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9. Xanthophylum Kunstleri, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree 50 to 

 80 feet high ; the branchlets robust, dark brown, sub-glaucous. Leaves 

 large, coriaceous (with a yellowish green tinge when dry) elliptic to 

 elliptic-oblong, the apex very shortly and rather suddenly acuminate, 

 the edges (when dry) undulate, the base rounded or slightly narrowed 

 to the stout petiole ; both surfaces shining ; nerves sub-horizontal, 8 to 10 

 pairs, prominent beneath as are the secondary nerves and reticulations ; 

 length 4'5 to 9 in., breadth 2'25 to 4'25 in., petiole '6 to '75 in. Floivers 

 '6 in. long, shortly pedicellate, in axillary racemes less than half as long 

 as, or in terminal few-branched spreading panicles longer than, the 

 leaves. Sepals slightly unequal, ovate-rotund, fleshy, thickened along 

 the midrib, minutely tomentose en both surfaces ; the edges thin, cilio- 

 late. Petals oblong-obtuse, glabrous except the pubescent keel. Fila- 

 ments with a pubescent ovoid swelling above the base. Ovary almost 

 sessile, surrounded by a shallow wavy fleshy disc, ovoid, grooved, to- 

 mentose, 4-ovulate: style conical, slightly curved, pubescent. Fruit 

 globose, '65 in. in diam. (young) deciduously tomentose; pericarp thick, 

 spongy, the calyx persistent. 



Perak. At low elevations, not common. King's Collector (Kunstler). 

 Penang, Government Hill, Curtis, No. 1590. 



10 Xanthophylldm Hook erianum, King, n. sp. A glabrous large- 

 leaved shrub ; young branches rather stout, sub-glaucous. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, (drying yellowish) elliptic-oblong with a rather abrupt bluntish 

 acumen 1 in. long, the edges slightly revolute when dry, the base slight- 

 ly narrowed to the petiole ; both surfaces smooth, the lower slightly paler ; 

 main nerves 6 to 8 pairs,, thin but rather prominent beneath a3 are the 

 reticulations; length 9 to 11 in., breadth 3 to 4 in.; petiole '75 in. 

 Floivers '4 in. long, the pedicels about as long as the calyx. Sepals 

 nearly equal, broadly ovate, minutely tomentose on both surfaces, the 

 edges thin, ciliolate. Petals oblong, obtuse, glabrous except the pubes- 

 cent keel. Filaments flat, puberulous. Ovary sessile, ovoid, tomentose, 

 4-ovuled ; style flat, grooved, pubescent, slightly curved. Fruit un- 

 known. 



Perak, King's Collector ; No. 5997. 



11. Xanthophyllum venosum, King, n. sp. A glabrous long-leaved 

 tree 20 to 30 feet high ; yotmg branches rather robust, with very dark 

 brown bark. Leaves (drying pale yellowish-green), coriaceous, oblong, 

 sub-acute, the edges recurved when dry, gradually but slightly narrowed 

 in the lower fourth to the rounded or minutely cordate base ; both sur- 

 faces shining, the lower slightly paler ; main nerves 14 to 16 pairs, 

 horizontal near the base, sub-ascending towards the apex, prominent 

 on the lower surface and forming bold arches '2 in, from the margin, 

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