1896.] G, King — Materiah for a Flora of the Malayan Fminsula. 4.21 
Calyx gamosepaloua, dontafco or lobed i petals with 
two crested bnsal aeales ; frnit largo, pyriform, with 
thick pericarp, obtusely not lobod 
Petals with 2 crestloss baaiil acaloa, or somofcioiea 
absent ; fruit with, tho cocci quito distinct and di^ari^ 
eato ; dhc sob -on tiro, aiumlftr. 
Ariltaa enclosing the whole or nearly the whole of 
tho Bead, not appendicnlato At tho btae 
A tin us with 2 spur^like proc eases at ita base ; 
fruit pyriform or gltiboso, 3-!obod 
Fetnls peltato-infuudibnliform, the siitglo largo basal 
aoale being connate with each petal by ita edges. 
Ov^ry 2-ceUed ; frnit obovate, the pericarp ooria- 
oeons, the arilltia fleshy, basal } tho leaves equally 
pinnate, flower buda ova), pointed 
Ovary 3- colled ; fruit with tho pericarp woody, i 
tubercular or oohinate ; floiver-bads anh-globose ... 
Ovolos 2 or more in each tooulus of tbe ovary. 
he&vea simple, exetipnlato : stamens inserted outside the 
diao ; tlieoapsnle maohcompreBseii membranousf, winged, 
seeds ox-fxrillate 
Leaves pinnate, exstipnlate ; stamens inserted inside tho 
disc i capsnlo coriaceous, inflated, suh-comprosaGd, reui- 
form, 2-celled, not winged; seeds ariltate 
Leaves pinnate, stipulate ; statuGns iosortud outside tlio 
k)bed ^&oi frnit more or less Hesiiy, sub-globose, S'oelled^ 
indehisoent ]^ seeds withoat arill lis 
12. T&IQONACttBi.S» 
13. 
14, 
15, 
16. 
AvtTTBKA* 
Lkpidopbtalum. 
Pi.EANBPEBLlUM. 
17. DODOJVAEA. 
18, Hahpollia, 
19, TURPINIA. 
I. Card40Spekm<jm, Linn. 
Climbing? tendril-bearing lierbs with alternate ©xjstipa^at© Jeave,-?, 
hiternate coarsely dentate leaflets, axillary racemes, and in-cgular 
polygamo-dioecioug flowers. S^als 4, imbricate, concave, the 2 outer 
Bmall. Fefah 4, in pairs, the larger two with a scale above the base ; the 
two smaller inferior, remote from the stamens, each furnished with a 
small crested scale. Disc unilateral, undiilate, almost reduced to 2 
foiimd or linear glands opposite the lower petals. Sfamens 8, exceetric ; 
flilamenta free or connate at base ; the 4 nearest to the glands shorter 
than the rest. Ovary sessile or sub-i^ssile, ^-ceJled ; style ehoi t, tritid ; 
ovules solitarj', ascending. Capsule membranous, 3-celIed, 3-v»Ived, 
inflated, ioenlicidal. Seeds globose, nsnally ai-illatc at Ibe base, exalbu- 
minoiis, testa crnstaceons; mttjMons large, transversely condaplicafe, — 
DiSTRiB. About 30 species, mostly Tropical American and Tropical 
Afi'ican. 
CABDiospKRMnM Hai^igacabitm, Linn. Sp. PI, ed. T, 366, Annual 
or perennial ; the branches slender^ striate, sparsely pubescent or snb* 
glabrous. Leajlet$ deltoid, acuminate, deeply and sharply- lohed, 
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