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ovatae, laterales minores, annnlares. Stamina gennen aequantia ; filaraenta 

 subnlato-filiformia, villosinscnla; antherae ovatae, glabrae. Germen pyri- 

 forme, trigonum, 3 mm longum, 2 mm latum, dense tonientoso-pilosum ; 

 stylus germen dimidium aequans vel superans, subglaber; segmenta stigma- 

 tosa stylo ipso breviora; gemmulae obovoideae. Flores masculi: Sepala, 

 petala, torus et stamina (mutatis mutandis sec. char, gen.) ut iu herm- 

 aphroditis; germinis rudimentum trigonum, apice pilosiusculum, stylo ru- 

 dimentario aequilongo apice trifido coronatum. Fructus viridis (War- 

 ming^, siccus substramineus, in specimine a Mosen lecto margine rubescens, 

 3,8 cm lcngus, 3 cm latus, basi profundius cordatus, apice retusus, infra 

 loculos vix constrictus, hirtello-puberulus, juxta axin et ad loculos pilis 

 longioribus flavidulis tomentosus, dissepimentis medio rapidius et sat dila- 

 tatis, loculis ceterum liberis ellipsoideis et tumide lenticularibus, a latere 

 nempe conipressiusculis, apice rotundatis, basi oblique cuneatis, inde fere 

 obovoideis, dorso convexis et medium versus carinato-compressis, infra 

 medium in alas contiuuatis, reticulato-uervosis, alis seniicordatis vel semi- 

 ellipticis, endocarpio dense villoso-floccoso, floccis subfuscis. Semen obo- 

 voideum, glabrnm, badium, hilo ad basin laterali macula arillosa flavida 

 majuscula notato, prope basin loculi insertum, oblique adscendens vel sub- 

 horizontale — (iminaturum et embryoue effoetum tantum suppetebat). 



In Brasiliae prov. Minas Geraes et S. Paulo: Warming! {prope 

 Lagoa Santa in sylvis, m. Mart. 1864, flor., m. Maj. et Sept. fruct.); 

 Hb. Warm., Hb. Mart); Mosen n. 3837! (prov. S. Paulo, Campinas in 

 margine silvae caeduae, m. Jun. 1875, fruct.; Hb. Holm.). 



Sectio VII. OOCOCCUS. 



55. SERJANIA PERULACEA Radlk. scandens, fin- 

 ticosa (Warming), pubescens; rami subteretes, juniores tomen- 

 tosi, adultiores plus minus glabrati et striis suberosis vix 

 impressis notati; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali ma- 

 jore subtriangulari et periphericis minoribus 3—5 inaequalibus 

 (2 — 3 sat magnis dilatatis externe convexiusculis interne 

 planis et faciebus corporis centralis arete applicitis, reliquis 

 minutis teretiusculis — cf. Radlk. Serj. Suppl. tab. IV, fig. 19); 

 folia bi — triternata vel depauperata (5-foliolato-pimiata) ; fo- 

 liola ovata vel elliptica, latiora vel angustiora, acutiora vel 

 obtusiora, plus minus petiolulata, plus minus dentata, supra 

 demum praeter nervos glabrata, subtus pubescentia, membra- 

 naceo-coriacea, reticulato-venosa, opaca, subfusca, punctis pel- 

 lucidis obsoletius notata, epidermide mucigera; petioli omnes 

 nudi; flores majores, bracteis perulaceis externe tomentosis 

 interne nitidis suffulti, sepalis omnibus tomento lanoso sordide 

 cano indutis ; fructus junior dense lanoso-tomentosus, maturus 

 praeter loculos laxius pubescens, cordato-ovatus, vix cristatus, 

 endocarpio laxe noccoso; semen ellipsoideum, ad basin loculi 

 insertum. 



Tabulae nostrae LXXV1 (habitus) et LXXV II (habitus et analysis). 



Scrjania perulacea Badlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) p. 227, 

 Suppl. (1886) p. 119 et in Warming Stjmb. Part. XXXVII 

 (1890) p. 221 (992). 



Paullinia australis, non St. Hil., Griseb. Symb. arg. (1879) 

 p. 80, n. 454, quoad coll. Balansa n. 2480! 



Rami juniores, petioli et folia juniora, praesertim subtus, nee non 

 thyrsornm partes omnes tomento molli denso e ferrugineo flavescenti vel 

 cauescenti iuduta, dein plus minus glabrescentia. Rami tbyrsigeri diametro 

 1,5 — 5 mm, internodiis 1,5 — 14 cm longis, snbfusci, mox cortice pallidiore 

 tecti. Foma inferiora 27 — 32 cm longa, 25 — 27 cm lata, snperiora de- 

 crescentim minora; foliola terminalia (ab insert ione ad apicem) 8 — 13 cm 

 longa, 4 — 9 cm lata, ovata vel elliptica, basi in petiolulum 8 — 12 mm 



longum breviuscule attennata, obtusa vel acuta, supra medium obsolete 

 vel grosse dentata, lateralis decrescentim minora, ovata vel oblouga, sae- 

 pius sessilia (reliqua ut supra in diagnosi) ; petioli teretiusculi, sulcati ; 

