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VI. AN0NACE.E. 
[Kingstonia. 
28. KINGSTONIA, Hook. fil. 
Tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous. Flowers fascicled on tuber¬ 
cles on branches, bisexual. Sepals 3 persistent ova.te 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 1; stigma sessile, peltate 
crenate; ovules 4 to 6. Carpels globose. Seeds several, 2-senate. 
Species x. , 0 
(1) K. nervosa Hook. fil, F.B.I. i. 93 1 King, Jo-urn. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 128; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 167, pi. 2i6a. 
Leaves oblong to elliptic, acuminate, base rounded, glabrous; 
nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 
3-25 in. vide; 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, 13 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, Reccari. 
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 senes smaller 
than the outer. Stamens 9 to 12 in 2 rows; anther-cells lateral 
introrse; appendages truncate. Torus small, concave, pubescent. 
Ovary 1, 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. 
As. 
Leaves coriaceous; sepals broadly ovate. 
Outer petals linear . 
Outer petals ovate lanceolate . 
Leaves thinly coriaceous; sepals semi-orbicular . 
( 1 ) M. leptopoda Oliver , Hook. fil. Ic. PI. t. 1560 ; King, Journ. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 129; Lonchomera leptopoda Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
(1) M. leptopoda 
(2) M. Herveyana 
(3} M. Curtisii 
’ 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; 23 to 4 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles 
