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to 3 in., bread tli 1 to 1'25 in. ; petiole "25 to "3 in. Flowers solitary, pendent, 
pale-orange ; pedicels very short, stout, curved ; bracteoles 2 or 3, orbi- 
cular, rusty-tomentose. Sepals broadly ovate, connate to tlie middle, 
ruaty-tomentose. Petals flat, linear-oblong, sub-acute, softly tomentose 
except the glabrous concave base j the inner narrower, almost as long, 
trigonous. Stamens with rounded apieulus : the anthers narrow, sep- 
tate. Ovaries about 9, with 6 ovules ; stylo glabrate. Ripe carpels 
unknown. 
Malacca: Maingay. 
5. Xylopia pustulata, Hook, fit and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. T, 85. 
A tree : young branches pale, glabrous, minutely white-dotted. Leaves 
coriaceous, small, elliptic, sub-obtuse, the base acute, both surfaces gla- 
brous, the lower reddish brown and reticulate : main nerves faint, not 
more prominent than the secondary. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axil- 
lary, "5 in. long, pendent ; pedicels very short, with orbicular, ciliate, 
deciduous basal bracteoles. Sepals short, ovate, sub-acnte, rusty-pubes- 
cent, united to the middle. Petals linear, sub-acute, densely ad pressed- 
pubescent : the outer obtuse with a rather broad eoiu'ave base, the inner 
shorter and much narrower with a broader concave base. Stamens 
linear with rounded apieulus : the anthers long, septate. Ovaries 5 to 8, 
hirsute ; the style slender with clavate stigma ; ovules several. Ripe 
carpels unknown. 
Malacca : Maingay (Kew distribution) No. 86. 
6. Xylopia fusca, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. A 
tree ; young branches rather stout, glabrous, black : buds silky. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, the base cuneate ; upper surface glabrous 
shining ; the lower dull, dark, reticulate ; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs, very 
faint; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 75 to 1 in. ; petiole *2 in., stont. Flowers 
"75 in, long, supra-axillary, solitary, racemed, or fascicled ; peduncle '25 
to '75 in, with several bracts ; pedicels "25 in., puberulous, ebracteolate. 
Sepals ovate, acute, connate into a cup with 3 spreading, acute teeth 
puberulous outside. Petals linear-oblong, tapering to the sub-acute 
apex: the outer adpressed golden-sericeous outside; the inner nar- 
rower and shorter, concave at the base. Stameus with an oblong apical 
process ; anthers linear, lateral, not septate. Ovaries 4s or 5, cohering 
into a cono, golden-silky ; ovules 10 to 16, in two rows. Ripe caipels 
unknown. 
Malacca: Maingay, (Kew Distribution) No. 86. 
7. Xylopia Cuktisji, King, n. sp. A tree 30 feet high : young 
branches stout, glabrous, striate, dark-coloured. Leaves very coriaceous 
oblong, acute or shortly acuminate ; the base cuneate, slightly oblique : 
upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower dull, darker (when dry), 
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