Xylopia .] Vi. anonace.il 95 
pubescent, ovules 4 to 5. Carpels broad ovoid blunt, pubescent 
eventually glabrous. Seeds 4, discoid, brown. Hab. Dense jungle 
near limestone, 200 to 300 ft. altitude, Perak at Kwala Dipang 
(Scortechini and Kunstler). 
(14) X. Hidleyi King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 121; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 152, pi. 199. 
A tree 20 ft. tall ; branches tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
large, obovate-elliptic, abruptly shortly acuminate, base slightly 
cuneate, above glabrous, beneath softly tomentose; nerves 12 
to 14 pairs, inarching, *i to '2 in. from edge, prominent beneath; 
6-5 to 8-5 in. long, 275 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles '5 to 1 in. long, 
thick, tomentose. Flowers extra-axillary on stout branches, 2 to 5 
together, green fragrant; pedicels tomentose *2 in. long. Sepals 
ovate, long acuminate, "35 in. long, tomentose. Petals filiform, 
1*2 in. long, very narrow, bases widely concave, tomentose. Stamens 
numerous, appendages 4- to 5-angled. Ovaries ovoid, silky, 4- to 
6-ovuled. Hab. Dense forests at low altitudes. Rather rare. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah and Changi (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. 
The flowers are scented like Cananga flowers. 
25. PHiEANTHUS, Hook. fil. 
Bushes or small trees, with thin membranous leaves. Flowers 
small, solitary or 2 or 3 together, extra-axillary, pendulous. Sepals 3, 
small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, outer ones small like the sepals ; 
inner ones large flat, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, oblong- 
quadrate truncate; anther-cells dorsal, distant. Ovaries numerous, 
1- to 2-ovuled, ascending, basal. Style cylindric or clavate, grooved 
ventrally. Garpels stalked, i-seeded. Species 6, one in Burma, 
one in the Andamans, the rest Malayan. 
Leaves softly pubescent; flowers over aft inch long . . (1) P. nutans 
Leaves glabrous; flowers 1 in. or less long ... (2) P, lucidus 
(1) P. nutans Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. Ind. 147; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 72; King, Journ. Js. Soc. Beng. l.c. 122; Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. l.c. 152, pi. 200A. 
A bush or small tree; branchlets tomentose. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, oblong-lanceolate to obovate-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, 
base narrowed sometimes acute, above glabrous except midrib 
and nerves tomentose, beneath softly pubescent, midrib tomentose ; 
nerves 10 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath, inarching near the edge; 
5 to 9 in. long, 1*3 to 4-5 in. across; petioles 7 in. long, tomentose. 
Flowers on pedicels, *5 to 1*5 in. long, pubescent. Sepals linear 
lanceolate, '2 in. long. Petals, outer ones sepaloid, green; inner 
ones ovate-oblong acute pubescent, cream colour, 75 to 1 in. long. 
Stamens pale green outside; anther-cells white. Carpels ovoid, 
pubescent, - 6 in. long, orange or dark red. Hab. Common in 
