BY HENRY N. RIDLEY. 
95 
Xylopia Havilandii , n. sp. 
A large tree; the buds coppery, hairy. Leaves stiffly 
.coriaceous lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, apex sub¬ 
acute, glabrous except the midrib, covered with appressed 
hairs, dark above, reddish glauceseent beneath, 6-7 cm. 
long, 2-3 cm. wide ; petiole channelled, the blade being 
decurrent to the base, 5-10 mm. long. Flowers numerous, 
in axillary clusters of three or four, racemose on appressed 
hairy peduncles, 1 cm. long, with ovate bracts. Sepals 
connate into a cup with three ovate acuminate points 
appressed, hairy, 8 mm. long. Outer petals linear, 16 mm. 
long, acuminate from a rounded base, appressed, hairy. 
Inner petals narrower, linear, nearly as long. Stamens 
rather long, linear ; appendage small, conic. Pistils long- 
styled, red, hairy; styles glabrous. Carpel (not quite ripe) 
obovoid, apex rounded, base narrowed, .glabrous, 2 cm. 
long, 7 mm. through. 
Sarawak: Kuching (Hose & Haviland, 8352, and Havi- 
land, 2834). “ Petals yellow, ovules numerous.” 
This somewhat resembles X . ferruginea , Hook, fil., but 
the fruit is quite different, and the flowers less hairy. 
Xylopia palchella , n. sp. 
Glabrous. Leaves ovate obtuse rounded or slightly 
narrowed at the base, smooth (grey when dry above, red- 
brown beneath); nerves six to seven pairs, faint on both 
surfaces, 4*5 cm. long, 3-3*5 cm. wide; petiole 5 mm. long. 
Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, pedicels 5 mm. long. Calyx 
cup-shaped, entire, with three short points glabrous, 2 mm. 
long. Outer petals lanceolate, dilate at the base, yellow, 
pubescent outside, 12 mm. long. Inner petals much 
narrower, linear, nearly as long, red at the base. Anthers 
numerous, slender; appendage conic, small, as in X. obtusi- 
folia red. “ Styles long and glutinous.” 
Sarawak : Kuching (Haviland, 2101). 
A pretty plant, allied to X. rubella , Pierre, of Cochin 
China, noticeable for its small round leaves and entire 
calyx. 
Xylopia lanceola , n. sp. 
Branches slender; leaves lanceolate or elliptic acuminate 
obtuse, base rounded, silky pubescent beneath, the midrib 
on both sides covered with appressed hairs; nerves very 
inconspicuous, 1*5-5 cm. long, 2 cm. across; petiole 2mm. 
