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quin etiam obscurissime pellucido - punctata ; petiolus communis 1,5 cm 

 longus, supra canaliculatus, partialium intermedins longior lateralesque 

 breviores bicanaliculati et anguste alati, omnes glabri ; stipulae parvae, 

 ovato-lanceolatae. Thyrsi solitarii, elongati, folia plus duplo superantes, 

 pedunculo communi subglabro, rbachi pilis brevissimis laxe adspersa; cin- 

 cinni stipitati aeque ac bracteae bracteolaeque parvae subnlatae puberuli ; 

 pedicelli brevissime puberuli, alabastra ellipsoidea 3 mm longa sub- 

 aequantes. Flores hermafiiroditi subsectionis: Sepala exteriora interi- 

 oribus dimidio breviora. tertinm et quintum connata, apice discreta, omnia 

 pube brevissima crispula ad margines albella induta. Petala (alba?) e late 

 obovato in unguem attenuata, intus glandulis microscopicis dense obsita, 

 auperiora 5 mm longa, 2 mm lata: squamae (cristis exclusis) petalis ipsis 

 dimidio breviores, margine villosulae, crista brevi emarginata appendiceque 

 apicali deflexa brevi truncata villoso-barbata instructae, Torcs selliformis; 

 glandulae superiores late scmiorbiculares, laterales obsoletae, in inarginem 

 elevatum circa petalorum insertionem reductae. Stamina (longiora cum 

 antberis) 3 mm longa, basi vix et ne vix coalita, superue paullo latiora, 

 pilosula; antherae pilis brevissimis (sub microscopio) sat dense puberulae. 

 Germen oblongum, basi vix attenuatum (floris deflorati ex alarum evolu- 

 lutione incipiente insigniter triquetrum), pubescens glandulisque microsco- 

 picis obsitum, apice hirtum ; stylus conspicuus, segmenta stigmatosa aequans ; 

 gemmulae oblongae. Flores masculi: Sepala, petala et torus ut in herm- 

 aphroditism stamina basi insignins coalita, paullo longiora; germinis ru- 

 dimentum parvum, obovatum, triquetrum, pilostilum, segmentis styli stigma- 

 tosis erectis coronatum. Fructus — . 



In Brasiliae prov. Bahia prope urbem Jacobina : Blanthet n. 3747 ! 

 (a. 1843; Hb. Paris., DC, Boias., Webb, Deless., Vindob., Petrop.). 



8. SERJANIA DECEMSTRIATA Radlk. scandens, 

 fruticosa, glabra; rami subherbacei, graciles, teretes, lineis 

 impressis 10-striati, cortice viridi ; corpus lignosum simplex, 

 sulcato-striatum ; tolia biternata, saturate viridia; foliola ovata 

 vel ovato-lanceolata, terminalia subrhombeo-lanceolata, acuta 

 et mucronulata, subpetiolulata, remote serrata, opaca vel ob- 

 scurius pellucide punctata, epidermide mucigera; cincinni longe 

 stipitati; flores parvuli ; sepalum 3 et 5 libera, duo exteriora 

 subglabra, interior.a tomentella; germen non nisi glandulis 

 obsitum. 



Serjania decemstriata Radlk. in Sitz.Ber. d. K. layer. Ah. 

 d. W., math.-phys. CI, Bd. VIII, (1878, „Ueber Sapindus" etc.) 

 p. 223, annot. et Serj. Suppl. (1886) p. 82. 



Rami glabri, internodiis thyrsigeris 8 cm longis, diametro 1,5 mm. 

 Folia 14 cm longa, 12 cm lata; foliola termiualia reliquis majora circiter 

 7 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata, basi cuneata in petiolulum 1-centimetralem 

 contractu, lateralia superiora ovato-lanceolata, inferiora ovata, in petiolulum 

 perbrevem abruptius coarctata, omnia argutius vel subinciso-serrata, pin- 

 natinervia, praeter marginem et nervos supra pilis adspersos axillasqne 

 nervorum pilosas glabra, glandulis microscopicis obsita, membranacea, sicca 

 quoque saturate viridia, opaca, juxta nervos et in apice punctis pellucidis 

 raris aegre perspiciendis iustructa, nee non cellularum laticiferarum seri- 

 ebus, praesertim ubi cum veuis conjtinctae sunt, pellucide lineolala; pe- 

 tiolus communis partialesque nudi vel partialis intermedins superne sub- 

 margiuatns; stipulae minimae, triangulari-subulatae. Thyrsi solitarii, 

 folia aequantes, pedunculo communi (apice bicirroso) glabro, rhachi pube- 

 rula laxe cincinnigera, cincinuis subverticillatis; pedicelli puberuli, alabastra 

 2 mm longa paullulum superantes, infra medium articulati. Flores (herm- 

 aphroditi quoque nunc suppetebant) 2,5 mm longi: Sepala duo exteriora 

 interioribus fere dimidio breviora. Petai.a ex obovato attenuata, intus 

 medio glanduligera ; squamae petalorum superiorum crista obcordato-bifida, 

 laciniis acutis, appendiceque deflexa obtusa baibata, petalorum inferiorum 

 crista dentiformi vel subaliformi oblique emarginata instructae. Tori glan- 

 dulae superiores ovato-lanceolatae, inferiores raiuores, suborbiculares. Sta- 

 mina basi laxe pilosa. Germen triquetrum, cuneatum; stylus apice tri- 

 fidus, germen subaequuns, glaber; rudimentum pistilli tlorum masculorum 

 glabrum. 



