100 



L. Diels. — Menispermaceae. 



Fig. 36. Sphenocentrum Jollyanum Pierre. A Ramus foliatus. B Folium integrum. OFlos<3. 

 D, E, F, Sepala <$. H, J Petala <$. K Stamen. L Drupa. M Semen. [A et B originaria, 



C — K sec. Pierre reiterata.) 



16. Penianthus Miers. 



Penianthus*) Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIII. (1864) 124, XX. (1867) 171, 

 in Gontrib. Bot. III. (1871) 372 pl. 149; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. I. (1868) SO; in Hook. 

 Icon. 3. ser. IV, 22 pl. 1330 (1881); Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris n. s. (1898) 76. 

 — Heptacyclum Engl, in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (18 99) 414. 



Flores q?: Sepala 6 — 10, exteriora oblongo-spathulata extus parce sericeo-pilosa et 

 ciliata, intermedia lanceolata quam exteriora fere triplo longiora, intima membranacea, 

 concava, obovata, trinervia, a petalis parum discreta, vel reducta. Petala 5 — 6 carnosula, 

 glabra, inaequalia, subovato-elliptica vel elliptica, nonnunquam irregulariter lobulata, inte- 

 riora saepe marginibus inflexa, omnia saepe reducta vel nulla. Stamina 5 — 9, libera, rarius 

 varie leviter coalita, filamentum latum, thecae rima obliqua dehiscentes vertice demum 

 confluentes. Gynaecei rudimentum minutissimum subglobosum. — Flores Q : Sepala 3 

 exteriora puberula, 3 interiora concava subobovata. Petala 6 linguiformia, minuta vel 

 nulla. Staminodia 6 praeter antheras steriles staminibus conformia, vel nulla. Car- 

 pella 3, ovarium late ellipsoideum, pilosum, stigma peltatum amplum margine ero- 

 sulum. — Drupae saepe 1 duobus abortis, oblongo-ellipsoideae, aurantiaco-flavae, 



*) Nomen a vocibus nzvia paupertas et avd-og flos derivatum floribus reductis P. longifolii 

 autori occurrit. 



