucMm, with very coriaceous leaves, 3-5 in. 

 long ; branches very dark brown, smooth, terete ; branchlets often extra-axillary with 

 -two opposite lateral coriaceous oblong scales at the base (persistent first leaves of 

 the bud) . Flowers nearly | in. long, on short stout pedicels, smaller in the Mergui 

 specimens, and darker when dry. Hepuls orbicular ovate, sabequal. Petah linear- 

 spathnlate, glabrous, except the pubescent keel. Ovary sessile and style strigose, 

 ovules 4. Fruit in a Mergui species the size of a pea, slightly pubescent, shiniog • 

 (perhaps immature). 



Large leaved specimens of this or a closely allied species, gathered in the Andamans 

 by Heifer, but without flowers, resemble the leaves of X. acuminatissimum, Miquel. 



5. X. nXaing'ayi, HooL /. ; branches very slender, leaves metabranous 

 elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate not glaucous beneath, prin- 

 cipal nerves 5-6 on each side, racemes slender simple and panicled, calyx 

 pubescent, ovary and style strigose, fruit densely pubescent. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Branches glabrous, pale yeUow-brown, branchlets tomentose. Leaves 2-3 by IJ-I4 

 in., pale green when dry, sometimes almost white beneath, hut scarcely glaucous ; 

 petiole very slender, to— g in. Macemes 1-2 in., axillary and terminal, the latter often 

 panicled, branches very slender finely pubescent with pale buff down. Flowers lax, 

 J in. long; pedicels short, slender. Sepals unequal, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, bufiT-pubesoent. 

 iPetals glabrous, except the keel. Ovary and style strigose, ovules 4. Fruit | in. 

 diani., globose ; walls thick, rugose when dry. 



** Ovules numerous. (See also 2. X. affine.) 

 + Flowers 'parMed. 



6. X. stipitatum, A. W. Benn. / branches very slender, leaves mem- 

 branous elliptic obtusely caudate-acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves indis- 

 tinct, racemes sparingly branched pubescent, calyx puberulous cUiate, ovary 

 cottony stipitate. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Branchlets glabrous, dull brown. Leaves 2 by | in., dull pale leaden-brown when 

 dry, rather coriaceous, shining above, opaque beneath, with very obscure nerves; 

 petiole -^ in. Panicle sparingly branched ; branches long, slender. Flowers ^ in. long, 

 dull red, shorter than the slender pedicels. Sepals subequal, broadly oblong, obscurely 

 puberulous. Petals about twice as long, ciliate when young. Filaments villous below 

 the middle. Ovary narrowed into a glabrous stipes, and base of style loosely clothed 

 with white cottony hairs ; ovules 10-12. 



7. X. rufum, A. W. Benn. ; branchlets stout and leaves beneath rusty or 

 rufous pubescent, leaves very coriaceous elliptic-ovate or oblong acuminate, 

 nerves beneath few very stout, panicle large and calyces red-tomentose, 

 ovary and style densely villous, fruit pubescent. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A large tiihber tree; branchlets very stout, densely tomentose. Leaves 5-7 by 

 1^3 in., clothed beneath with soft spreading pubescence, especially on the costa and 

 nerves (6 on each side), pale yellow when dry, upper surface opaque, under paler; 



