12ß L. Diels. — Menispermaceao. 



f Antherarum ihecae transverse dehiscentes. 

 Inflorescentia ramosa, paniculata vel corym- 



bosa 28. Parabaena Miers. 



-j-f Antherarum thecae longitudinaliter dehi- 

 scentes. Inflorescentia e cymulis parvis 

 effecta pseudoracemosa. 

 Q Folia angulato-lobata. Petala sub- 



aequalia 29. Ghasmanthera Höchst. 



QO Folia non lobata. Petala inaequalia . 30. Desmonema Miers. 

 *** Stamina 3 ultra medium connata . . . 31. Syntriandrium Engl. 



2. Endocarpium echinatum. 



* Inflorescentiae pseudoracemosae 3 2. Rhigiocarya Miers. 



** Inflorescentiae amplae paniculatae . . . .33. KolobopetalumEngl. 



3. Endocarpium fibrilloso-pilosum. 



* Exocarpium strigosum 3 4. Jatrorrhiza Miers. 



** Exocarpium glabrum. 



-J* Stamina 6 libera 35. Platytinospora Diels. 



ff Stamina 6 zb. connata 3 6. Odontocarya Miers. 



fff Stamina 3 tota connata 37. Somp) \oxy Ion Eichl. 



II. Petala crassa carnosa antrorsum incrassata, non- 

 nunquam minuta. Stamina 3, raro 6. Antherae 



thecae discretae „ 38. Disciphania Eichl. 



III. Petala nulla 39. Dloscoreophyllum Engl. 



Genera dubia. 



[Flores ignoti.] Folia aliquantum Fibraureae similia. 



Madagascaria 40. OrtJiogynium Baill. 



Petala rugulosa globosa incrassata. Stamina 3 tota 



connata. Australia boreali-orientalis 4 1 . Leichhardtia F. Muell. 



23. Aspidocarya Hook. f. et Thoms. 



Aspidocarya*) Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. (1855) 180; Walp. Ann. IV. (1857) 

 123; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. I. (1862) 33; Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIV. (1864) 

 52, in Gontrib. Bot. III. (1871) 58 pl. 99; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1872) 95; Baill. 

 Hist. pl. III. (1872) 40. 



Flores tf: Sepala (6 — )12; si 12 adsunt, 3 exteriora minima ciliata, 3 — 6 media 

 lineari-oblonga uninervia ciliata, 3 interiora spathulato-oblonga trinervia ciliata, 3 intima 

 obovata concava trinervia glabra. Petala 6 obtriangularia vel cuneato-obovata apice 

 trilobulata vel truncata, marginibus basin versus involutis, trinervia, nervis ad medium 

 protensis et illic arcuato-nexis. Androeceum hexandrum, filamenta columnari-connata, 

 antherae 6 ad oram connectivi peltati connatae sessiles horizontales, thecae transverse 

 dehiscentes., — Flores Q: Sepala et petala illis floris (j 1 subaequalia; staminodia 

 6 clavata; carpella 3, stigma subcapitatum vel trifidum patulum. — Drupae 3 a dorso 

 compressae, subellipticae pulposae, stjli cicatrice subterminali notatae; endocarpium 

 subosseum, lenticulari-compressum, in utraque facie leviter convexum, in latere dorsali 

 carina elevata apice basique excurrente cristatum, in latere ventrali praeterea costulis 

 2 obsoletis paulum verruculosis notatum, margine alis angustis truncato-dentatis vel 

 erosis praeditum, utrinque apiculatum; condvlus inconspicuus ; semen loculo conforme, 

 ovato-ellipticum, valde compressum, albumen carnosum, cotjledones foliaceae planae 

 oblongae, acutae, basi divergentes, quam radicula teres multo longiores. — Frutex 

 scandens. Foliorum lamina subpeltata vel cordata. Paniculae subcompositae, elongatae. — 

 Fig. 45. 



*j Nomen ob drupam peltiformem [aonig pelta, xccqvov nux) propositum. 



