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mii-rower and thinner and a little shorter than the outer, cinereous- 
pubernlona. Stamens abont 24, narrow : anthers linear, lateral, the 
connective ending 1 in a broadly oblong apical process. Ovaries numerous, 
narrowly oblong", pointed, densely rusty-hirsute, multi-ovulnr s style 
short, filiform, glabrous ; stigma minute. Ripe carpets numerous, much 
elongate, cylindrio, glabrescent, with transverse partitions between 
the seeds, many-seeded, sub-moniliform when dry, 2 to 5 in. long. Seeds 
ohlnntr. rugose, minutely pellucid-dotted, :! in long. Habzelia ferruginea, 
H. f. and T. Fl. Tnd. 123. Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 37. Artaboirys 
raalnyana. Griff. Notul. IV, 7 1 3. 
Malacca: Griffith. Maingay (Kcw Distrib.) No. 85. Perak i 
Scorteclnni, King's Collector, Wray : common. Selangor : Curtis. 
16. Xylopia Ridleyi, King n. sp. A tree ? Young branches stout, 
densely rosty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-elliptic, abruptly 
and very shortly acuminate, narrowed from below the middle to the 
slightly cuneate base : upper surface glabrous except the rufous-puberul- 
ous midrib : lower softly rusty-tomentose with longer, superficial, paler 
hairs : main nerveH 12 to 14 pairs, oblique, inter-arching boldly within 
the margin, prominent on the lower, depressed on the upper, Burface ; 
length 6 5 to 8*5 in., breadth 2'75 to 35 in. ; petiole 5 to *6 in. stout, 
toinentose. Fhirers in extni-axillary (often Icaf-npposcd ) fascicles of 
3 to 5 : pedicels stout, rnfons-t>mentose, with a single bracteole, *25 to 
'3 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, long-acuminate, rufous-pubescent 
outside, glabrous within, 35 in. long. Petals filiform, triquetrous, with 
expanded concave vaulted bases concealing the uTidm-gymeeiuin, and 
glabrous inside, otherwise pubescent, 2 5 to 3 5 in. long. Stamens nu- 
merous, with truncate 4- or 5-angled heads concealing the elongate, 
lateral anthers. Ovaries obliquely ovoid, densely sericeous, 4- to 6- 
ovuled : stigmas fleshy, agglutinated. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Singapore : Ridley. 
21. Pitxanthus, H, f. and T. 
Trees or climbers. Flowers solitary, terminal or in extra- axillary 
fascicles. Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 rows ; outer 
small like the sepals ; inner large, flat, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, 
oblong or quadrate, truncate ; anther-cells dorsal, distant. Carpels nu- 
merous ; style cylindric or clavate, sometimes grooved ventrally. Ovules 
1-2, sub-bnsal, ascending. Ripe carpels staked, l-sended. — Distrib, 
Species about 6 ; one in Soothern Peninsular India, the rest Malayan. 
Leaves softly pubescent ... ,,. ... 1. P. nutans. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Ovnles and seeds solitary ... ... 2. P. lucidus. 
Ovules aud seeds in pairs m ... 3. P. andamanicus. 
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