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VI. ANONACEiE. 
[Xylopia. 
beneath; 3*5 to 5‘5* in. long, i‘i to 2 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long, 
channelled. Flowers solitary or in pairs axillary or extra-axillary, 
yellow; pedicels red-velvety, ’5 to 75 in. long. Bracts small, 
lanceolate. Sepals ovate acuminate, connate at base, pubescent 
outside, '2 in. long. Petals linear fleshy, acute at tip elongate 
yellow, outer ones red-pubescent outside, puberulous inside, concave 
at base, 1*25 to 2 in. long; inner ones narrower and thinner, little 
shorter, puberulous. Stamens 24; anthers linear, appendages 
broadly oblong. Ovaries numerous, hairy. Carpels red, elongate 
cylindric, 4 to 5 in. long. Seeds oblong. Hab. Common in forests 
at low altitudes. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Selitar; Changi. 
Malacca (Maingay, Griffith). Pahang. Selangor, Raw r ang (Kloss). 
Perak, Ulu Bubong and Batang Padang (Kunstler). Distrib. 
Borneo. Native names: Jangkang Merah or Jangkang Paya; 
Pisang-Pisang Jari. Use : The bark is used for walls and partitions 
in houses, and the timber for rafters. 
(12) X. olivacea King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 119; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 150, pi. 196. 
A tree 15 to 70 ft. tall; stem 4 to 15 in. through. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, elliptic-oblong, more or less obovate sometimes abruptly 
short acuminate, base cuneate dark green, glabrous; nerves 6 to 
8 pairs, curved, interarching ’2 in. from edge, prominent beneath; 
3'5 to 8 in. long, 175 to 2'5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long, thick 
wrinkled. Flowers solitary or in pairs extra-axillary, cream colour 
to light yellow, green when young; pedicels stout, *5 in. long, 
tomentose. Sepals thick ovate, connate at base, acute puberulous, 
•1 in, long. Petals sub-equal linear, 1-5 in. long, -i in. wide, base 
much expanded, hemispheric, densely tomentose, inner a little 
shorter. Stamens cuneate, appendages broad. Ovaries few oblong, 
densely silky, 6- to 8-ovuled. Carpels few globose, minutely tomen¬ 
tose, -6 in. through. Seeds 4 or 5, discoid. Hab. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills up to 500 ft. altitude. Common (Kunstler); Sungkai (Burn- 
Murdoch). Negri Sembilan, Selaru (Foxworthy). 
The tree has a spicy smell (Kunstler). 
(13) X. Scortechinii King, Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 118; 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 149, pi. 195. 
Tree50 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through; branchlets tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous large, obovate-elliptic to elliptic-oblong shortly 
abruptly acuminate, base sub-cuneate rounded, above glabrous, 
beneath sparsely pubescent, especially on midrib; nerves 10 to 14 
pairs, straight elevate; 4 to 7 in. long, 175 to 4 in. wide; petioles 
■35 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 1 to 5, fascicled on axillary 
tubercles pale yellow; pedicels '2 to *25 in. long, thick tomentose. 
Sepals free, broad ovate obtuse, brown, pubescent outside. Petals 
thick, linear obtuse, base concave dilated, pubescent. Stamens 
numerous, appendages truncate angled. Ovaries few, short, 
