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MENI8PERMACEM 



Conspectus of genera. 

 Trib. I. TINOSPORJSM. Carpels 3, rarely 6. Style-scar almost tcrmlaal, rarely 

 ventral or almost basal. Seeds meuiscoid or rarely oblong, albuminous. Cotyledons 

 leafy, usually spreading laterally. 



* Petals 6, shorter than the inner sepals. Style-scar almost terminal. 



1. Parab^na. Sepals 6. Filaments connate, the anthers in heads. Seeds menis- 

 coid. 



2. AspiDOCAEYA.. Sepals 12. Filaments connate, the anthers sessile round the 

 peltate end of the column. Seeds oblong. 



3. TiJsrospoRA. Sepals 6. Stamens 5 ; anther-cells lateral, distinct. Seeds menis- 

 coid. Albumen ruminate. 



* * Petals none, 



4. FiBEAUEBA. Sepals 9. Stamens 6, free. Style-scar almost terminal. Albumen 

 horny. 



5. Anamieta. Sepals 6, in 2 rows. Filaments connate, anthers sessile at the end 

 of the column. Style-scar almost basal. Albumen ruminate. 



Trib. II. COCCTJLI^M. Flowers 3-merous. Ovaries usually 3. Style-scar almost basal, 

 rarely almost terminal. Seeds horseshoe-shaped. Albumen copious. Embryo 

 slender, the cotyledons linear or only slightly dilated. 

 X Albumen ruminate. 



6. Tiliacoea. Petals 6, minute. Carpels 6-12. 



X X Albumen homogeneous. 



7. LiMACiA. Petals 5 — 8. Styles short, compressed, 



8. CoccuLrs. Petals 6. Carpels 3 — 6, Styles subulate, simple or 2-cleft. 



Trib. III. CISSAMPELIDE^. Flowers 3— 5-merous. Ovaries usually solitary. Style- 

 scar usually almost basal. Endocarp dorsally muricate or echinate. Seeds horseshoe- 

 shaped. Albumen scanty. Embryo linear, the cotyledons appressed. 



9. Stephania. Petals 3 to 5, shorter than the sepals, rather thick, Staminal 

 column peltate at summit. Flowers umbellate. 



10. CissAMPELOS. Male fl. : sejials 4; petals united in a cup. Female fl : sepals and 

 petals 1 — 2, the latter entire 2-cleft or -parted; styles simple. Flowers cymose or 

 racemose. 



11. Cyclea. Male fl. : Sepals connate ; petals more or less connate. Female fl : 

 sepals 2, lateral, free ; petals none ; styles 2-parted Flowers panicled. 



Trib. IV. PACRYOONEM. Flowers usually 3-merous. Ovaries and carpels usually 

 3, rarely 9 — ^12. Style-scar almost basal or ventral. Seed curved hooked or inflexed, 

 without albumen. Cotyledons thick and fleshy. 



12. PACHYaoNE. Sepals, petals and stamens, 6 each. Anthers blunt. Styles thick. 

 Drupes reniform. 



Parabaena, Miers. 



1. P. SAGITTATA, Miers in Tayl. Ann. ser. 2-VII. 39 and Contr. Bot. 

 III. 57 and 391, t. 98 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 96. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests along tlie eastern slopes of 

 the Pegu Yomah and Martaban ; also Ava and Chittagong. Fl. March, 

 Apr. — Fr. May, June. 



