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9. Xantttoniylum Konstleri, King, n. sp. X glabrous tree 50 fco 
80 foot high; tho bmnehlets robust, dark brown, sub-glaucous. Leaves 
large, coriaceous (with, a yellowish green tinge when dry) elliptic to 
elliptic-oblong, tho apex very shortly and rather suddenly acuminate, 
the edges (when dry) undulate, the base rounded or slightly narrowed 
to tho stout petiole ; both surfaces shining; nerves sub-horizontal, 8 to 10 
pairs, prominent boneafch as are tho secondary nerves and reticulations ; 
length 4*5 to 9 in., breadth 2 25 to 4 25 in., petiole "6 to *75 in. Flowers 
'6 in. long, shortly pedicellate, in axillary racemes less than half as long 
as, or in terminal fow-branched spreading panicles longer than, the 
leaves. Sepals slightly unequal, ovate-rotund, fleshy, thickened along 
the midrib, minutely tomentose cn both surfaces ; the edges thin, cilio- 
lutc. Petals oblong-obtuso, glabrous excopt tho pubescent keel. Fila- 
ments with a pubescent ovoid swelling above the base. Ovary almost 
Bessilo, surrounded by a shallow wavy fleshy disc, ovoid, grooved, to- 
mentoso, 4-ovulate: style conical, slightly curved, pubescent. Fruit 
glubose, '65 in. in diam. (young) deciduously tomentoso; pericarp thick, 
spongy, the calyx persistent. 
Perak. At low elevations, not common. King's Collector (Kunstlor). 
Penang, Government Hill, Curtis, No. 1590. 
10 Xanthopiiyllum Hookerianum, 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, tho edges slightly revoluto when dry, tho 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 as are the 
reticulations; length 0 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 tomentoso on both surfaces, the 
edges thin, ciliolato. Petals oblong, obtuse, glabrous except the pubes- 
cent keel. Filaments flat, puberulous. Ovary sossile, ovoid, tomentose, 
4-ovnled ; stylo flat, grooved, pubescent, slightly curved. Fruit un- 
known, 
Perak, King's Collector ; No. 5997. 
11. XANTnoritYLLDM venosom, King, n. sp. A glabrous long-leaved 
tree 20 to 30 feet high ; young 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 tho lower fourth to the ronnded 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 tho margiu, 
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