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392 



acuminata, lateralia basi plerumque latere interiore (rarius 



utrinque) dente calloso instructa, ceterum ut et terminalia 



integerrima, omnia longius petiolulata, eoriaeea, anguste re- 



ticulato-venosa, reti subtus prominente, supra subopaca, subtus 



nitidula, glandulis microscopicis flabelliformibus subimmersis 



obsita, reti utriculorum laticiferorum obscuro interrupto subtus 



instructa, fibris sclerenchymaticis prope paginam superiorem 



percursa, epidermide mucigera; petiolns nudus; stipulae 



minimae, triangulares; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, 



laxe brevissimeque puberuli; bracteae bracteolaeque minimae; 



flores majores, sepalis tomentellis, 3. et 5. omnino connatis; 



capsula ellipsoideo-globosa, conspicue stipitata, apiculata, spinis 



flexilibus dense echinata (cf. Fig.) , extus subglabrata , intus 



glabra; semen arillo usque ad medium obtectum, testa glabra 



subnigra. 



Tabula nostra LXXXVI (habitus et analysis). 



Paullinia pauUinioides BadlJc. in Monogr. Serj. (1874 — 75) 

 p. 75, n. 117 etc. et in Monogr. Fault (1895—96) p. 239, n. 66. 



Castanella pauUinioides Spruce in schedis, coll. n. 2169! 

 (a. 1852). 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 2 — 3 mm, cortice fusco (in adultioribus 

 pallidiore). Folia 10— 20 cm longa, totidem lata; foliola 8— 14cm long.n, 

 margine revoluta, sicca fuscescentia; petiolus communis 1 — 8 cm longus, 

 subtus convexus, supra sulcatus; petioluli 0,5— 1,5 cm longi. Thyrsi 6 

 ad 12 cm longi, breviter pedunculati, teueri, rhacbi diametro vix 1 mm, 

 laxe cincinuigeri, cincinnis sessilibns vel breviter stipitatis, contractis; 

 pedicelli circ. 3 mm longi, media parte vel infra medium articulati. Flores 

 albi (Spruce). Sepala duo exteriora quintam interiorum partem aequantia, 

 interiora circ. 4 mm longa, subpetaloidea. Petala oblongo-ovalia; squamae 

 cristis adjectis certe duas petalorum tertias aequantes, margine glabrius- 

 culae, superiores crista tertiam squamae partem aequante ovali glabra bi- 

 partita appendiceque deflexa parce barbata instructae. Tori glandulae 

 ovatae, glabrae. Staminum filamenta complanata, pilis albia vestita; an- 

 tberae glabrae. Germen tomentosum, spinarum primordiis verrucosum. 

 Capsula stipite circ. 4 mm lougo adjecto 2,5 — 3 cm longa, spinis' certe 

 1 cm longis, pericarpio circ. 3 mm crasso. 



In Brasiliae provincia Alto Amazonas: Spruce n. 2169! (ad Rio 

 Negro, prope Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, m. Mart. 1852, flor., m. Maj. 

 fruct.; Hb. plur.). 



Sectio VII. XYLOPTILON. 



39. PAULLINIA TRICORNIS Radlk. scandens, fruti- 

 cosa, subglabra; rami subteretes, lenticellarum seriebus notati, 

 praeter apices pube pulverulenta sufferruginea indutos glabri ; 

 folia 5foliolato pinnata, inferiora et superiora interdum de- 

 pauperata, ternata; foliola elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 

 apice acuminata, basi acuta (terminale in petiolulum attenuatum), 

 subintegerrima vel apicem versus obsolete dentata, breviter 

 petiolulata, eoriaeea, tenuiter reticulata venisque transver- 

 salibus instructa, nitida, sicca rubro-fusca, supra subtusque 

 glaberrima, juniora glandulis microscopicis parcis curvatis 

 obsita, pellucide punctata, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus 

