1892.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 119 



cent when young, glabrescent when old, "8 in. long and "6 in. in diam. 

 Seeds about 4, discoid, pale brown, shining. Drepananthus stenopetala, 

 Scortechini, MSS. 



Perak: Scortechini, No. 1781; King's Collector, No. 8241. 



A species allied to X. olivacea, King ; but with broader leaves, 

 shorter flower pedicels, narrower petals and ovoid sub-glabrous fruit. 



12. Xylopia olivacea, King n sp. A shrub or small tree : young 

 branches pubescent, ultimately brown, striate and glabrous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, shortly 

 and abruptly acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces dull oliva- 

 ceous when dry ; the upper glabrous, the lower paler, slightly scurfy ; 

 main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching boldly "15 in. from 

 the margin, prominent beneath ; length 35 to 7 in., breadth P75 to 2 - 5 in., 

 petiole '2"> in., swollen, puberulous, black when dry. Flowers solitary 

 or in pairs, supra-axillary; pedicels rather stout, '5 to "8 in. long, 

 cinereous-tomentose with an ovate-lanceolate, mesial bracteole. Sepals 

 thick, especially at the base, ovate, acute, connate below the middle, 

 pale cinereous-puberulous on both surfaces. Petals sub-equal, fleshy, 

 narrowly linear with a tapering limb and slightly expanded concave 

 vaulted claw, densely and minutely cinereous-tomentose, 1 to l - 5 in. 

 long, the inner shorter. Stamens short, cuneate, the broad oblique 

 heads covering the apices of the linear anthers. Ovaries few, oblong, 

 densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled ; style short, cylindric : stigma large, 

 fleshy. Ripe carpels few, globular, with slightly flattened minutely 

 apiculate apex, and an imperfect lateral ridge, densely and minutely 

 yellowish-tomentose, '6 in. in diam., stalks very short. Seeds 4 or 5, 

 discoid, smooth, pale brown, shining, separated from each other by 

 imperfect dissepiments. 



Perak : up to elevations of 3,000 or 4,000 feet, common. Scorte- 

 chini, Wray, King's Collector. 



13. Xylopia obtusifolia, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. 

 A tree : young branches glabrous, dark-coloured, striate : buds silky. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse or refuse, the base cuneate, upper 

 surface glabrous, shining ; the lower adpressed rufous-sericeous : 

 main nerves 8 or 10 pairs, oblique, very faint ; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 

 1 to P5 in., petiole '25 in. Flowers "5 in. long, axillary, solitary or 2 or 

 3 in small sub-racemose cymes ; pedicels "2 to "25 in., rufous-pubescent 

 with a single bracteole. Sepals thick, broadly ovate, acute, united to 

 the middle, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals linear-oblong, 

 tapering towards the blunt apex ; the outer petals adpressed-rufous- 

 pubescent outside, puberulous within, slightly concave and glabrous at 

 the base ; the inner smaller, more concave at the glabrous base, puberu- 



