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elliptica, breviter obtuse acuminata, basi superiora acuta breviter petiolulata, 
inferiora obtusa utrinque lobulo obsoleto (exteriore majore) instructa ceterum 
integerrima petiolulata, chartacea, viridia, utrinque nitidula, pinnatinervia, 
nervis lateralibus oblique procurvis, infimis foliolorum lateralium ante mar- 
ginem utrinque vel in latere exteriore certe in maculam glandulosam dis- 
coideam desinentibus, reticulato-venosa, reli venarum subtus magis promi- 
nulo, glandulis microscopicis flabelliformibus subimmersis utrinque ornata, 
margine et in nervis supra magis quam subtus puberula, in axillis ner- 
vorum parce barbata, punctis lineolisque pellucidis sparsim notata, utriculis 
laticiferis subtus instructa, staurenchymate crystallis vix ullis nec fibris 
sclerenchymaticis instructo, epidermidis mucigerae cellulis paginae utriusque 
margine eleganter minutim sinuatis; petiolus nudus, rhachis marginata; 
stipulae minutae; thyrsi solitarii, laxiuscule cincinniferi; cincinni stipitati 
pauciflori; flores — (non visi, nec florum partes ullae sub fructu relictae); 
fructus (semimaturi?) longiuscule pedicellati, sat stipitati, globosi, subcostati, 
subglabri nec nisi pilis minutis adpressis perlaxe adspersi, stylo stipitem 
longitudine subaequante apiculati, intus glabri, 4-spermi; semen globosum, 
lotum arillo adnato — potius testae strato arilloso-carnoso — obductum. 
Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3 mm, cortice canescente. Folia circ. 46 cm longa, 44 cm 
lata; foliola superiora 40 em longa, 4,5 cm lata, inferiora 8,5 cm longa, 4 cm lata; 
petiolus communis 4 cm longus, rhacbis paullo brevior, petioluli 2— 4 min longi circa 
insertiones setulosi; stipulae vix 2 mm longa», deltoideae gemmaeque axillares pilosae. 
Thyrsi folia aequantes, pedunculo quam rhachis longiore; bracteae bracteolaeque subu- 
latae, breves; cincinnorum stipites 3— 4 mm, pedicelli (fructigeri) 5 mm longi, medio arti- 
culati, puberuli. Fructus immaturi (diametro 8 mm) stipes 2 mm longus. 
In Bolivia: R. S. WirLiaws n. 358! (San Buena Ventura, alt. 500 m, 
m. Nov. 1901). 
Obs.: Affinis videtur (in Sect. HI) P. bidentatae Radlk., Peruviae incolae. 
44. P. echinata Radlk. n. sp: alte scandens, fruticosa, laxe setosa 
(folia et inflorescentiae tantum visa); folia robusta, ternata vel quinata; 
foliola ex obovato cuneata, apice in acumen breve angustum contracta, in- 
legerrima, attamen margine undulato inaequaliter revoluto spurie repando- 
dentata, longe petiolulata, rigide coriacea, laxe subclathrato-venosa, utrinque 
selis flexibilibus praesertim ad nervos et venas obsita, dein supra decalvata 
et setarum basibus relictis exasperata, glandulis microscopicis saepius fla- 
belliformibus subimmersis utrinque adspersa, utrinque nitidula, reti utricu- 
lorum laticiferorum interrupto obscuro subtus instructa, fibris sclerenchy- 
matieis (ut in affinibus Sect. VI hic illic a venis epidermidem versus ab- 
errantibus) prope paginam superiorem percursa, epidermide mucigera e 
cellulis majoribus sinuatis, paginae inferioris partim pachydermicis punctatis, 
exstructa; thyrsi in trunco adultiore 3—5 fasciculatim aggregati, setoso- 
pilosi, dense cineinnos sessiles gerentes; bracteae bracteolaequae elongate 
subulatae, setulosae; flores majores, sepalis tomentellis, 3. et 5. omnino 
connatis; capsula (semimatura) ellipsoideo-globosa, stipite aequilongo suffulta, 
