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oblonga, circ. 5 mm longa; squamae dnas petalorum tertias aequantes, 

 margine pilosiusculae, snperiores crista brevi integra appendiceque deflexa 

 brevi vix barbata instructae. Tori glandulae breviter ovatae, saepius plus 

 minus transversim dilatatae. Torus dense pilosus. Staminum filameuta 

 compressiuscula, pilis fuscidulis apicem versus accrescentim longioribus 

 dense vestita. Capsula (junior tantuni snppetebat) sulcis 3 sutnralibus 

 cum costis valvarum subevanidis alternantibus leviter tricocca, pube ru- 

 fidula induta. 



In Guiana gallica: Melinon n. 47! (a. 1842; Hb. Par.). — Veri- 

 similiter in Brasilia quoquc invenienda. 



22. PAULLINIA RUGOSA Benth. scandens, fruticosa, 

 hirtello-pubescens; rami 4 — 5-sulcati; corpus lignosum simplex; 

 folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola ovalia, inferiora ovata, apice 

 obtusa, basi terminale acutam, lateralia rotundata, interdum 

 leviter cordata, omnia breviter petiolulata, obscure remoteque 

 repando-dentata vel integerrima, coriacea, iaxe obscureque 

 clathrato-venosa, supra non nisi in nervo mediano puberula, 

 subtus undique hirtello-pubescentia, glandulis microscopicis 

 nutantibus crebris obsita, punctis lineolisque subpellucidis 

 obscurius notata, fibris sclerenchymaticis rarioribus ad paginam 

 superiorem obviis, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus rhachisque 

 nuda; stipulae conspicuae, suborbiculares , stellato-incisae; 

 thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, hirtello-tomentelli; 

 bracteae conspicuae, breviter ellipticae ; flores robusti, sepalis 

 ciuereo-tomentellis, 3. et 5. fere omnino liberis; capsula (im- 

 matura tantum suppetebat) trigono-subglobosa, breviter sti- 

 pitata, stylo plus minus incrassato apiculata, extus pilis rufis 

 brevibus dense hirtella, intus pilis rufis longis dense obsita; 

 semen (immaturum) arillo dorso valde depresso ventre ultra 

 apicem obtectum. 



Paullinia rugosa Benth. in sched. coll. Spruce! (1850 — 51), 

 distrib. 1851—52; Radii;, in Monogr. Serj. (1874—75) p. 75, 

 n. 113 etc. et in Monogr. Paull. (1895—96) p. 219, n. 44. 



Rami diametro 4 — (J mm, cortice fusco. Foma leviter odorata 

 (Spruce), 20— 30 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliola 6— 18 cm longa, 

 4 — 10 cm lata, sicca fuscescentia, subtus rufidula; petiolus communis 7 ad 

 12 cm longus, teretiusculus, plus minus striatus, hirtellus; stipulae 3 ad 

 4 mm longae, extus dense pubescentes. Thyrsi quam folia multo bre- 

 viores, 5 — 12 cm longi, sessiles vel pedunculati, sat robusti, rhachi diametro 

 2 — 3 mm, densius cincinnigeri, cincinnis sessilibus contractis; bracteae 

 2 — 3 mm longae, fere totidem latae, bracteolae lanceolato-subulatae, minores ; 

 pedicelli prope apicem articulati, 4 — 5 mm longi. Flores „albi" (Spruce). 

 Sepala duo exteriora dimidiara iuteriorum partem aequantia, interiora 

 circ. 4 mm longa, coriacea, omnia intus quoque tomentella. Petala obo- 

 vata, circ. 5mm longa; squamae (cristis exclusis) dimidiam petalorum 

 partem aequantes, margine villosiusculae, superiores crista brevi integra 

 appendiceque detlexa vix barbata instructae. Tori glandulae e subrotundo 

 transversim dilatatae, pubescentes. Staminum lilamenta superne dilatata, 

 pilis fuscis dense vestita; antherae glabrae. 



In Brasiliae provincia Alto Amazonas , nee non in Venezuela : 

 Spruce n. 1206! (in sylvis prope Mandos, m. Jan. 1850, flor. et fruct. 

 juvenil.; Hb. Benth, Franquev. etc.), 3186! (annc scheda commutata?, efr. 

 P. capreolata; in ripis fluminis Orinoco et Cassiquiari, m. Dec. 1853; 

 Hb. Franquev.); lector ignotus! (Brasilia; Hb. Paris.; specimen foliolis 

 angustioribus. 



