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are P. jamaicensis Chod. In Sp. PI. ed. 2, 988 Linnaeus includes under 

 P, divcrsifolia (i.e. Sccuridaca scandcns) a refeience to Browne's no. 3 

 (i.e. P. jamaicensis). 



2. SECURIDACA L. 



Shrubs generally climbing. Leaves alternate, entire, generally 

 with stipulary glands. Racemes terminal and axillary, often 

 paniculate. Sepals and wings deciduous. Petals 4, 2 larger, 

 adherinsr at the base to the staminal tube but distant from the 



84. — .^'ecuridacu. 



A, Bud of S. Biownei Giiseb. with a wing 



cat away x 5 ; c, oalj'x ; b, wings ; 

 y, petals ; a, rudimentary petal ; k, 

 lieel ; s, staminal sheath. 



B, Sepal of .V. erecta L. x 4. 



C, Wing of ditto X 4. 



D, Petal of ditto X 4. 



E, Keel of ditto x 4. 



F, Staminal sheath of ditto x 6; g,\khiiv' 



tive stamen ; a, rudimentary petal, 



G, Pistil of ditto x «. 



H, Fruit of S. Brownei Griseb. X s« 



J, Base of fruit of ditto cut lensthwise 



X 3 ; 6, wing cut off ; 8, point where 



style has been ; e, embryo. 

 .T, Seed of ditto x 3 ; ar, aril. 



keel, 2 rudimentary, scale-like. Keel, middle portion of apex 

 expanded, sometirnes crest-like. Ovary ] -celled through the 

 abortion of the second cell, with an appendage on one side, 

 developing into the wing of the fruit, stylo curved hook-like. 



