1 5 0 ANNALS OF THE HOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
PLATE 195. Xylopia Scortcchinii, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels;
3, flower dissected—o/natera? st^e; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistils—cjiZaj-^rfiii.
15. XYLOPIA OLIVACEA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 119. A shi-ub or
small ti-ee; young braiaches pubescent, ultimately brown striate and glabrous. Leaves
t h i n ly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, shortly and abruptly acuminate,
the base cuneate; both surfaces dull olivaceous when d i y ; the upper glabrous; the
lower paler, slightly scurfy; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching
boldly -15 in. from the margin, prominent beneath; leng-th 3-5 to -7 in., breadth 1-75 to
2-5 i n . ; petiole '25 in., swollen, puberulous, black when dry. Flowers solitary or in paii-s,
supra-axillary; pedicels i-ather stout, 'o to -8 in. long, cincreons-tomentose with an ovatelanceolat
© mesial braeteole. Sepals thick, especially at the base, ovate, acute, connate
below the middle, pale cinereous-piiberulons on both surfacos. Petals sub-equal, fleshy,
narrowly linear willi a tapering limb and slightly expanded concave vaulted claw, densely
and nimutely cinereous-tomentose, 1 to 1-5 in. long; the inner shorter. Siame7i3 short,
cuneate, the broad oblique heads covering the apices of the linear anthers. Ovaries few,
oblong, densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled; style short, cylindric; stigma large, fleshy. Ripe
carpels few, globular, with slightly flattened minutely apiculato apex, and an imperfect
lateral ridge, densely and minutely yello-wish-tomentose, '6 in. iu diam.; stalks very
short. Seeds 4 or 5, discoid, smooth, pale brown, shining, separated from each other by
imperfect dissepiments.
P e r a k ; up to elevations of 3,000 or 4,000 feet, common,—Scortechini^ Wray, K{n^''s
Collector.
PLATE 196. Xylopia olivacea. King. 1, Flowering branch; 2 & 3, ripe carpels
4, flower dissected; 5, seed—o/ natural size; 6, anthers; 7, pistils—enlarged.
16. XYLOPIA OBTUSIFOLIA, HOOJC. FIL. 8F Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. A tree; young
branches glabrous, dark-colom-ed, striate; buds silky. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse or
retuse, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower adpressed-ioifoussericeous;
main nerves 8 or 10 pairs, oblique, very f a i n t ; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 1 to
1-5 i n . ; petiole '25 in. Flowers '5 in. long, axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 iu small sub-raccmose
cyme.s; pedicels '2 to '25 in., rufous-pubescent with a single braeteole. Sepals thick,
broadly ovate, acute, united to the middle, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals
linear-oblong, tapering towards the blunt apex; the outer petals adpressed-rufous-pubescent
outside, puberulous within, slightly concave and glabrous at the base; the inner smaller,
more concave at the glabrous base, puberulous elsewhere. Stamens numerou.s, elongate,
narrow, with an acute apiculus; the anther-cells linear, lateral. Pistils 1 or 2, conical,
adpressed-pubescent; the style short, thin. Ripa carpels oblong, cylindric, sub-oblique,
blunt, l-2o in. long, -7 in. in diam. Seeds 3 or 4, globular. King in Journ. As. Soc.
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 119.
lisXa-GCA,—Griffith No. 386. Perak,—Ziwy's Collector No. 2816.
PLATE 197A. Xylopia obtusifolia, JI. f . ^ Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe
carpel—of natural sise; 3, flower dissected; i , sepals and andro-gynoscium; 5, inner
petals; 6 & 7, anthers; 8, ])isii\—e7ilarged.
