AXNALS OP EOYAL BOTAOTC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
P L A T E 163.
XANTHOPHVLLUM SCOUTECHINII, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pi. 2, p. 14Ü.
A glabrous tree 25 to 30 feet high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, drying brown, ovate,
obtusely acuminate, the base more or less cunoate, shining on both surfaces; nerves
3 pairs, sub-erect, not prominent; length 2 to 2-2.5 in., breadth 1 to 1-35 in., petiole
•35 in. Moivers handsome, •Tf> in. long, their pedicels -35 in. Racemes axillary, solitary
1 to 1-5 in. long, few-flowercd. Scfials fleshy, glabrous with cHiolate edges; the tliree
outer ovate blunt, the two inner rotund. Peiak obovate to elliptic, clawed, glabrescent,
t h e ieel puberulous. Filaments as leng as the petals, flat; anthers short, ovate. Ovar'y
shortl y stalked, elongated-ovoid, glabrous, 6-oviiled; style littlo curved, glabrous; stigma
c a p i t a t e ; disc small, annular, glabrous. Ripe fruit, globular, sub-glabrous, about 2 in. in
d i a n i . ; pericarp thick, hard.
P e r a k . Scortechiiiii, No. 2079; Wray No. 402S. Penang, Curtis, No. 2407".
PLATS iC3. XanthopknUu,» ScoHechinii, Eiog, 1, fluwen,?; branch; 2, fruit; of natural ji«, 3, flois-er, its parls
separated; 4, aütliors wiiU iipper part of Qlameui; 5, orarj style luil stigma: enhtrgel.
P L A T E 164.
XANTHOPHYLLUU PULCHRUM, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pt. 2, p. 141.
A glabrous shrub or small tree, the young branches rather robust, the bark very pale.
Leaves coriaceous, shortly petiolate, elliptic, acute or very shortly aud bluntly acuminate,
t h e edges recurved when dry, base rounded or minutely cordate; upper surface shining;
lower dull, pale yellow, glaucous, the 5-0 pairs of nerves and the fine reticulations promin
e n t ; length 4 to 8 in., breadth 2-25 to S-d in.; peti»le i^toufc, -2 in, Flowers -Q in. long,
on short thick pedicels, in dense, solitary, axillary, rufous-tomentose racemes half as long
as the leaves or less; bracts broadly ovate, concave, deciduous, coloured. Sepals nearly
equal, ovate-rotund, fleshy, concave, sub-glabrous or puberulous, coloured, the edges thin.
Petals oblong, blunt, glabrous except the pubescent keel. Filaments broad, flat, puberulous,
all except one or two inserted in the disc: anthers bearded at the base, Ovari/ ovoid,
pointed, tomentose, surrounded by a thin, rather deep, glabrous disc; style glabroscent,
slightly curved; ovules 12. FruH globose, -75 in. in diam., minutely tomentose when
ripe, pericarp thin
P e r a k : rather common. A handsome bush or troelet with yellowish flowers tinged
with pink.
I'LiTE 164. pith/,,-,,
keei; 6, petal; 7, petals nith one .
King. 1, flower.
:aiU('D attai;heJ ; i
r braocli; 3, ripo fruit; 3 seeds: o/ laturul tize .- 4, KCf«]:
serea stamens attachsd to tUe disc: enlarged: 9, etaucn :
P L A T E 165.
CEATOXVLON MAINGAYI, Dyer in Hook, fil, Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258.
Nat. Ord. IJypericinem.
A tree 30 feet high, all parts glabrous; youug branches with pole brown, ridged
bark. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic, acute at apex and base; both surfaces shining,
t h e lower paler; main nerves obscure, about 6 pairs; length 2 to 3-5 in., breadth 1 to
DESCEIPTIONS OF NEW AND KARE INDIAN PLANTS. ' 139
1-5 in. petiole -25 in. Cymes axillary, or from above the scars of fallen leaves, fewflowered.
Flowersto -7 in. long, their pedicels -23 in. oblong, slightly unequal.
P lu s obovate-elhptic, obtuse, clavveJ, veined, the basal scale acute, s t a L n í in three
phalanges. Styles 3, longer than the stamens, united below, stigmas capitate. Capsule -b
in. long, narrowly cyhnch-ic. Seeds •2b in. long, with oblong unilateral wing. Kin- in
J o u r n , As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pt. 2, p. 145.
P e n a n g ; Maingay.
Apparently an uuoomiuon tree, since only Mdagay has as yet coUoeted it.
GARCINIA, Línn.
Ord, GuUíferoí.
Troes usually with yellow julcc. i « ™ evergreen, eoriaceon», very » rel y stipuLite
Ilmc„ solitary, iascicIeJ, or panided, axillary » terminal, polygamoM. 4-.,
decussate. P«.« 4-5, imbrioata. MALK ,1..; ffl»™ «., free, or U e e t e d inti a rino-'
or an entire globose or eonieal i-o-lobed mass, often surrounding a rudimontary oTar^
a n t h e r s sessile, or on short thiek filaments, S-rarely 4-celled, adnate or pellafe
dehisomg by slits or pores, or eireumseissile. FEIIALE oii HMmAPHsoinIn FL. ; Stammoch,
8-0= ireo or eomiate. Ovary 2-12-oelIed; stigma sossilo or sub-sessile, peltate, entire
or lebed, smooth or tubereled; ovules solitary in eaoh cell, attached to the inner
angle of tho eell. B.rr.j with a ooriaceous rind. wi th a pulpy aril
P L A T E 106.
GAIiOmii OPAOA, King i„ Jo„rn. As. Sos. Bmgal, for 1S90, pi. 3 p. 160.
A tree 40 to 60 feet high; tho branehlets {when di-y) dull dirty yellow, striate. L,„„
oblong, narrowed at each end, the apej more er less acuminate, tho ba,e ouneateupper
surface slightly shining, l e ™ surface opaque, whitish; the rather numerous
n e a r l y horizontal nerves tlii.i, little visible on cither surface, the midrib hold and nromment
on both; length 4 to a in., breadth 1-7S to 3-3o in., petiole -6 in MA J l . m
•75 in. in diam., in shortly pedicolled, 2- to 3-flowered, obracteolate, terminal or aiillarv
cymes; pedicels •25 in., annulated; 4, ovate, concave, thin, veined; prfsS 4, similar
to tho s„p.ils, but a little larger; sfc»™ numerous, en a single, conve.,, tieshy receptaclesessile,
depresscd-glebiilar, with eireumseissile dehiscence; rudimentary s i « o'
F , m a h sol i t a ry, terminal: upab more coriaceous than those of the male flowers
t a i n o d e s 0; „»i-j cylindric; stigma convcx, sn.eoth, the edge i,regularly subcrciia.e'
Fr»i solitary, tcrmmal, ovate-globose, slightly mammillate, crowned by tlie broad 'ki
stigma which has 4 bread shallow rounded lobes; tlie sepals rounded, car(ila.rinous „-r
s i s t e n t ; pci-icarp brown when dry, thin, ci-ustaceous. Seeds several, „voi°d, flattened
on one side. C. e m a , Wall. Cat. 4832 E.
P e r a k ; King's Cellector, Scorteehini.
ANN- EOT. EOT. GAUD. CALC, VOL. Y.