XIII. POLY GAL ACE.®. 
X anth ophyllum . ] 
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base rounded or cuneate; nerves 5 to 6 pairs not very prominent, 
3 to 5 in. long, i to 1*3 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Panicles 
axillary or terminal -3 in. long, buds yellow. Sepals sub-equal, 
rotund, tomentose. Petals oblong obtuse, glabrous except the 
keel broadly obovate pubescent. Filaments with an ovoid pubes¬ 
cent swelling near base. Ovary sessile, ridged, pubescent; ovules 
2 to 4. Disc glabrous fleshy angled. Hab. Forests. Singapore 
Gardens, in jungle. Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Curtis). Penang, 
Moniots Road (Curtis). 
(* 5 ) X. glaucum Wall. Cat. 4199; Bonn. l.c . i. 209; King, 
l.c. 137. X. microcarpum Chodat, l.c. 263. 
A big tree with a stout trunk, 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous, shining above, glaucous beneath, lanceolate to elliptic- 
lanceolate sub-acute, base narrowed; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 3 to 
4 in. long, 1 to 1-4 in. wide; petioles hardly 25 in. long. Flowers 
*25 in. long, rose pink in terminal racemes or panicles 3 to 4 in. 
long, lax pubescent or hairy. Sepals unequal, oblong pubescent. 
Petals glabrous except the keel. Ovary tomentose. Fruit globose 
•25 in. through, smooth glabrous. Hab. North of the peninsula 
in open country. Setul and Perlis at Kanga. Distrib. Siam 
(Trang), Chittagong and Burma. 
Chodat separates King’s plant as X. microcarpum, saying it has " Fructus 
parvus nec verrucosus nec costatus,” a good description of Wallich’s type 
of X. glaucum. 
(16) X. discolor Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 257. 
A small tree, bark grey. Leaves lanceolate oblong acuminate 
4 to 5 in. long, 2 in. wide, above smooth, green, beneath glaucous; 
nerves fine 6 to 7 pairs inarching within margin, base shortly 
cuneate; petioles -i in. long. Racemes few axillary and terminal, 
puberulous -75 in. long few-flowered. Sepals unequal ovate obtuse. 
Petals *5 in. long, white, glabrous, connate with the very short 
staminal tube at the base only. Ovary shortly stipitate, pilose. 
Fruit globose, smooth, green hairy, 75 in. through. Hab. In 
woods, rare. Singapore in the Garden Jungle and at Selitar. 
Pahang, Rumpin (Foxworthy). Native name: Sisyor. 
( J 7 ) X. verrueosum Chodat, l.c. 263. X. eurhynchum King, 
l.c. 137 (not of Miqnel). 
Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate sub-acute or rounded at base; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, '4 to 
5'5 in. long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Flowers -25 in. 
long in pubescent axillary and terminal racemes 3 in. long, or in 
few-branched panicles. Sepals unequal, ovate-oblong blunt, tomen¬ 
tose. Petals spathulate glabrous except keel. Style and ovary 
villous; ovules 4. Fruit globose 75 in. across, verrucose green. 
Hab. Perak, Thaiping; Goping (Kunstler). Dindings, Pangkor 
(Curtis). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Chiefly distinguished from X. Palembanicum by its much larger leaves. 
