100 VI. ANONACE.^. [Kingstonia, 



28. KINGSTONIA, Hook. fil. 



Tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous. Flowers fascicled on tuber- 

 cles on branches, bisexual. Sepals 3 persistent ovate acute, 

 connate at base. Petals 6, outer ones valvate, inner ones imbricate. 

 Stamens 15, filaments half as long as the extrorse anther-cells; 

 appendages obliquely truncate. Ovary i ; stigma sessile, peltate 

 crenate; ovules 4 to 6. Carpels globose. Seeds several, 2-seriate. 

 Species i. 



(i) K. nervosa Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 93; King, Journ. As. Sac. 

 Beng. I.e. 128; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 167, pL 2i6a. 



Leaves oblong to elliptic, acuminate, base rounded, glabrous; 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, i'5 to 

 3'25 in. wide; petioles '4 in. long, puberulous. Flowers '25 in. 

 long in fascicles of 8 to 10 ; pedicels slender, '35 to -5 in., pubescent. 

 Bracts several orbicular, imbricate at base. Sepals pubescent 

 outside. Petals, outer ones oblong-elliptic concave, tomentose 

 outside, inner ones smaller thick concave, tomentose above. 

 Stamens 15. Ovary oblong pubescent. Carpels ovoid blunt 

 tomentose, 1-5 in. long, i-i in. through. Seeds 4 oblong. Hab. 

 Malacca (Maingay) ; Ayer Panas (Goodenough). Perak, at 300 ft. 

 altitude (Wray). 



The imbrication of the inner petals suggests an affinity with Stelechocarpus, 

 but there is only one pistil. 



29. MEZZETTIA, Beccari. 



Vast trees with small coriaceous leaves. Flowers small axillary 

 or from axils of fallen leaves, fascicled or umbelled, green. Sepals 3, 

 ovate valvate. Petals 6, valvate, flat linear, inner series smaller 

 than the outer. Stamens 9 to 12 in 2 rows; anther-cells lateral 

 introrse; appendages truncate. Torus small, concave, pubescent. 

 Ovary i, ovoid glabrous, contracted to a very short style ; ovules 2. 

 Carpels globose or elliptic, pulpy. Seeds 2, extremely hard, large, 

 plano-convex. Species 5 or 6, Malay Peninsula and islands and 

 Africa. 



Leaves coriaceous ; sepals broadly ovate. 



Outer petals linear . . . . . . (i) M. leptopoda 



Outer petals ovate lanceolate . . . . (2) M, Herveyana 



Leaves thinly coriaceous ; sepals semi-orbicular . . (3) M. Curtisii 



(i) M. leptopoda Oliver, Hook. fil. Ic. PI. t. 1560 ; King, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 129; Lonchomera leptopoda Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 i. 94. 



An immense tree over 100 ft. tall with smooth, grey bark. Leaves 

 glabrous, coriaceous, oblong narrowly elliptic acute or obtusely 

 acuminate, base rounded; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, inarching far from 

 the margin faint; 2*5 to 4 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles 



