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L. Diels. — Menispermaccae. 



llisl. 3. ser. XX. (1887) 14, in Contrib. Bot. III. (1 871) 359, pl. 143, 144; Baill. 

 Hist. pl. III. (1872) 39, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris n. 57 (1885) 455, in Grandidier 

 Bist, nat. Madagasc. (1886) pl. 47, 48. 



Flores q*: Sepala subovata glabra 6, interiora 3 quam exteriora 3 duplo majora. 

 Petala 6 minora aequalia glabra basi marginibus inflexa. Stamina 6; 3 exteriora libera, 

 3 interiora fere ad medium in columnam connata, antherae thecae oblongae erectae 

 rima longitudinali dehiscentes. — [Flores Q adhuc ignoti.] — Drupae 9, longiuscule 

 slipitatae, ambilu suborbieulares valde compressae, basin versus styli rudimento notatae, 



big 82. Spirospermum penduliflorum Thou. A Ramus florifer tf. B Flos £. C, D Sepala. 

 h Petalum. F Androeceum. Q Fructus. H Endocarpium. J Endocarpium longitudinaliter 



dissectum. K Semen. (Icon originaria.) 



