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VII. MENISPERMACE^. 



[Peripetasma. 



half as long. Sepals outer narrow lanceolate-acuminate, inner 

 wider, with 2 ribs on each, finely dotted, connate at base. Stamens 

 shorter, incurved. Hab. Lowland woods. Selangor, Kwala 

 Lumpur and Batu Tiga (Ridley). 



3, TINOMISCIUM, Miers. 

 Big liane. Leaves coriaceous or membranous, 3- to 5-nerved. 



Fig. 9. — Tinomiscium petiolare. 



Racemes solitary or fascicled from the old wood. Flowers white. 

 Males, sepals 9 to 12, 3 outer bract-like, 6 inner narrow oblong. 

 Petals 6 shorter oblong or orbiculate. Stamens 6, opposite petals 

 and as long, free ; filaments thick ; anther-cells immersed ; abortive 

 carpels occasionally present. Females, petals and sepals similar; 

 staminodes 6, lanceolate beaked. Carpels 3, glabrous sub-ovoid. 

 Stigma peltate cerebriform. Drupes 3 or fewer, oblong to ovoid, 

 compressed. Seed obovate with large flat cotyledons. Species 

 6 to 8, Malayan. 



