Mezzettia.] vi. anonace.e, ioi 



•35 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 2 to 6 on slender pubescent 

 pedicels, -5 to 75 in. long. Sepals broad ovate, connate at base, 

 tomentose. Petals green, tomentose on both sides, outer ones 

 linear obtuse, -2 in. long, inner shorter and broader. Ovar}' ovoid. 

 Fruit globose, 2*5 in. long, light green, pulp firm. Seeds 2, 1-5 in. 

 long, -5 in. thick, brown, testa stony, back rounded, inner surface 

 flat, ovoid oblong. Hah. In forests. Common all over the south 

 of the peninsula from Singapore northwards. Native name : Poko 

 Prah. 



(2) M. Herveyana Oliver, Hook. fil. Ic. PL t. 1560 ; King, Jourii. 

 As. Soc. Beiig. I.e. 129; Ann. Bat. Gard. Calc. I.e. 168, fl. 217A. 



A tree ; glabrous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong acuminate, 

 base cuneate; nerves 10 pairs faint, inarching within margin; 

 2*5 to 3 in. long, i to i'25 in. wide; petioles -25 to 35 in. long. 

 Flowers crowded in sessile fascicles axillary or extra-axillary, 

 3 to 8; pedicels -3 in. long, puberulous. Sepals broadly ovate 

 obtuse, connate at base pubescent. Petals, outer ones ovate obtuse 

 flat pubescent, inner ones smaller broad elliptic obtuse, tips incurved. 

 Anthers 12, sessile, obovate-quadrate. Ovary oblong tapering to 

 style. Ovules 2. Hah. Malacca (Hervey). Native name : Meng- 

 kudang. 



(3) M. Curtisii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 129; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 217B. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous oblong-lanceolate 

 to oblong shortly acuminate, base cuneate, drying black, glabrous ; 

 nerves 10 pairs, faint; 2'5 to 5 in. long, -5 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Flowers umbelled fascicled, axillary or extra-axillary 

 on branches below the leaves, 5 to 10 in a fascicle ; pedicels slender, 

 scurfy, pubescent, -35 to -6 in. long. Sepals semi-orbicular, con- 

 nate into a spreading cup, densely tomentose. Petals, outer ones 

 ligulate acute tomentose with a glabrous patch at the base, inner 

 ones less acute and one-third shorter. Anthers sessile 12 ; appen- 

 dages very broad truncate. Ovary i, ovoid, 2-ovuled. Carpels 

 sub-globose, 1-5 to 2 in. across, smooth, glaucous. Hah. Penang, 

 Government Hill at 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



Order VII. MENI SPERM ACE^. 



Climbing herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire or rarely 

 lobed, usually palminerved. Stipules o. Flowers small or minute 

 white or green, in cymes or racemes, solitary or fascicled, unisexual. 

 Sepals 6, or 3 to 4, or 8 to 12, usually free, imbricate in 2 to 4 series. 

 Petals 6 or o, or i to 5, free or connate. Male flowers, stamens 

 hypogynous, filaments free or connate. Anthers free or connate, 

 2-celled. Pistillodes minute or o. Female flowers, staminodes 

 6 or 0. Ovaries 3 (rarely i or 6 to 12). Style terminal, simple or 



