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xiii. polygalace/E . [. Xanthophyllum. 
long. Sepals unequal ovate-rounded, tomentose. Petals oblong 
blunt glabrous, or base and keel pubescent. Ovary glabrous, 
stipitate; style pilose; ovules 8 to 18. Fruit hard smooth green, 
globose -5 to i-25 in. through. Hab. Edges of woods thickets 
and on river-banks. The commonest species, lowlands up to 
aooo ft. altitude. Singapore, Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry, 
Griffith, Maingay). Selangor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss). Perak, 
Ulu Bubong; Larut (Kunstler); Thaiping (Wray) ; Chandenang 
(Kunstler). Dindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Penang, Penara Bukit 
(Curtis, Wallich). Distrib. Tenasserim, Siam and Borneo, Java. 
Native name: Limah Berok jantan. . . 
(4) X. obscurum Benn. l.c. i. 211 ; King, l.c. 141. A. msigne 
Benn.Lc. 211; King, l.c. 144. . . 
A large tree with deep green shining coriaceous leaves, elliptic 
blunt, narrowed at base; nerves 5 to 9 pairs, 4-25 to 475 in. long, 
2 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Racemes axillary 1 to 
j.c in. long, few-flowered. Flowers -5 in. long. Sepals oblong 
blunt, edges ciliate, light green, gibbous at base, 3 outer ones 
small. Petals oblong sub-spathulate, white often tinted rose pink, 
•5 in. long. Ovary ovoid glabrous. Fruit globose as big as a 
cricket-ball or larger, pericarp thick brownish green. Seeds several 
large embedded in sweet white pulp. Hab. Forests, Singapore, 
Tanglin, etc., Malacca, Bukit Sabukor. Native name: Buah 
Kapas. 
(3) X. bullatum King, l.c. 142. , .. 
A shrub or small tree. Leaves bullate coriaceous sub-sessile, 
elliptic-oblong, shortly bluntly acuminate, base cordate sub- 
auriculate; nerves 10 to 25 bold puberulous, 11 to 10 in. long, 
4 to 6-5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long glandular. Panicles many- 
branched pubescent 6 in. long. Bracts ovate. Flowers *4 m. 
long Sepals unequal rounded tomentose, inner ones thin ciliate. 
Petals ovate rounded, little longer than the sepals, glabrous. Ovary 
ovoid glabrous. Ovules 8. Fruit globose, glabrous 75 in. through. 
Hab. Forests, rare. Selangor, Dusun Tua. Perak, Thaiping Hills 
at base (Kunstler). 
(6) X. Hookerianum King, l.c. 139. 
A glabrous shrub. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong, point 
abrupt 1 in. long blunt, base slightly narrowed to petiole, nerves 
6 to 10 pairs, prominent beneath, 9 to 11 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide 
petioles 75 in. long. Flowers - 4 in. long; pedicels very short. 
Sepals sub-equal broadly ovate, tomentose, edges ciliolate. Petals 
oblong obtuse, glabrous deep yellow, keel pubescent. Filaments 
flat puberulous. Ovary sessile ovoid, tomentose; ovules 4. Hab 
Raref Perak at Goping (Kunstler). Pahang, Sungei Lenget, 
Rumpin (Foxworthy). Native name: Medang Mangas. 
(7) X. venosum King, l.c. 139. . 
A glabrous tree 25 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 
