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Jiipc carpels (fide Hooker) 2 or 3, sub-globose or ovoid, pubescent, 5 in, 
long, 2-seeded. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 
2. 38. Gttatteria (.') camhita, Wall. Car. (M52. 
Singapore : Wallich, Mningay (Kew Distrib.) No. 79. Malacca ; 
Griffith. 
10. Xslopia stenopeic la, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Plantar, t. 1563, A 
tree 50 to 60 feet high : young brandies dark-coloured, glabrcscent, 
minutely lenticellate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, shortly 
and obtusely acuminate, the base sub-cuneate ; upper surface glabrous, 
shining; the lower glaucous or glancesccnt, sparsely oppressed- pubes- 
cent; both reticulate; main nerves 10 or 12 pairs t spreading, inter- 
arching close to the edge, faint : length 2*5 to 4'5 in., breadth 1*3 to 1*6 
in., petiole "25 in. Flowers axillary, solitary or in fascicles of 2 to 5 ; 
pedicels slender, often deenrved, pubemlous, with one minute bracteole, 
■5 to "75 in. long. Sepals united to form a small pubemlous cup with 
acute, spreading teeth. Petals fleshy, very narrow, slightly expanded 
and concave at the base, minutely tawny -pubescent, the inner slightly 
shorter and narrower. Stamens linear, the connective prolonged into 
a cylindro-conic apical appendage ; the anthers fusiform, lateral. Ovaries 
numerous, elongate, pubescent, 6-ovuled ; style filiform : stigma sub- 
ctavate. Ripe carpels oblong, sub-terete, narrowed to the stalk, 2 to 2 5 
in. long and '5 in. diam. : pericarp fleshy. Seeds 1 to 4 : stalks thick, '3 
in. long. 
Penang ; on Government Hill at 600 feet : Cnrtis Nos. 857 and 880. 
11. Xylopia Scortechjnji, King n. sp. A tree 50 to 60 feet high j 
young branches rusty- torn en tose, ultimately glabrous, much striate and 
pale brown. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, very 
shortly and abruptly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the snb-enncate 
rounded slightly obliqne base : upper surface glabrous, the midrib 
slightly rufous-puberuhms near the base; lower surface pale, sparsely 
rufous-pubescent especially on the midrib and 10 to 14 pairs of oblique, 
rather straight, prominently raised main nerves ; length 4 to 7 in., 
breadth 1'75 to 4 in. ; petiole "35 in., pubescent. Flowers rarely solitary, 
usually in fascicles of 2 to 5 on tubercles in the axils of leaves or of 
fallen leaves; pedicels short, ( 2 to "2^ in ), stout, msty-tonu'iitose with 
a snb-mesial bracteole. Sepals quite free, broadly ovate, blunt, pubes- 
cent outside, glabrous inside. Petals thickened, linear- obtuse with an 
orbicular concave claw, vaulted over the stamens and pistils, 125 to 1"75 
in. long, pubescent everywhere except on the glabrous concavity of tho 
claw. *S7rtMe«* numerous, with truncate 4- or 5-angled apices concealing 
the lateral anthers. Ovaries few, short, oblong, pubescent, 4- or 5-ovuled ; 
stigma large, oblong, liipc carpels broadly ovoid, blunt, rufons-pubes- 
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