Xanthophyllum.] xvi. polygale^. (A. W. Bennett.) 211 



petiole i-4 in. Panicle 6-10 in., branches stout, densely clothed witli yellow-brown 

 tonientum; brancblets and calyces ruddy brown. Flowers f in. long; pedicels 

 shorter than the sepals, bracts large, oblong. Sepah subequal, coriaceous, orbicular, 

 idecidaoiis, densely tomentose within and without. Petals three times as long, nar- 

 rowly falcate-lanceolate, glabrous, except the broad tomentose •keel. Filaments pilose 

 at the base. Ovary sessile, rigid (when dry) and style densely pubescent to the top ; 

 ovules 14-16. Fruit dry (immature obscurely angled). 



, tt Flowers racemose, racemes rarely panided. 



8. X. obscurum, A. W. Benn. ; brancMets stout, leaves very thickly- 

 coriaceous stout-petioled oblong obtuse glabrous dark brown' when dry, 

 racemes very short stout axillary few-flowered, calyx glabrous ciliate, ovary 

 and style glabrous. 



SiifOAPOEE, Maingay. 



A large timber tree ; brancblets woody, glabrous. Leaves 5-7 by 2—4 in., exceed- 

 ingly thick, shining above, nerves 8-10 on each side reticulate, dark brown when dry ; 

 petiole ^ in., very stout. Macemes 1-1^ in., stout, suberect, dark, few-€owered. 

 ■Flowers |-J in. long. Sepals unequal, orbicular, tips minutely ciliate. Petals -aW 

 spatbulate, subequal, glabrous, except on the claw and pubescent keel. Ovary ovoiij 

 and style quite glabrous ; ovules 15-16 (Maingay). 



9. X. insig-ne, A. W. Benn.; brancblets stout glabrous, leaves long- 

 petioled very coriaceous ovate or elUptic-oblong obtuse glabrous, racemes 

 simple short stout axillary and terminal, pedicels curved, sepals ciliate, 

 ovary sessile and style glabrous. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree, not lofty ; trunk thick ; brancblets quite glabroJis. Leaves 5-6 by lf-24 in., 

 base acute, dark brown when dry, shining above, nerves 6-8 on each side, loosely' 

 reticulate ; petiole ^1 in., very thick. Macemes 3-4 in., sometimes panicled at the 

 ends of the branches. Flowers 4-| in. long, handsome, almost black when dry. 

 Sepals unequal, suborbicular, puberulous. Petals spatbulate, subequal, except the keel 

 which is larger and silky near the tip ; claw pubescent. Ovary ovoid ; style slightly 

 curved; ovules 12-14. 



10. X. elliptlcum, Eorth. in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 276 ; wholly glabrous, 

 leaves rather coriaceous elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate not glaucous beneath strongly reticulate, racemes simple stout 

 suberect, calyx ovary style and thin-walled fruit perfectly glabrous. 



Malacca, Grij^tA. — Distkib. Borneo. 



Bra^cUets slender or stout. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 ^ in., glossy above, very strongly 

 reticulated on both surfaces, principal nerves about 6 on each side, pale brown when 

 dry ; petiole \ in. Eacemes 1-3 in., rachis rather stout, anpled. Flowers J in. long, 

 almost black when dry ; pedicels equalling the calyx. Sepals orbicular, subequal, 

 very coriaceous. Petals twice as long, very narrow, all quite glabrous. Filaments 

 glabrous. Ovary and slender style perfectly glabrous; ovules 12-14. Fruit | in. 

 diam., sessile, chestnut-brown when dry wiih thin crustaceous walls. — There is a very 

 faint pubescence on the buds and pedicels of the Boni'ean specimens. 



Order XVH. FRANKENIACE.a:. (By M. P. Edgeworth, P.L.S.) 



Annual or perennial herbs or under.shrubs, with articulate branches. 

 Leaves opposite, small, exstipulate. Flowers small, solitary in the forks of 

 the branches, regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx gamosepalous, persistent with 

 4-6 divisions, induplicate valvate in bud. Petals equalling the sepals in 

 number, hypogynous, free ; claw with an adherent scale, imbricated in bud. 



