1897.] G. Kiwg-^Matenals for a Flora of the Afahiyan Peninsnla. 237 
of p. microphtjllum Ktxtt, ; tUat it, cannot poBsibly be tho true P, mierophffUum Miq, 
isobviona from tlie f«»ct Umt Miquol'a plant has Iinpar leaflota smmller lJi:*ii IhoBe of 
bia P. faeemns — which ia the P. laacropterum of thia work-irtiruiigfid in from 20- 
23 paira on H-10 pui'ra df phinKJ, whereaa P. tUnaijionim- hna oblmjg Icnflpta larger 
than thoBO of F. mttcropterzttnj nrrangocJ iii from only 7^ pairs on 4-Spnir8 of phitiso. 
Mr. Kturz'a misidentiticatian no doubt arose from the fivct that he had not Boeir the 
letivea of Maingny's plant. In etylo of inflorescence P. den^tJioruM moat resembles 
the Chinese P, punctatum H&mal.t bat that plunt baa kas doose and loss nanieroaaly 
flowered i>acemefl» and hus very different leavea. 
SUBOSDEB in. MmOSEM, 
Treest shrubs or very rarely Iierba. Leaves 2.pint»atc, very rarely 
simply pinnnte. Flowers email, rarely elongated, tabular, seasile in 
globose heads or cylitidrio Bpikes, rarely sliortly pedicelled nud in globose 
urabels or sleader racemes i bracts small narraw often dilated at the 
tips, stibstrobi lately imbricjit© in bud usuiilly deciduous durinj^ flo weir- 
ing ; bracteolea very rai-e ; perianth regular often in 5-merous, some- 
times 4-merouaj I'urely S-mei-ous or 6*merous whorls. Bepnh valvnto 
(except in P(f,rkiem)i rarely free, usually connate in a5-tt>otlied to 6-lobod 
tube, sometimes 0; disc-tube 0. Petals as many as sepals, vfilvatc, fi'ee 
01' connate in a lobed tube, hvpog^'tious oi- obscurely pei iv^^ noiis, Sta- 
mem as many, or twico or thrice as many^ as petals, or iiifteSnite, fi-^e 
or raonadelphous, or udnate to base of corolla tube, asually exsert*'d ; 
antherii small, voi-satile, dehificing longitudinally. Otary free at base 
of calyx. Seeds usually ovate or orbicular, compresged, with baRilar 
hihim ; rarely thick globose or ovoid ; testa bard, albumen 0, or scanty ; 
cotyledons flat ; radicle straight, shortly exsertcd or included ; funiculus 
often expanded in a small flesby arillus. 
Anthers gland-tipped ; (stamens 5-10) : — 
CfllyK'toeth abort, imbricated (P«rttV;e) i filametita tisufiTly 
either eonnafce or adnate at base ; (inflorescence Ciipitfito ; 
headB very large ; ire J ... ... ,., 58. Pabkta, * 
Calyjc viilrato (Adenanthere<v} ; filaments free 
lafloroBConce elongattd ; (epeciea ail woody) i-r- 
Flowers Bi'iRsiile; grcMt climbers with opposite leaiSeta 
and huge pods and seeds ... ... . 69, Entada. 
Flowers short-stulkcd | fcreoB with alternate leaflets 
and narroiv contorted pode ... ... 60, AobNANthjcba. 
InfloroacericQ etipitnte ; hoails small : — 
Small aqtiatto or atibuq^aiuic herbs with small tlun 
poda otjeinng early by upper sutore ; aecda email ... Gl, NEnuTflA. 
Lofty trees with large thick woo<Jy pods, late in 
dehiscing, opening by both sataros ; seeds largo ... 62. Xtha. 
Anthei-s not gland- tipped ( (oalyi vfldrate, rarely 0) : — 
Filamciita free : — 
Stamens definite, aa many, or twtco as raany as petals 