 stipulae parvae, triangulares, toraentosae. Thyrsi solitarii vel in apice 

 ramorum paniculatim cougesti, sat dense ciucinniferi ; ciucinni pleruinque 

 robustiores (cf. Tab. nostr.) et longius stipitati, stipite crassiore recto 

 5—10 mm longo, nunc breviores nunc lougiores, 6 — 11-flori; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque pro genere sat magnae, ovato-lanceolatae, extus tomeutosae, 

 intus nitidae et fuscae, recurvae, perulas aemulantes ; pedicelli circ. 2 mm 

 (fructiferi 3 mm) lougi, ima basi articulati; alabastra ellipsoidea, 3 mm 

 longa. Fi.ores hermaphrodite Sepala duo exteriora breviora, interiora 

 5 mm longa, omnia tomento denso sublanoso sordide rufescenti vel caues- 

 centi induta. Petala ex oblongo attenuata, 5,5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, 

 intus glanduligera ; squamae petala dimidia aequantes, margine villosae, 

 superiores crista subtriloba, lobo medio saepius elongato, appendiceque 

 breviuscula villosa, inferiores crista longiore aliformi vel ensiformi, saepius 

 curvata coruiformi instructae. Tori glaudulae superiores breviter ovatae, 

 apice rotundatae, laterales paullo miuores. Stamina germen aequantia ; 

 tilamenta subulato-filiformia, dense crispato-pilosa; antherae oblougae, intus 

 pilosiusculae vel glabrae. Germen breviter pyriforme, trigonum, 2,5 mm 

 vix superans, 2 mm latum, dense piloso-tomentosum ; stylus germine triplo 

 brevior, crassiusculus, subglaber ; segmenta stigmatosa stylum ipsum aequan- 

 tia; gemmulae ovoideae, subtrigonae. Flores masculi: Sepala, petala, 

 torus et stamina (mutatis mutandis sec. char, gen.) ut in hermaphroditis; 

 germinis rudimentum parvum, trigonum, pubescens, stylo rudimentario 

 trifido glabro coronatum. Fructus vix 2 cm longus, 1,6 (ad loculos 0,8) cm 

 latus, e basi cordata fere triangulari-ovatus, alarum margine sub loculis 

 vix levissime concavo, loculis ellipsoideis septis minus angustis lateraliter 

 paullulum cohaereutibus dense pubescentibus subecristatis , endocarpio 

 flocculoso. Semen ex ellipsoideo semilenticulare, ad ventrem angulo longi- 

 tudinali notatum, dorso subcarinatum, badium; embryo homotropus ; coty- 

 ledon exterior curvata, interior transversim biplicata. 



In Brasiliae prov. Minas Geraes, nee non in Paraguay et in Bo- 

 livia, in Argentina (si re vera hue pertinent specimina mihi non satis co- 

 gnita a cl. Castelnau collecta) : Pohl n. 688! 738 in Hb. Prag.i {,,inter 

 Barra, Corrallinho ct Rio Icquetay"); Martius! („Salgado, in sepibus et 

 in sylvis, m. Aug.", flor. et fruct. junior.); Warming! (,,Lagoa Santa, in 

 sylvis, m.Jul. — Sept. 1863 \ flor. et fruct. junior.); Gibert, Diversa n.63! 

 (Paraguay, Assomption, in sylvis, m. Jun. 1858, flor. ; Hb. Hook.) ; Balansa 

 n.2480! („Paraguari dans leshaies", m Apr. 1874, flor. et fruct. junior.); 

 Niederlein n.1764! (,, Paraguay, villa Eucamacion", m. Oct. 1886, fruct.); 

 Lorentz et Hieron. ! (Oran, m. Jul. 1873, steril.; Hb. Hieron.); (?) M.F. 

 de Castelnau! (Bolivia, prov. Santa Cruz, m. Jun. 1847; Hb. Par.). 



56. SERJANIA LETHALIS St. Hil. alte scandens, 

 fruticosa (St. Hil., Gardner, Warming, Spruce), glabrata; 

 caulis obtuse triangularis ; rami teretiusculi vel subtrigoni et 

 obsoletius tricostati, levius profundiusve 6-striati, striis alter- 

 nating approximatis et costis vel angulis, si qui sunt, proxi- 

 mis ; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali majore leviter 

 trisulco et periphericis 3 — 4 triangulariter dispositis parvulis 

 teretiusculis in sulcis centralis collocatis, inde in centrale 

 plus minus immersis (cf. Radlk. Serj. Suppl. tab. I, fig. 3,4); 

 folia biternata; foliola lanceolato-elliptica, basi et apice an- 

 gustata, sessilia, obtusa vel in acumen obtusum linguiforme 

 protracta, utrinque obtuse 1— 3-dentata vel integerrima, glabra, 

 nitida, coriacea, punctis pellucidis perparvis (saepius acervatim 

 congestis) obsolete notata, epidermide parum mucigera ; petioli 

 omnes nudi vel partiales plus minus marginati ; flores medio- 

 cres minoresve, sepalis omnibus tomento lanoso cano indutis; 

 fructus e basi cordato - excisa triangularis, alis glabriusculis 

 nitidis, loculis subglobosis lanoso- vel subsericeo - tomentosis 

 vix vel ne vix cristatis, endocarpio ad dorsum et ad basin 

 loculi plus minus villoso; semen subglobosum, ad basin lo- 

 culi insertum. 



