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Fig. 140Q. — Winged fruits in Malpighi- 

 aceae. A, Acridocarpus zanzibaricus. 

 B, Heteropteris laurifolia. (After 

 Niedeuzii.) 



Fig. 1 410. — Combretum npiciilatum. Cluster of winged fruits. 



yards. This may be seen in Koompassia (Fig. 141 1), a large 

 leguminous tree of Malaya, whose fruit is a reduced one- 

 seeded legume, which is flattened and twisted. Another 

 leguminous tree with flattened one-seeded fruits is 

 Pterocarpus, also Malayan (Fig. 141 2). In both the above 

 it is the whole pericarp which forms the wing. The 



Fig. 141 1.— Koom- 

 passia tnalac- 

 censis. One- 

 seeded legume 

 flattened to 

 form a spiral 

 wing. {After 

 Ridley.) 



