

SECURIDACA. A^S 



3. SECURIDACA. complicata. t 



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S. scandens; foliis ovato-ellipticis, obtusis, basi rotundatis, subtus hirtellis , complicatis; 

 petalis infcrioribus lineari-oblongis , superius jequantibus. 



Crescit ad ripam fluminis Orinoci, prope pagum San Borja, locis calidis. \y Floret 

 Majo. 



FRi-TExscandens; ramulis obsolctc flexuosis, molliter hirtis. Fottt alterna, petiolata, ovato-elliptica, 

 obtusa, basi rotundata, integerrima, rcticulato-vcnosa, nervo venisque primariis subtus prominulis, mem- 

 branacea, complicata, supra glabra, subtus in venis hirtclla, nervo mcdio utrinque hirto, concoloria. 14- 15 

 luieas longa, 9-10 lineas lata. Petioli terctes, hirti, sesquilineam longi, tortuosi. Glandula: duic ad basim 

 petioliramo insidcutcs, parv*, subrotundaj, fusca;, glabrai. Spics in apice ramulorum axillares et tcrminalcs, 

 sohtaruc, brcvitcrpcduncu]ataj,Iaxinoi;c,adjcctopedunculo5-/ r ponicares; rhachi tomentoso-hirta, fusces- 

 ccntc, subrccta. Flores sparsi, pediccliati, solitarii et gcmini? ( in specimine nostro delapsi ), magnitudine 

 ilor.s Polygala: Chamajbuxi , purpurascenlcs ; pcdicelli sesquilineam Iongi,terctes, tomentosi.basi bracteati; 

 bracteai lanceolato-subulatjn , liirto- tomentosas , lincani longas, persistcntcs ; lateralcs nullse ?. Calyx 

 pentaphyllus, coloratus ; foliolis (tribus) exterioribus parvis, obtusis, concavis, cxtcrnc pubcscentibus, 

 uliatis ; duobus superioribus oblique subrotundis, approximatis; infcriore majorc, ovato; foliolis ( dupbus) 

 mlerioribus ( lateralibus ) maximis, petaloideis, subrotundo-ovatis, apice rotundalis, basi cuneato-un-ui- 

 culatis, planiusculis, extcrne pubescentibus, intcrne glabris, ciliatis, flabcllato-ncrvosis, corollam paulo 

 superantibus. Petala quinquc , inter discum et calyccm inserta , inferne ope tubi staminci connata 

 glabra ; supcrius magnum, subreniformc, galcatum, latcribus comprcssum, apice cristato-plicatum ibique 

 reflexum, genitalia includens; duo lateralia minutissima, squamffiformia, oblongo-lanceolata. obtusa tubo 

 stammeo adhtfrentia; duo inferiora lineari-oblonga, subfalcata, acutiuscuia, longitudine petali supedoris 

 conniventia. Stahina octo, ibique inscrta, adsccndentia. Fiiambrta in tubum connata, apice libera, Uneari- 

 capiliacea ct glabra ; tubus membranaccus , octonervius, lateribus compressus, anticc longitudinaliter 

 lissus ct flmbriato-ciliatus , infcroe prasertim internc pubesccns. Antiier* basi affixa:, erectrc, subciarat» 

 glabr», unilocularcs, apice oblique hiantcs; rcccptaculum pollinis parieti doisali longitudinaliter adnatum' 

 crassum. Ovaiucm supcrum, brevissime stipitatum, oblongum, latcribus comprcssum, apice emarginatum' 

 lobo petalum supcriusspectantc majore, undiqueglabrum,uniIocularc,adbasimdisco(?)ciuctum;di.sco laxo' 

 membranacco, obliquo. Ovulum solitarium, in summa cavitate, ad latus apctalo supcriore aversiim affixum' 

 pendulum, obovato-cllipticum, compressum, glabrum. Styi.es terminalis, arcuatus, cmpressus, glabcr' 

 staminibus inciusus caquc haud supcrans. Sticma emargiuatum, glabrum. Frcctis haud suppetunt'. 