ANONACEiE OF BEITISn INDIA. 151
17. XYLOPIA . MAGNA, Maingay ex Book. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 84. A t r e e ; young
branches tomentose, becoming glabrous and darkly cinereous. Leaves coriaceous, ovatelanceolate
to elliptic, sub-acute, the base rounded; tho edges slightly revolute when d r y;
upper surface shining, reticulate, glabrous except the pubescent midrib; undcr-surface
deep brown, with rather pale pubescence; main nerves about 10 pairs, spreading, interarching
some way from the edge, f a i n t ; length 3 to 4*5 in., breadth V25 to 3 i n , ; petiole
'25 in., pubescent. Flowers 2 to 2'0 in. long, solitary or in pairs, axillary; pedicels stout,
tomentose, with a single large, ovate, acute, often bifid bract. Sepals thick, ovate, acute,
connate into a 3-toothed cup, adpressod-puboscent outside, glabrous inside. Petals subequal,
the inner narrower and shorter, narrowly linear, slightly expanded and concavo at
t h e base, tapering towards the apex, pubescent except in the basal concavity. Stamens
numerous, elongate, with an oblong obtuse apical process. Anthers lateral, linear,
septate. Pistils about 15, narrowly oblique, hii-sute on tho outor side, i-ovuled. Style
filiform, long. Ripe carpels obo void-oblong, com pressed, blunt, minutely tomentose, I 'i
in. long and 'Go in. in diam.; stalks thick, only -lo ia. long. Seeds about 4, in two
rows, arillate; the testa bony. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 6\, pt. 2, 120.
Malacca,—Maingay [Keio Distrib.) No. 83. Singapore,—Ridley. Perak,—Scortechini.
PLATI3 197J3. Xylopia magna, Maing. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 3,
section of carpel—of natural size; 4, flower d i s s e c t c d — e n l a r g e d ; 5 & 6, a n t h e r s;
7 & 8, pistils—mtich enlarged.
18. X\XOPIA FEERUGINEA, I-look. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 85. A tree 30 to CO
feet high; young branches brownish-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong, acute;
t h e base slightly narrowed and oblique, rounded or minutely sub-cordate: uppor surface
glabrous, shining; the lower glaucous and softly purplish-brown, pubcscent, most densely
so on the midrib; main norves 10 to 12 pan-s, oblique, intcr-arching near the edge, prominent
beneath; length 3-5 to ô'S in., breadth M to 2 in.; petiole -2 in., channelled.
Floioers solitary or in pairs, axillary or extra-axillary, erect or pendulous, yellow ; pedicels
•5 to •75 in., rusty-pubescent; bracteoles 1 to 3, small, lanceolate. Sepals broadly ovateacuminate,
connate at the base, spreadiug, small, pubescent outside, glabrous within.
Petals linear, fleshy, tapering at the very apex, very long; the outer rufous-pubescent
outside, cinerous-puberulous inside, concave at tlie very base, 1'25 to 2 in. long; inner
petals much narrower and thinner and a little shorter than the outer, cincreous-puberulous.
Stamens about 24, narrow. Anthers linear, lateral; the connective ending in a broadly
oblong apical process. Ovaries munerous, narrowly oblong, pointed, densely rusty-hirsute,
multi-ovular ; style short, filiform, glabrous ; stigma minute. Ripe carpels numerous, much
elongate, cylindric, glabrescent, with transverse partitions between the seeds, many-seeded,
sub-moniliform when dry, 2 to 5 in. long. Seeds oblong, rugose, minutely pelluciddotted,
'3 in long. King in Joum. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 1^0.—Habzclia ferruginea,
II. f Sf T. Fl. Ind. 123 3iiq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pi. 2, 37.—Artabotiys malayana, Grif.
Noiîil. iv. 713.
Malacca,—Crj^^A No. 385 ; Maingay {Kew Distrih.) No. 85. Perak,—,S
King's Collector, Wray ; common. Selangor,—Cwriis. Distrib. Borneo,—.Ciccar/.
PLATE 198. Xylopia fcrx-uginea, H. f . ^ T. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels;
3, flower dissected—o/. naticral sise ; 4 & 5, anthers ; 6 & 7, •pi&tûs.—inhrged.