SCHMIDELIA. , I2I 



adjecto pcdunculo 3-4-pollicarcs; pcdunculo f- i-pollicari rhachiquc glabris; ramis sparsis, patentibus, 

 subsemipollicarihus, apicetri-quinqucnoris, glabris. Bractea^ parvx, ovatffi, acuminata; , glabrs. Flores 

 pedicellati, magnitudine floris Cardiosperrni Ilalicacabi ; pediccllis 1 4-2 lineas longis, apicem vcrsus cras- 

 siusculis, 'glabris. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber; foliolis ellipticis, apice rotundatis, concavis, imbricatis, 

 coloratis; duobus extcrioribus minoribus. Petala quatuor, obovato-spathulata, unguiculata, receptaculo 

 inserta, cum foliolis calycinis alternantia, interstitium pro quinto, quod constanter abest , alba (?) , glabra , 

 calyce longiora , suba-qualia, basi interiore squama aucta. Squamie mcmbranace.-e, pctalo breviorcs, glabrius- 

 cukc; squamin pctalorum duorum intcrmediorum ovatai, acuminatc-n, ciliat*, apice inflexa?, dorso appendi- 

 culatx; appcndice lincari, crassiuscula , erecta, petalo breviore. Squam.x petalorum duorum lateralium 

 dimidiatai, apice crassiusculaj. Glandlije 4 inter petala et stamina, glabrrc. Stamina 8, ovario circumposita, 

 petalisparumbreviora, inaqualia. Filamenta filiformia, Iibera, pubesccntia. Antiier* oblonga;, emarginata;, 

 basi cordata;, dorso affixa?, glabra; , biloculares, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovarium minutum, 

 sessile, subrotundo-tricoccum, glabrum. Styli 5, crassiusculi, conniventes, pubcruli, staminibus multoties 

 brcviorcs. Stigmata simplicia. Fructus haud suppetit. 

 An Paullinia divcrsifolia Jacq. ? 



Sect. IL SAPINDACE/E VER/E. Petala esquamata. Discus annularis aut 

 rarius glanduhe basi connattc inter petala et stamina. Ovarium bi-trilo- 

 cularc ; loculis monospermis. Arbores vcl frutices haud sarmentosi, 



SCHMIDELIA. Linn. 



Ornithrophe Juss. Alloplvyllus Linn. Aporetica Forst. 



Calyx tetraplryllus, coloratus, persistens; foliolis duobus exterioribus 



multo minoribus. Petala quatuor, unguiculata, cucullata (ex Swartz), 



subunilateralia. Glandul^: quatuor inter petala et stamina. Stamina octo, 



imac basi ovarii circumposita; filamentis liberis. Ovarium didymum. 



Stylus i, bipartitus. Stigmata simplicia, Drupa subexsucca (bacca Swartz), 



pisiformis, monosperma, ad basim rudimento alterius ovarii lobi in- 

 structa '. 



Frutices aut arbores. Folia alterna, ternata, simplicia in Schmidelia 

 rigida Sw. Racemi axillares, seepius ramosi. Flores subconglomerati , 

 albi, hermaphroditi masculis crebrioribus intermixti. 





Ornithrophc raacropbylla Poir. , ab Ornithroplu habitu longe reccdeus, est verisimiliter Cupania? specics. 

 >ov. Gen. et Spec. Tomls V. ,(3 



