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Mezzettia pauciflora , n. sp. 
Leaves lanceolate, long acuminate, base cuneate coria¬ 
ceous, pale beneath ; nerves six pairs, inarching in loops 
midrib prominent; reticulations lax, visible on both sur¬ 
faces, 11-14 cm. long, 8*5-4 cm. wide; petiole ‘5 mm. 
Flowers few, on short extra-axillary racemose peduncles, 
lcm. or less. Pedicels “blue,” 5 mm. Sepals ovate, 
small, green. Petals linear from a broader base, 5 mm- 
long, “ dirty-white,” inner ones smaller. Stamens square 
truncate, flat-topped. Ovary one-ovuled. Carpel one, 
cylindric obtuse, 4 cm. long, 2 cm. across, “ glaucous.” 
Seed ellipsoid, 2*5 cm. 
Sarawak: Kuching (Haviland, 1952). 
Very distinct in its stiff coriaceous, lanceolate, acumi¬ 
nate leaves, few flowers, and olive-shaped fruit. Nearest 
M. umbellata, Becc., but shorter petals, and quite different 
leaves. 
Mezzettiopsis, n. gen. 
Tree with the habit of Mezzettia. Leaves thinly coria¬ 
ceous oblong, shortly petioled. Flowers numerous, small 
from the axils of the leaves in short panicles, hairy. Sepals 
free, small ovate. Outer petals short, broadly rounded 
ovate. Inner petals longer, linear, obtuse, rather thick, 
excavate at the base. Stamens fairly numerous, elliptic, 
with broad cells, narrowed to a point at the tip. Pistils 
six or more curved, flask-shaped ; style short. Ovule one, 
basal. 
Mezzettiopsis Creaghii , n. sp. 
Bark of twigs black. Leaves elliptic, shortly, bluntly 
cuspidate, base narrowed; nerves six pairs, elevate beneath, 
anastomosing within the margin, quite glabrous, 12 cm. 
long, 4 cm. wide; petiole 8 mm. long. Flowers small, in 
short hairy panicles, 2 cm. long. Bracts ovate, hairy, 
1 mm. Sepals very small, ovate, hairy. Outer petals 
short, broadly rounded ovate, hairy. Inner petals linear, 
obtuse, thick, rather fleshy, hairy, base excavate over the 
reproductive organs, 5 mm. long. Stamens about twenty, 
elliptic, 2-celled, apex narrowed to a point. Carpels six 
or more, small, hardly longer than the stamens, curved, 
narrowed at the base, and with a short blunt style. Ovule 
one, basal. 
British North Borneo : Tinkayo (Creagh), in Herb. Kew. 
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