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elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acute, the base narrowed into the petiolo ; uppor 
surface shining; lower dull, sub-glaucous; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, not pro- 
minent, reticulations minute ; length 3 to 4 in., breadth 1 in. to 1*4 in. ; 
petiole rather thick, less than '25 in. Flowers 25 in. long, otherwises as 
in X. Grifiithii. Fruit globose when quite ripe, slightly warfced, and 1 
in. in diam. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 20^ ; Hassk. in. Miq. Ann. Mus. 
Lugd. Bat. I, 193. 
Trang. King's Collector No. 1427. Distrib. Chittagong, Burmuh. 
This differs from X. Grijjlthii chiefly by having many more nerves 
in its leaves. 
5. Xanthophylujm Palembanicum, Miq. Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. I, 
317. A glabrous tree 30 to 40 feet high ; branchlets slender, pale. 
Leaves membranous, drying pale green, lanceolate, rarely elliptic, caudate- 
acumiuato, the base narrowed ; acute or cuneato ; upper surface shining, 
the lower dull, pale but not glaucous, main nerves 4 to 5 pairs, slightly 
prominent, reticulations minute ; length 3 to 4"5 in., breadth 1*1 to 1'3 
in. ; petiole 2 in., slender. Flowers '4 in. Racemes axillary, few- 
floworod, slender, shorter than the leaves. Sepals unequal, rhomboid, 
spreading, flat, puberulous externally. Petals spathulntc, glabrous except 
the pubescent keel. Filaments thickened and pubescent in the lower 
half. Ovary shortly stipitato, villous ; the annular disc surrounding it 
small ; style sparsely villous. Ovules 4, from near base of ovary. Fruit 
globose, "75 in. in diam., glabrous, boldly verrucose and with several 
irregular vertical grooves ; pericarp *1 in. thick, crustaceous. 
Feiak, mt her common. Distrib. Sumatra. 
This is not unlike X. Maingayi, but is at onco distinguished from 
that by its deeply grooved fruit. 
6. Xanthoi'iiyllum EURUTNcncM, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 
277. A glabrous tree 30 to 50 feet high ; branchlets terete, brown. 
Leaves drying pale green, sub-coriaceous, elliptic- lanceolate tapering at 
both ends, to elliptic with rounded baso and apex shortly acuminate ; 
both surfaces smooth, tho upper shining, the lower dull slightly paler ; main 
nerves 4 to 5 pairs, prominent beneath ; length 4 to 5 5 in., breadth 1"75 
to 2"5 in., petiole *3 in. Flowers "25 in. long, tho pedicels not longer 
than tho calyx. Racemes shorter than the leaves, pubescent, axillary 
and solitary or in terminal few-branched panicles. Sepals unequal, ovate- 
oblong, blunt, spreading, minutely tomeutose externally. Petals spathu- 
late, glabrous except the pubescent keel. Filaments slightly flattened 
and pubescent in the lower half. Quart/ villous, 4-ovuled. Stylo slight- 
ly curved, villous. Fruit globose, 75 in. in diam., puberulous, rather 
minutely verrucose, not vertically ridged ; pericarp crustaceous, brittle, 
■2 in. thick. 
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