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connected in the axis, at length separating from each other : wings siirrounding the cells. 

 Seeds- ccastaceous, aiillate : cotyledons thick, fleshy, straightish.— Climbing shrubs ; leaves 

 ternate, stipulate ; racemes juxia-axillan/, peduncled ; pednnclcs with 2 tendrils near <the 

 top ; ^eiia^i fascicled, articulated near the middle ; flowers whitish. 



4. 17. seriana, Gr. Leaflets ovate, coarsely serrate, or incised, the middle cuneate at 

 ' the' base ; racemes much exceeding the leaf ; disc-glands 2, one inferior, one superior, both 

 emarginate ; samara-wings semioboTate. — Gcertn. Carp. t. 79. — Panllinia, L., Cliff, {ex 

 descr.). Seijania sinuata, Schum. Urv. Berteriana^iJC'. — Branchlets and leaves pubescent 

 or glabrate ; racemes 4"-2" long, about twice as long as the peduncle, which is' inflexed at 

 the tendrils and equals the leaf ; samarse 1" long ; cell in a central position with respect to 

 the wing. — Hab, S. Vincent I, Guild.; Qrenada!, Lane; Trinidad!, Or.; [Nicaragua!, ' 

 Venezuela!]. 



3. SEEJANIA, Kth. 

 (Cururu, Sw.) 



Sepals 5. Petals 4, bearing scales. Stamens 8, interior to 4-3 glands. SamarceZ, 

 connected in the- axis: wings basilar, decurrent along the carpophore: cells villous within. 

 Seeds crustaceous, usually with a minute arillus : cotyledons incurved. — Shrubs, clinlbing 

 by peduncular or axillary tendrils ; leaves stipulate ; racemes juxta-axillary, simple or 



* Leaves punctate with pellucid lines and dots. 



5. S. paniculata, Kth. Branchlets puberulous ; leaves titemate, dotted: leaflets 

 ovate, serrate, glabrous, shining aibove : petiole naked, trigonal ; samarce puberulous above ; 

 wing semiobovate-oblong, wholly inferior, not lining the bact of the cell, which is ojisoletely 

 Veined on the surfece. — Kth. Nov. Gen. <. 441. — S. equestris, Maef.: a form with the 

 racemes compound. — Leaflets variable, l"-2" long, tufted with hairs in the vein-axils 

 beneath ; samarse 8'" long, and as broad below, 4"'-5"' broad above.- — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 If its., Macf., common ; [Cuba to Venezuela]. 



6. S. lucida, Schum. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves hitemaie, dotted : leaflets ovate, 

 subentire, glabrous, shining above : petiole lined above with . a narrow margin ; samarce 

 glabrous : wing semiobcordate, lining usually the back of the wing or glabrous cell.,— S. Os- 

 sana, X>(7. — Leaflets jJ"-2" long; samarae lQ"'-8"' long, 8"' broad below, 5"'-6"' broad above. 

 — Hab. Jamaica I, Wullsch,, Manchester : [Cuba, S. Thomas !]., 



7. S. divaricata, Sw. Branchlets puberulous or glabrate; leaves hiternate, dotted-. 

 leaflets large, elliptical, subentire, glabrous : petiole naked, or lined by a very narrow 

 margin ; samara pubescent : wing semiobcordate, wholly inferior, not lining the back of 

 the smooth cell. — Panllinia, Sw., olim.. — A high climber ; leaflets 3"-6" long, some of them 

 sometimes abortive ; racemes long, in lax panicles ; samarse 8'" long, (/"-%'" broad below, 

 4'" broad above. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Wils., AL, March, common in mountain-woods. 



** Leaves opaque. 



8. S. paucidentata, DC. Branchlets glabrate ; leaves biternate, not dotted .- leaflets 

 elliptical, subentire, and with 3—4 large crenatures near the blunt top, glabrous : petiole lined 

 by a narrow wing; samara pubescent above : 'wing semiobcordate, wholly inferior, not 

 lining the back of the small, smooth cell. — Leaflets 2"-4" long : petiolar wings tapering 

 towards the base ; samarffi 1" long, ID'" broad at the base, 3 broad at the top. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, O. ; [Giriana]. 



A', angustifolia, W., said to occur in. Jamaica, is remarkable by the foliaceous petioles 

 {Besc. Fl. 4. t. 237). 



4. PAULLINIA„i;. 



Sepals 5, distinct (W two of them combined). Petals 4, bearing scales. Stamens 8, 

 interior to 2-4 glands. Capsule septicidal, 3-celled (or by-abortion 1-celled). Seeds crus» 

 taceous, arillate. — Shrubs, climbing by peduncular or axillary tendrils; leaves stipulate; 

 faceracs axillary or juxta-axillfiry ; capsules usually pubescent within. 



