Plantae ecuadorenses. IV. 383 
chartacea, supra puberula, subtus molliter pubescentia, glandulis micro- 
scopieis geniculatis supra subtusque obsita, impunctata, reti utriculorum 
laticiferorum interrupto subpellucido subtus instructa, epidermide mucigera; 
rhachis (petiolus partialis intermedius) submarginata; stipulae parvae, subu- 
latae; thyrsi solitarii, tomentelli; flores mediocres; capsula major, trialata, 
rotundato-rhombea, basi in stipitem conspicuum coarctata, alis angustis 
infra apicem in carinam abeuntibus, valvis inde navicularibus, extus pube- 
rula, intus sordide tomentella; semen breviter ellipsoideum, trigonum, 
ventre complanatum, dorso obtuse carinatum, glabrum, arillo basi fisso ab 
imo dorso oblique adscendente ventre fere totum obtectum. 
Rami diametro 4 mm. Folia 40-—42 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliola lateralia 
superiora 4—5 cm longa, 2—2,5 cm lata, terminalia majora, lateralia inferiora saepius 
vix 4,5 em longa, A cm lata, sicca subfusca; petiolus communis 4,5—2 cm longus, 
supra sulcatus, tomentellus, rhachis ca. 2 cm longa; stipulae vix 2 mm longae. Thyrsi 
3,5—9 cm longi, brevius longiusve pedunculati, dense cincinnigeri; cincinni sessiles, 
contracti; bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae, parvae; pedicelli fructigeri 4 mm longi. 
Sepala sub fructu relicta tomentella; tori tomentelli glandulae ovatae apice glabrae. 
Capsula cum stipite 3 mm longo 3 cm longa, 2,5 cm lata, subfusca. Semen 12 mm 
longum, 8 mm (in dir. tang.) latum, 40 mm (in dir. rad.) crassum, spadiceo-nigrum, 
arillo cinnamomeo sicco subcorticoso-farinoso friabili. 
Crescit in regione subtropica ad viam Quito-Manaby (S. n. 277 — 
fructibus mense Jan. 1882). 
Obs.: Species Sectionis XII. proxime accedens ad P. fuscescentemKunth, a qua 
praesertim differt fructu majore conspicue stipitato et habitu robustiore. 
441. Cardiospermum Corindum Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. II (1762) p. 526; 
Radlk. in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3 (Fasc. 122, 1897) p. 443 c. syn. 
Forma 4. villosum Radlk. 1. c. p. 447 (accedens ad form. 4. loxense 
R. ibid.). 
Crescit in regione interand. temperata prope Baños etc. (S. n. 276 — 
floribus et fructibus mense Oct. 1891). 
19. Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. (1760) p. 19; Radik. 
in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3 (Fasc. 124, 4900) p. 639 c. syn. 
Var. 8. angustifolia Benth. in Fl. Austr. I (1863) p. 475; Radlk. 
l. e. p. 646. 
Crescit in collibus rupestribus interandinis Tumtoco, Pornasqui etc. 
(S. n. 282 — floribus et fructibus). 
13. Llagunoa nitida R. et Pav. Syst. FI. Peruv. I (1798) p. 252. l 
Var. mollis Radlk. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. Ill. 5 
(1895) p. 355 c. syn. »Ll. mollis Kunth in H.B.K. Gen. et Spec. V (A8214) 
p. 102 (Ed. in 4° p. 134)«. 
Crescit secus flumen Guallabamba: Perucho-Quisaya (S. n. 980 — 
frutex vel arbuscula 2—4-metralis, fructibus mense Aprili 1874). 
