

Il8 SAPINDACEjE. 



Crescitin ripa obumbrata fluminis Orinoci, prope S. Fernando de Atabapo. D Floret Majo. 



Cacles scandcntes, sulcati ; ramulis subpentagonis, fuscescenti-pubescentibus. Folu altcrna, pctiolata, 

 imparipinnata (ex Humb.) '- Foliola opposita (bijuga?), breviter petiolata, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, grossc 

 ct rcmote serrato-crenata, reticulato-vcnosa , nervo mcdio vcnisquc primariis subtus prominentibus, 

 coriacca, glabra , supra viridia, subtus pallida inque nervo et venis pubcrula ; terminalc subsexpollicare, vix 

 tres polliccs latum, basi cuncatum ; latcralia 44-5-polIicaria, basi rotundata. Petiolus communis pubcrulus, 

 tripollicaris, teretiusculus , basi incrassatus et bistipulatus partialesque nudi, nec alati. Snr-ULiE lanccolata:, 

 ramulis adpressaj, ferruginco-pubescentes. Racemi axillares , solitarii , ramosi , spie;eformcs , bracteati; in 

 specimine suppctcntc noiulum cxplicati ; ramulis brcvissimis, plurilloris rhachiquc tomcntosis ct fusces- 

 centibus. Flores pedicellati ; in spcciminc nostro nondum apcrti. Brac.tex suhulatie , pubcsccntcs. Calyx 

 pentapbyllus, puberulus ; foliolis ellipticis, concavis , imbricatis, duobus exterioribus minoribus. Coroll£ 

 Staminlm ct Pistilli structuram explorare haud potui. Cvpsulv (a me haud visa) ovata, acuta, trilocularis ; 

 ioculis duobus saipe obliteratis; columna ccntrali triangulari; loculis monospermis. Semina plano-convcxa, 



basi macula alba farinacea notata (ex Humb.). 



Semina hujus plantie contrita, Cassava: mista foliisque palmeis aut musaccis involuta lndi aqua perfun- 

 dunt. Dcin putrefactione vix incepta aquam colore croceo tiuctam saporisquc amari dcfunduut caraquc 

 aqua mera dilutam bibunt. 



8. PAULLINIA caktb^a. 



P. ramis pctiolisque aculealis; foliis bitcrnatis ; foliolis grosse crcuatis , coriaceis, condu- 

 plicutis, supra glabris, subtus pubescentibus ; tcrminalibus ovato-oblongis, obtusis; petiolis 



partialibus alatis. 



Paullinia caribaca. Jacq. obs. &p. i i. t. 62./ 7.? 



Vejuco dc Sarzilo incolarum. 



Crescitfrequentissime in Provincia Caracasana. [Falles de Aragua). fc Floret Januario. 



Caulis sarmentosus, scandcns ; ramis sulcato-anguiatis, aculcatis, glabriusculis, viridibus aut rubris (ex 

 Bonpl.); aculeis sparsis, parvis, subuncinatis , vix lincam longis. Foua altcrna , petiolata, bitcrnata. 

 Foliola sessilia, obtusa, apicem versus remote ct grosse crenata, reticulato-venosa, ncrvo venisque subtus 

 promiuentibus,coriacca, conduplicata, supra glabra, viridia et uitida, subtus pubcsccntia et ochraceo- 

 fusccscentia ; intermcdium cujuslibct folii partialis ovato-oblongum , basi valde acuminatum, /ji-^ipol- 

 liccslongum, a-2-^polIiccs latum; reliqua oblonga , basi acuta, aXi polliccs longa. Petiolis communis 



evanescentibus. 



lares 



Bonpl. 



ovato-lanceolats, pubcscentes. CALYxpcntapbyllus, cano-tomentosus; foliolisimbricatis, cllipticis, obtusis, 

 concavis,mcmbranaceis, subaiqualibus. Petala quatuor, reccptaculo inscrta, cum foliolis calycinis altcr- 

 nantia, iuterstitium intcr foliola duo superiora, ob absentiam quinti pctali, breviter unguiculata, subrotundo- 

 obovata, margine undulata, alba, glabra , calyce breviora, basi intcriore squama aucta ; duo lateralia 



1 Foliabitcrnata WilUI. ims. 



