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pubcmlous on tho midrib near the base; main nerves 1 2 to 20 pairs, 
very prominent beneath and connected by straight transverse veins ; 
length 5*5 to 9*5 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petiole '35 in., stout. Flower* 
1 or 2, on stout woody extra-axillary peduncles • pedicels '2 in. long, 
rufous-pubescent, with a single large bracteole. Sepals thick, spread- 
ing, broadly ovate, sub-acute, minutely tomentose on both surfaces but 
especially on the outer. Petals thick, subequat, linear-oblong, obtuse, 
keeled outside ; the claw orbicular, vaulted over the andro-g} nceeium 
and glabrous inside, otherwise minutely tomentose, "75 in. long. Stame?is 
numerous, the heads obliquely truncate and concealing the linear, lateral 
ant-hoi's. Ovary solitary, cyliudric, fluted, glabrous, niulti-ovulate. JRipe 
carpel ovoid, compressed, silvery-grey, many-seeded, 3 in. long, and 2*5 
in. in diam. 
Penang : Curtis, No. 1569. 
B. Xylopia exliphca, Miiingay ex Hook, fib Fl. I?r. Tnd. I, 86. 
A tall tree : J'oung branches dark- coloured, glabrous, tho youngest pu- 
bescent. Leaves membranous, small, elliptic, obtusely acuminate, the 
base rounded or acute : upper surface glabrous, pale ; the lower brown, 
minutely adpressed-pubesccnt ; both reticulate : main nerves 6 or 7 
pairs, oblique, very faint ; length 1*5 to 2 in, breadth 1 to 1*25 in.; 
petiole *2 in., slender. Flowers solitary, erect, axillary, -5 to '75 in. 
long: peduncle about half as long, rusty-pubescent like the calyx, 
bracteoles minute. Sepals ovate, sub-acute, united to the middle. Petals 
pale browiiisli-touientose ; tUv outer linear-sububi lo with a broader con- 
cave base : the inner trigonous, shorter and narrower than the outer. 
Stamens numerous, minute, the apex rounded ; anthers linear. Ovaries 
1 to 3, densely hairy, 4- to 6-ovuled. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.,) No, 82. Perak : Wray No. 
3194. Penang : Curtis, No. 2482: 
9. XvLOPiA caudata, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Tnd. 125. A shrub 
or small tree : young branches very slender, minutely pubescent. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, long and obtusely acuminate, the base 
cuneate ; upper surface glabrous except the pubescent midrib ; the 
lower sparsely adpressed-sericeous : main nerves about 10 pairs, spread- 
ing, faint ; length 2 to 2*25 in., breadth "6 to "8 in. ; petiole '1 in., 
slender. Peduncles 1 to 3, axillary, very short, minutely bracteolate at 
base and apex. Flowers '2 to *3 in. long. Sepah ovate, sub-acute, con- 
nate at the base, ad pressed- pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals 
linear-oblong, obtuse, pubescent oxeopt a small glabrous concave spot 
at the base, the inner about as long as, but narrower than, the outer. 
Anthers rather numerous, compressed, the apical process narrow. Ovaries 
2, elongate, sericeous, 2-ovuled i style long, pointed, glabrous, exserted. 
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