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Ions elsewhere. Stamens numerous, elongate, narrow, with an aeute 
apicutus ; the anther-rolls linear. lateral. Pistil* one or two, conical, 
adpressed-pubescent ; the style short, thin. Ripe carpels oblong, cylin- 
dric, sub-oblique, blunt, 125 in. long '7 in, in diarn. Seeds 3 or 4, 
globular. 
Malacca: Griffith, Perak : King's Collector, No. 2816. 
14 Xtlopia magna, Maingay ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 84. A 
tree ! young branches tomentose, becoming glabrous and darkly cine- 
reous. Leaves coriaceons, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, sub-acute, tlio 
base ronnded, the edges slightly revolute when dry ; upper surface 
shining, reticulate, glabrous except tho pubescent midrib ; under sur- 
face deep brown, with rather pale pubescence ; main nerves about 10 
pairs, spreading, inter-arching some way from the edge, faint: length 3 
to 4 5 in.', breadth 1*25 to 2 in, ; petiole 25 in., pubescent. Flower* 2 to 
2'5 in. lonj?. solitary or in pairs, axillary: pedicels stout, tomentose, 
with a single large, ovate, acute, often bifid bract. Sepals thick, ovate 
acute, connate into a 3-toothed cup, adpressed-pubescent outside, glab- 
rous inside. Petals sub-equal, the inner narrower and shorter, narrowly 
linear, slightly expanded and concave at the base, tapering towards the 
apex, pubescent except in the basal concavity. Stamens numerous, 
elongate, with an oblong obtuse apical process; the anthers lateral, 
linear, septate. Pistils about 15, narrowly oblique, hirsute on the outer 
side, 4-ovuled. Style filiform, long. Ripe carpels obovoid-obloug, com- 
pressed, blunt, minutely tomentose, 1*4 in. long and *65 in. diam. ; stalks 
thick, only 15 in. long. Seeds about 4, in two rows, arillate, the testa 
bony. 
Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 83. Singapore j Ridley. 
Perak ; Scortechini. 
15. Xylopia ferruoinea, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 85. 
A tree 20 to (30 feet high ; young branches brownish-pubescent. Leaves 
coriaceous, narrowly oblong, acute; the baso slightly narrowed and 
oblique, rounded or minutely sub-cordate j upper surface glabrous, shin- 
ing ; tho lower glaucous and softly purplish-brown pubescent : most 
densely so on the midrib ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, oblique, inter- 
arching near the edge, prominent beneath ; length 3'5 to 5'5 in., breadth 
1*1 to 2 in. ; petiole "2 in., channelled. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 
axillary or extra-axillary, erect or pendulous, yellow; pedicels 5 to "75 
in., rusty-pubescent; bracteoles 1 to 3, small, lanceolate. Sepals broadly 
ovate acuminate, connate at the baso, spreading, small, pubescent out- 
side, glabrous within. Petals linear, fleshy, tapering at the very apex, 
very long; the outer rufous-pubescent outside, cinereous-puberuloaa 
inside, concave at tho very base, 1*25 to 2 in. long; inner petals much 
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