120 



ß. Folia biternata (semen glabrum) 



aa. Foliorum rhachis nuda vel vix marginata; foliola serrato- 

 dentata, acuta, epidermide non mucigera; Capsula estipitata 



(sp. peruviana) 101. P. enneaphylla Don. 



ßß. Foliorum rhachis marginata vel subalata; Capsula breviter 

 stipitata 



* Foliola dentata, acuta, epidermide mucigera (sp. mexicano- 

 ecuadorensi-surinamensis) 102. P. fuscescens Kunth. 

 ** Foliola integerrima vel subcrenata, obtusa, laevigata, epi- 

 dermide mucigera; (sp. jamaicensis) 



103. P. barbadensis Jacq. 

 B. Capsulae alae latae (quam pars seminifera plerumque latiores, vix unquam, nisi in 

 P. trijrtera, angustiores), apice et basi subaequilatae 



a. Corpus lignosum compositum (thyrsi solitarii; epidermis mucigera) 



aa. Folia ternata (sp. brasiliensis) 104. P. monogyna Radlk. 



bb. Folia 5-foliolato-pinnata (fructus ignotus; sp. guatemalensi-nicaraguensis) 



105? P. hymenobractea Radlk. 



b. Corpus lignosum simplex (semen pilosum) 



aa. Thyrsi ad foliorum axillas glomeratim congesti; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata, 

 rhachi nuda, superiora ternata (epidermis non mucigera; sp. novograna- 



tensis) 106. P. pterocarpa Tr. & PI. 



bb. Thyrsi axillares solitarii 



a. Folia 5-foliolato-pinnata, rhachi nuda (epidermis mucigera ; sp. novo- 



granatensis) 107. P. triptera Tr. & PI. 



ß. Folia biternata, rhachi subalata (epidermis non mucigera ; sp. peru- 

 viana) 108. P. selenoptera Radlk. 



y. Folia trijuga, jugo infimo ternato, rhachi alata (epidermis non muci- 

 gera; sp. novogranatensis) . . 109. P. serjaniaef olia Tr. & PI. 

 Hie inserenda? foliis supradecompositis (subtripinnatis, eleganter 

 pellucide lineatis et punetatis, rhachi submarginata , epidermide 

 non mucigera, fruetu non nisi e germine aueto noto ; sp. brasi- 

 liensi-uruguayensis) 110? P. australis St. Hil. 



Seclio XIII. Phygoptilon Eadlk. 11. cc. Capsula, junior Gerte, trialata, denique interdum 

 aus evanidis trigona, elliptico-lanceolata, obovata vel suborbicularis, vix brevissime stipitata 

 (cf. Fig. XIII), glabra vel tomentosa, valvis interdum juxta margines tuberculatis, cristatis, 

 vel in alulas corniformes produetis, mesocarpio parenehymatico, endocarpii sclerenchymate 

 alas ingrediente et fere usque ad marginem percurrente, denique (seminum incremento) 



• plus minus bipartito, alis inde plus minus evanescentibus et ad loculorum parietes dorsales 

 augendas consumtis, valvis in hac parte epithelio destitutis, juxta margines septisque tomen- 

 tellis; semina e trigono breviter ellipsoidea, -glabra, arillo dorso fisso usque ad medium 

 obteeta; embryo oleosus, rarissime oleoso-farinosus, cotyledonibus plerumque minus crassis 

 et (ut illae Serjaniarum) plicato-curvatis; flores plerumque parvi, alabastris saepius trigonis, 

 sepalis subcoriaeeis, saepius margine tantum puberulis, 3. et 5. fere usque ad apicem con- 

 natis; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti; corpus lignosum simplex; folia in 1 specie 

 (P. coriacea) ternata, in paucis biternata (P. Plumierii, revoluta, cristata, trigonia), in 

 pluribus pinnata vel subbipinnata, in 1 tandem (P. thaUctrifolia) supradecomposita, petiolo 

 nudo, rhachi saepius subalata; stipulae plerumque minutae; foliola glandulis malleoliformibus 

 ornata; epidermis in plurimis mucigera, in 3 (P revoluta, rhomboidea, uloptera) non muci- 