23. PAULLINIA SUBCORDATA Benth. scandens, 

 fruticosa; rami teretiusculi, striati vel leviter sulcati, pube 

 brevissima flavidula dense induti; corpus lignosum simplex; 



Sapind. 



folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola elliptica, apice acuta nee non 

 saepius mucronulata, basi terminale acutum, lateralia rotun- 

 data leviterque cordata, omnia breviter petiolulata, obscure 

 remoteque dentata, coriacea, anguste clathrato-venosa, supra 

 non nisi in nervo mediano puberula, subtus pube sordide 

 flavidula densa brevi molliuscula, glandulis microscopicis 

 nutantibus crebris obsita, punctis subpellucidis crebris in 

 figuras varias saepe lineas ramificatas exhibentes conjectis 

 notata, fibris sclerenchymaticis ad paginam superiorem obviis, 

 epidermide non mucigera; petiolus rhachisque nuda; stipulae 

 majores, obovato- ellipticae, apicem versus lacerato-incisae ; 

 thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, tomentelli; bracteae 

 conspicuae, elliptico-oblongae ; flores robusti, sepalis cinereo- 

 tomentellis, 3. et 5. fere omnino liberis; capsula obovoideo- 

 subglobosa, longius stipitata, sex-costata, stylo tenuiore coro- 

 nata, extus pube brevi densa subvelutina vestita, intus 

 tomentosa; semen subglobosum, arillo dorso valde depresso 

 ventre fere ultra apicem obtectum; cotyledones amyligerae, 

 crassae, parum curvatae. 



Paidlinia subcordata Benth. in sched. coll. Spruce ! (1851), 

 distrib. 1851—52; Badlk. in Monogr. Serj. (1874—75) p. 75, 

 n. 112 etc. et in Monogr. Paull. (1895—96) p. 220, n. 45. 



Rami diametro 3 — 6 mm. Foma 20— 30 cm longa, fere totidem 

 lata; foliola 10— 15 cm longa, 5 — 8 cm lata, fuscescentia; petiolus com- 

 munis 0—10 cm longus, teretiusculus, saepius striatus, tomentellus; sti- 

 pulae 7 — 10 mm longae, extus dense sericeae, denique glabrescentes. 

 Thyrsi 4— 20 cm longi, sessiles vel pedunculati, sat robusti, rhachi dia- 

 metro 2 — 3 mm, dense cincinnigeri, cincinnis sessilibus contractis; bracteae 

 4—5 mm longae, bracteolae minores; pedicelli supra medium, immo prope 

 apicem aiticnlati, circ. 4 mm longi. Fi.ores albi (Spruce). Sepala duo 

 exteriora fere duas interiorum tertias aequantia, interiora circ. 4 mm longa, 

 coriacea, omnia intus glabriuscula. Petala obovata, plus minus ungui- 

 culata, circ. 5 mm longa; squamae dimidiam petalorum partem aequantes, 

 margine pilosiusculae, superiores crista brevi appendiceque deflexa brevius 

 barbata instructae. Tori glandulae ovatae, pubescentes, nti torus. Staminum 

 filameuta complauata, superne dilatata, pilis rufidulis dense vestita. Germen 

 trigonum, tomentosum. Capsula scarlatina (Spruce), stipite circ. 4 mm 

 longo adjecto 1 — 1,5 cm louga. Semen diametro 5— 8 cm, testa pallida. 



In Brasiliae provincia Alto Amazonas : Spruce n. 1184 ! (Mandos, 

 m. Mart. 1851, flor.; Hb. Benth., Franquev. etc), 1442! (ibid. m. Apr., 

 fruct.; Hb. Benth, Franquev. etc.); Schwacke III, 208! (Mandos, m. Apr. 

 18S2, flor.; Hb. Gotting.) ; Glaziou n. 13618! (a Schivacke lecta et com- 

 municaia?; Hb. Fielder). 



24. PAULLINIA FERRUGINEA Casar. scandens, 

 fruticosa, vel subarborescens, pube densa e flavido sufferruginea 

 vestita; rami teretiusculi, breviter tomentosi, denique glabres- 

 centes; corpus lignosum simplex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; 

 foliola ovata (rarissime angustata, ovato-lanceolata), apice 

 acuminata acutave, basi terminale quodammodo acutatum, 

 longius petiolulatum, lateralia ovato-rotundata, brevius petio- 

 lulata, inferiora interdum inaequilatera (latere inferiore [ex- 

 teriore] breviore et paullo angustiore), omnia grossiuscule 

 obsoletiusve remote serrato-dentata, dentibus plerumque acutis, 

 subcoriacea, reticulato-venosa, supra in nervo mediano puberula, 

 ceterum glabriuscula, nitidula, subtus hirsute sufferrugineo- 

 tomentosa, glandulis microscopicis nutantibus vel geniculatis 

 obsita, nee punctis pellucidis nee reti pellucido notata, fibris 

 sclerenchymaticis prope pagiuam superiorem crebris instructa, 

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