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cent when young, pi afore scent when old, '8 in. long and *C in. in diam. 
Seeds about 4, discoid, pale brown, shining. Drepananthus stenopetala, 
Seortechini, MSS. 
Perak: Seortechini, No. 1781 ; King's Collector, No. 8241. 
A species allied to X. olivacea t King ; but with broader leaves, 
shorter flower pedicels, narrower petals and ovoid sub-glabrous fruit. 
12, Xylopia olivacea, King n. sp. A shrub or small tree : young 
brunches pubescent, ultimately brown, striate and glabrous. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, el liplk--oblonp, sometimes slightly obovate, shortly 
and abruptly acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces dull oliva- 
ceous when dry ; the upper glabrous, the lower paler, slightly scurfy ; 
main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching boldly '15 in. from 
the margin, prominent beneath ; length 3 5 to 7 in., breadth 1"75 to 2*5 in., 
petiole *2*> in., swollen, puberulous, black when dry. Flowers solitary 
or in pairs, supra- axillary ; pedicels rather stout, '5 to *8 in. long, 
cinereous- tomentose w r ith an ovate-lanceolate, mesial bracteole. Sepals 
thick, especially at the base, ovate, acute, connate below the middle, 
pale cinereous-puberulous on both surfaces. Petals sub-equal, fleshy, 
narrowly linear with a tapering limb and slightly expanded concave 
vaulted claw, densely and minutely cinereous-tomentose, 1 to 1*5 in. 
long, the inner shorter. Stamens short, cuneate, the broad oblique 
heads covering the apices of the linear anthers. Oxwies few, oblong, 
densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled ; style short, cylindric : stigma large, 
fleshy. Bipe carpels few, globular, with slightly flattened minutely 
apiculate apex, and an imperfect lateral ridge, densely and minutely 
yellowish- tomentose, '6 in. in diam., stalks very Bhort. Seeds 4 or 5, 
discoid, smooth, pale brown, shining, separated from each other by 
imperfect dissepiments. 
Perak : up to elevations of 3,000 or 4,000 feet, common. Seorte- 
chini, Wray, King's Collector. 
13. XvLOru obtusikolia, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Ft, Br. Ind. I, 85. 
A tree i young branches glabrous, dark-coloured, striate : buds silky. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse or retuse, the base cuneate, upper 
surface glabrous, shining ; the lower adpresscd rufouR-scriceous ; 
main nerves 8 or 10 pairs, oblique, very faint ; length 2 to 3 in,, breadth 
1 to 1*5 in., petiole "25 in. Flowers '5 in. long, axillary, solitary or 2 or 
3 in small sub-racemose cymes ; pedicels "2 to *25 in., rufous-pubescent 
with a single bracteole. Sepals thick, broadly ovate, acute, united to 
the middle, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals linear-oblong, 
tapering towards the blunt apex; the outer petals ad pressed -ru f o us - 
pubescent outside, puberulous within, slightly concave and glabrous at 
the base j the inner smaller, more concave at the glabrous base, puberu- 
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