Platylophus (platilofus)

[NL., alder1, 2. platy mesaticephalic (plat-i-mesa-ti-se-fal'ik or -sef'a-lik), a. [ nected. Platymiscium (plat-i-mis'i-um), n. [NL. (Vogel, 1837), so called with ref. to the compre ed stalk of the pod; platyphylline tribe Lonchocarpeæ, characterized by the free wing-petals, wing-petals, the opposite leaves and leaflets, and the indehiscent one-seeded long-stalked pod, which is thin, flat, and oblong. In its opposite or whorled leaves it is almost alone in this large order. The 13 species are natives of tropical America. They bear yellow flowers in racemes on the branches. P. platys tach yum is called roble in the West Indies. Platy not a (plat-i-no'tä), n. pl. [NL.: see plat ynote.] A group of existing Lacer til i a, with a columella and an orbital septum, procœlous vertebræ, not more than nine cervical vertebræ, and the nasal bone single. It embraces the monitors or varanoids of the Old World, with the American genus Heloderma. See monitor, Heloderma.