XIII. POLYGALACEiE. 
143 
Xanthophyllum .] 
Leaves elliptic lanceolate 4 by 1-25 . 
Fruit glabrous small, smooth; flowers 
pink; big tree ..... 
Fruit glabrous 1 in. through; flowers few 
white, small tree .... 
Leaves glabrous; fruit warty when dry. 
Leaves 4 in. long, 2 wide elliptic acuminate . 
Leaves 9 in. by 4 in. elliptic 
Leaves 2 in. by 1 in. elliptic cuspidate 
Leaves glabrous; fruit hairy; leaves elliptic 
stiff coriaceous large .... 
Leaves glabrous; fruit tomentose; leaves 
elliptic lanceolate small 
(14) X. Curtisii 
(15) X. glaucum 
(16) X. discolor 
(17) X. verrucosum 
<iS) X. Wrayii 
(19) X. palembanicum 
(20) X. hebecarpum 
(21) X. Griffithii 
(1) X. Scortechinii King, lx. 140; Ann. Hort. Bot. Calc. 
v. (2), 130, pi. 163. 
A glabrous tree 25 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
ovate blunt acuminate, base cuneate, pale shining; nerves 3 pairs, 
not prominent, 2 to 2*25 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles *35 in. long. 
Racemes axillary 2 in. long. Flowers few, -5 in. long pink; pedicels 
35 in. long. Sepals glabrous, edges ciliolate, outer 3 ovate blunt, 
inner rounded. Petals broad obovate clawed, keel pubescent; 
filaments as long, flat pubescent. Ovary shortly stalked, ovoid 
glabrous; ovules 6. Fruit globose 2 in. through; pericarp '3 in. 
thick. Hab. Rare, forests. Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray). Penang 
Hill (Curtis). 
(2) X. Kingii Chodat. Bull. Herb. Boiss. iy. 255. X. ellipticum 
Benn. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 211; King, l.c. 140 {not of Miquel). 
A tree 30 to nearly 60 ft. tail. Leaves shining deep green sub- 
coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic, shortly blunt acuminate; 
nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1*2 to 175 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long. Flowers in racemes 2 in. long, white turning yellow 
'25 in. long on longer pedicels. Sepals ovate, glabrous unequal 
dark red. Petals much longer, *25 in. long. Ovary glabrous, 
stipitate, stipes surrounded by a shallow undulate ring-shaped 
disc; ovules 10. Drupe sub-globular *5 to 75 in. through, orange 
turning deep red, pulpy sweet. Seed, 1. Hab. Not rare in 
open countiy and woods. Flowers in January. Singapore, Tanglin. 
Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan. 
Selangor, Perak, Ulu Kerling and Ulu Kal (Kunstler). Dislrib. 
Borneo. 
(3) X. affine Korth. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 271; 
King, l.c. 142. 
Usually a large bush, but growing to a tree 30 to 60 ft. tall 
glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
drying yellowish green, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, shortly blunt- 
acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 to 8 pairs, 4 to 7 in. long, 
i*8 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles *3 to *4 in. long. Panicles axillary 
and terminal, minutely tomentose 3 to 10 in. long. Flowers 
numerous, white withering yellow *35 in. long; pedicels nearly as 
