LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. IV. Manila, P. I., November 13, 1911. Art. 63. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE PHIL PPINE MENISPERMACEAE 
By 
Prof. Dr. L. Diels 
( Marburg, Germany) 
The following synopsis of the Philippine Menispermaçeae 
is based upon my monograph of the order in ‘‘Pflanzenreich”’ 
pt. IV, no. 94, 1910, in which complete deseriptions of all spe- 
cies as well as other particulars are given. 
Key to the genera. 
A. Seeds without albumen. 
Flowers in short cymes or solitary; 
number of floral parts irregular; 
leaves oblong or elliptical............ lL. Pycenarrhena. 
B. Seeds albuminous. 
a. Drupes and seeds straight (not 
curved). 
I. Endocarp (stone of drupe) 
without an inner protu- 
berance or  "Condyle"; 
leaves large, cordate or 
triangular. 
1. Drupes subglobular; 
cotyledons folded; sta- 
