Diploclisia.] vii. menispermace.e. 107 



6. DIPLOCLISIA, Miers. 



Lianes. Leaves deltoid-ovate edge subcrenate, quite glabrous; 

 petioles very long. Inflorescence of pedicellate cymes on a long 

 raceme from the old wood below the leaves. Sepals 6, cuneate 

 elliptic, concave, inner ones broadest. Petals 6 cuneate, embracing 

 the stamens. Stamens 6, filaments thickened upwards; anthers 

 4-lobed. Carpels 3; style short; stigmas lobed. Drupe large; 

 endocarp with a depression on each side and the back transversely 

 ribbed. Seed horseshoe-shaped. Species 3, Indo-Malaj^a, China. 



(i) D. Kunstleri Diels, Pflanzenreich, 227, pi. 'jy. Cocculus 

 Kunstleri King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 384; Ann. Bot. Card. 

 Calc. V. (2), 116, pi. 131. 



A strong liane, wood ^^ellow, glabrous. Leaves membranous, 

 rounded ovate obtuse peltate; nerves radiating 7; 2 '5 to 4 in. long, 

 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 3 to 3-5 in. long. Inflorescence of 

 several long branches fascicled from the trunk 20 in. long with 

 scattered compound cymes on pedicels '5 in. long. Outer sepals 3, 

 concave oblong elliptic pale, inner 3, wider, yellow shining. Fruit 

 panicles longer. Drupes very fleshy yellow; endocarp woody flat 

 curved pyriform deeply channelled on one face and strongly ribbed 

 on the keel, i in. long. Rare. Hah. High forest, Perak, Larut 

 (Kunstler). Kelantan on Gunong near Kota Bharu. Distrih. 

 Cochin-China and Borneo. 



7. ARCANGELISIA, Becc. 



Big lianes. Leaves coriaceous, long-petioled, palmate-nerved. 

 Male inflorescence panicled, fruiting rachis thickened. Sepals 

 outer 3 small, inner 8 petaloid spreading. Stamens g to 12, fila- 

 ments connate; anthers terminal 4-locellate, Female flowers, 

 staminodes short and thick. Carpels 3. Ovules 2 superposed. 

 Stigma thick triangular. Drupes i to 3, large globose-reniform ; 

 endocarp wrinkled or spiny, fibropilose. Seed, albumen ruminate. 

 Species 3, Cochin-China to New Guinea. 



(i) A. Loureiri Diels, Pflanzenreich, 104. Anamirta Loureiri 

 Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, pi. no; King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. 

 I.e. 379. 



A big powerful hane, 40 to 60 ft. long. Stem 2 to 5 in. through. 

 Leaves stiffly coriaceous glabrous, ovate to elliptic, cordate or 

 truncate at base, acuminate at top ; nerves from the base 3 to 5, 

 with one or two pairs rising from the midrib ; 3*25 in. long, 275 in. 

 wide; petioles slender, geniculate at base and thickened above, 

 2*5 in. long. Panicles usually from the trunk slender, 4 to 6 in. 

 long, many-flowered. Bracts triangular. Flowers small white. 

 Sepals 3 triangular ciliate; inner sepals and petals ovate boat- 

 shaped obtuse. Stamens 6 to 9 connate in a globose head. Female 



