VI. ANONACEiE. 
IOI 
Mezzetiia.] 
*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. Ovary 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. Hab. 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 1. 1560 ; King, Journ. 
.4s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 129 ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 168 , pi. 217 A. 
A tree; glabrous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong acuminate, 
base cuneate; nerves 10 pairs faint, inarching within margin; 
2-5 to 3 in. long, 1 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. Ovarj' oblong tapering to 
style. Ovules 2. Hab. Malacca (Hervey). Native name: Meng- 
kudang. 
(3) M. Curtisii King, Journ. . 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 129 ; Ann. 
Bot. Card. Calc. l.c. 217 B. 
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 1, ovoid, 2-ovuled. Carpels 
sub-globose, 1-5 to 2 in. across, smooth, glaucous. Hab. Penang, 
Government Hill at 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
Order VII. MENISPERMACE^. 
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 0, or 1 to 5, free or connate. Male flowers, stamens 
hypogynous, filaments free or connate. Anthers free or connate, 
2-celled. Pistillodes minute or 0. Female flowers, staminodes 
6 or o. Ovaries 3 (rarely 1 or 6 to 12). Style terminal, simple or 
