j^g xin. POLYGALACE^E. [X anthophyllum. 
(18) X. Wrayii King, l.c. 138; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 
ig6, pi. 161. , . T 
A shrub 3 to 8 ft. or more tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 
sub-coriaceous, drying yellow green, shining above, elliptic to oblong 
acuminate, base rounded or narrowed ; nerves 10 to 13 pairs, promi¬ 
nent, inarching within the edge, 6 to 10 in. long 2-25 to 4 * 5 . in¬ 
wide; petioles -3 to -6 in. long. Flowers '35 in. long in terminal 
or axillary racemes or panicles 3 in. long. Sepals ovate blunt, 
Fig. 15.—Xanthophyllum Palembanicum. 
puberulous. Petals oblong, obtuse, puberulous, base pubescent, 
cream colour. Ovary densely villous on a glabrous stalk, 4-ovuled, 
disc glabrous. Fruit globose -75 in. through, silky when young, 
ripe glabrous and warty. Hab. In dense forests in the low country 
not rare. Perak, Gunong Pondok (Kunstler); Gunong Bubu. 
Penang Hill (Burkill). 
Distinguished from X. affine Korth. by the distinctly inarching fewer 
nerves, villous silky ovary and 4 ovules only. The panicles are also much 
denser and the fruit wrinkled. 
