Securidaca.] 
XIII. POLYGALACEAL 
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4 . SECURIDACA, L. 
Climbers. Flowers in terminal panicles or compound racemes 
(or in simple racemes or axillary), small. Sepals 2, outer boat- 
snaped 2 inner large petaloid. Petals 3, lateral ones separate 
10m the crested keel except at the base, upper ones absent, 
stamens 8; filaments united; anthers opening by pores. Ovarv 
^celled i-ovuled. Fruit a broad-winged samara, wing chopper¬ 
shaped. Species about 25, chiefly in America, a few Asia and 
Alnca. 
Leaves ovate oblong to elliptic ; flowers panicled ; bracts 
caducous . . . # / p m 
Leaves elliptic; flowers in short panicled racemes; bracts * avoyana 
persistent .. (2) S. bracteata 
(1) S. Tavoyana Wall. Cat. 4196; Benn. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 208. 
Climber. Branches, petiole, back of leaves, and inflorescence 
pubescent Leaves thin coriaceous ovate to oblong acute, base 
round or shortly narrowed, smooth shining above, 4 in. long 1-3 in 
wide or less; petioles -2 in. long. Panicle lax spreading 6 in. long 
Branchlets pubescent, slender. Bracts very small caducous. Flowers 
*i 5 Y 1 ' pmk to mauve i upper petal with vellow tip. Sepals 
short oblong-ovate blunt. Lateral petals adnate to keel at base, 
keel crested. Samara 3 in. long, wing oblique, tip rounded, strongly 
veined. ^6. Pahang, Gunong Senyum (J. H. N. Evans). Did- 
tnb. India, Burma, Java, China. 
(2) S. bracteata Benn. l.c. i. 208 ; King, l.c. 133. 
Stout climber puberulous. Leaves elliptic acuminate, base 
round or shortly narrowed pubescent beneath, 2-5 to 3 in. long 
1 to 1 25 in. wide. Panicles of pubescent short racemes r in. long. 
racts persistent very small. Outer sepals ovate hairy, inner 
large round. Petals oblong truncate, keel-crest recurved plaited. 
Samara 3 to 3-4 in long. Hab. Not common, Malacca (Maingay). 
Perak, Simpang (Wray). v 6 y} 
shorter ^d V Mt re smaSer fleShy in S ' T ™°yam ^ Prides 
5. TRIGONIASTRUM, Miq. 
Tree. Leaves white beneath. Flowers in terminal axillary 
panicles. Sepals 5, the 2 outer a little larger than inner. Petals 
5 unequal, 2 lower partly united forming a keel, odd petal largest 
base saccate with a hairy gland. Stamens 5 or 6 ; filaments united’ 
Ovary hairy 3-locular; ovules pendulous solitary. Fruit of 3 
and Ysknd C s arPelS ’ ^ ^ 1 SpedeS 2 ' Mala ^ Peninsula 