In Republica Argentina nee non in Brasilia australi: Didrichsen! 

 (e seminibus prope Buenos Aires lectis orta in Horto Havniensi) ; Tweedie! 

 (Bras, austr.; Hb. Kew.) 



9. SERJANIA LEPTOCARPA Radlk. scandens, sub- 

 herbacea, (,, herbaceous climber" Spruce in scheda); rami e 

 trigono subteretes, striato-sulcati, 6-cosati, costis tribus angu- 

 stioribus e totidem corporibus lignosis periphericis parvis ex- 

 structis (cf. Radlk. Serj. Suppl. t. Ill, Jig. 5) ; corpus lignosum 

 centrale cavitate medullari largiore instructum, subfistulosum ; 

 folia biternata ; foliola ovata, acuta vel subacuminata, utrin- 

 que anguloso- subserratove-bi— tridentata, subpetiolulata, gla- 

 brescentia, obscure pellucido-punctata vel -areolata, epidermide 

 mucigera; sepalum tertium et quintum libera; fructus magnus, 

 elongatus,.angustioi\, endocarpio glabro; semen — . 



Serjania leptocarpa Badlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) p. 112. 



Tabula nostra LV1II. 



Rami juniores, thyrsi, petioli et foliola utrinque pilis brevibus cur- 

 vatis adspersa, denique plus minus glabi-ata. Rami subfusci, internodiis 

 thyrsigeris 3 — 10 cm longis, diametro 2 — 3 mm. Folia majora 18 — 22 cm 

 longa, 16 — 18 cm lata; foliola terminalia basi iu petiolulum attenuata, 

 hoc adjecto 9 — 10 cm longa, 4,5— b' cm lata, foliola lateralia basi in pe- 

 tiolulum breviorem, immo brevissimum, abruptius coarctata, 5 — 8 cm longa, 

 3 — 4 cm lata, omnia pinnatinervia, menibranacea, siccilate subfusca, subtus 

 pallidiora; petiolus communis 5 — 7 cm longus, subteres, supra angustissime 

 canaliculatus, striolatus vel sublaevis. intennedius paullo brevior, laterales 

 1,5 — 2 cm longi; stipulae minutae, triangulari-ovatae. Thyrsi solitarii, 

 elongati, immo longissimi, folia superantes, laxe cincinnigeri, rachi pedun- 

 culo communi saepe crassiore, haud raro praeteroa minores in ramulis 

 accessoriis pauiculatim congesti; cincinni longe stipitati; bracteae bracteo- 

 laeque parvae, subulatae; pedicelli subglabri, alabastra 4,5— 5 mm longa 

 obovoideo-ellipsoidea sul>aequautes. Fi.ores pro genere majusculi, pallide 

 rosei (Spruce); hermaphroditi : 8epai.a duo exteriora interioribus dimidio 

 breviora, praeter marginem mibglabra, interiora tota pube brevissima ad 

 margines densiore et albella induta, tertium et quintum vix ima basi 

 coalita. Petai.a ex obovato in unguem attenuata, glandulis microscopicis 

 obsita, basi flabellato-, superne pinnato-veno-sa, superiora 8 mm longa, 3,5 mm 

 lata : squamae (crista exclnsa) dimidio breviores, margine villosulae, crista 

 altiore tertiam squamae partem aequaute superne dilatata siuuata vel sub- 

 emarginata appendiceque apicali deflexa e basi latiore lineari squama di- 

 midia longiore barbato-villosa instructae; petala inferiora paullo breviora 

 et latiora: squamae crista dentiformi lougiuscula instructae. Tori glan- 

 dulae supeiiores semiorbiculares vel rotuudato-ovatae, laterales obsoletae, 

 cieatriciformes, oblique adscendentes. Stamina petalis breviora, pilosula i 

 autherae intus pilosiusculae. Germen obverse pyramidatum, triquetrum, 

 glandulis obsitum; stylus segmentis stigmatosis vix brevior, his adjectis 

 germen aequans, stamina paullo superans; gemmulae oblongae. Flores 

 masculi: Sepala, petala et torus ut in hermaphroditis; stamina paullo lon- 

 giora (5 mm longa), basi ad quintain fere partem coalita; germinis mdi- 

 mentum pilosulum. FRHCTUS 4—4,5 cm longi, 2,5 — 3 cm lati, basi et 

 apice excisi, iufra loculos paullum constricti, alis interne paullulum vel 

 vix dilatatis, praeter glandulas microscopicas glaberrimi; locnli basi rotun- 

 dati, brevissime attenuati, dorso angustissime cristati. Semina supra basin 

 ad medium fere loculum iuserta — (immatnta tantum suppetebant). 



InBrasiliae prov. Alto Amazonas: Spruce n. 1561! (ad oram meri- 

 dionalem fluminis Rio Negro, usque ad concursum fluminis Solimoes, m. 

 Maj. 1851, flor.); in Perucia: Pavon n. 266! (prope Chinchao, m. Jul., 

 fruct. ; Hb. Boiss., Webb, Benth., in quo ultimo uni eidemque plagulae 

 affixam inveni cum Serj. pyramidata Radlk.) ; Dombey (?) ! (fruct. ; Hb. 

 Paris., confusa cum Serj. pyramidata Radlk., i. e. Dombey n. 630!) 



10. SERJANIA TRICHOMISCA Radlk. scandens, 

 Irutioosa; rami 6— 8-striati, 6— 8-costati, cinereo pubescentes, 

 in costis vel undique mox glabrati; corpus lignosum compo- 