 rhachisque nuda; stipulae parvae, deltoideae; thyrsi in pani- 

 culam squarrosam congesti, sutferrugineo-puberuli, sat dense 

 cincinniferi ; cincinni sessiles, abbreviati; (flores non visi;) 

 sepala (sub fructu relicta) libera vel 3. et 5. ima basi tantum 

 connata; capsula sufferrugineo-puberula, ex obverse pyramidato 



pyriformis, vel breviter clavata, breviter stipitata, apiculata, 

 supra medium trialata, vel quasi tricornis, alis (saepius in- 

 aequalibus) lignosis divaricatis minus altis infra medium 

 fructum in carinas angustatis ; semen obovato-trigonum, dorso 

 carinato apiceque adpresse ferrugineo-pubescens, arillo dorso 

 fisso resinoso ultra medium obtectum. 



Paullinia tricornis Radlk. in Monogr. Serj. (1874 — 75) 

 p. 72, n. 51 etc. et Monogr. Paull. (1895—96) p. 243, n. 71; 

 Sagot in Ann. Scienc. nat. VI. Ser., XII (1882) p. 192. 



Gupania? nitida DC. Prodr. 1(1824) p. 613, n. 8; Don 

 Syst. I (1831) p. 668, n. 17. 



Paullinia sp. Camb. in Mem. Mus. d'Hist. nat. XVIII 

 (1829) p. 291, excl. obs. („Affinis Paull. connarifoliae Rich."). 



Paullinia nitida (non alior.) „G 7 am&." apud Triana et 

 Planch, in Ann. Scienc. nat, IV. Ser., XVIII (1862) p. 354, 

 sub n. 7. 



Rami diametro 5—8 mm, cortice fubfusco. Folia 15 — 20 cm longa, 

 fere totidem lata; foliola 6— 12 cm longa, 2,5— B cm lata, terminale ple- 

 rumque lateralia superans; petiolus communis 2 — 8 cm lougus, teres, 

 glaber, rhacbis 2 — 4 cm longa, supra sulcata; petioluli 1 — 2 mm longi. 

 Thyrsi 2— 10 cm longi, in paniculum 15 — 30 cm longam congesti, breviter 

 stipitati; bracteae bracteolaeque minimae, late subulatae. Sepala duo 

 exteriora interiorum dimidiam partem aequantia, interiora ovalia, 3,5 ram 

 longa, extus intusque tomentella. Tori glandulae ovatae, basi pube brevi 

 indutae, uti torus. Capsula extus praeter alas pube brevi adpressa densa 

 sufferruginea induta, intus glabra, circ. 1,5 cm longa, (alis exclusis) 1 cm 

 lata, alis circ. 5 mm (in directione radiali) latis, apice 3 mm altis. Semen 

 (submaturum) circ. 5 mm longum, 3 mm latum, nigrum. 



In Guiana gallica: Martin! (n. 444! in Hb. Berol. comm. ex Rb. 

 Par.; Cayenne, ca. 1790; Hb. Par., Lugd.-Bat., Berol., DC). — Forsan 

 et in Brasilia. 



Sectio VIII. CRYPTOPTILON. 



40. PAULLINIA VERRUCOSA Radlk. scandens, fru- 

 ticosa, glabra ; rami teretes, lenticellosi ; folia ternata, breviter 

 petiolata ; foliola ovata, subacuminata, terminale in petiolulum 

 attenuatum, lateralia basi rotundata petiolulis brevibus in- 

 sidentia, omnia remote serrato-dentata, rigide eoriaeea, reti 

 venarum subtransversali instructa, glabra, nee nisi in axillis 

 nervorum subtus pilosa, glandulis microscopicis malleoliformibus 

 adspersa, impunctata, utriculis laticiferis prope paginam in- 

 feriorem instructa, epidermide valde mucigera subtus stoma- 

 tibus crebris majusculis suborbicularibus ornata; petiolus 

 nudus; (stipulae non visae ;) thyrsi solitarii, rhachi tomentosa; 

 cincinni sessiles; flores pedicellati, robustiores; sepala breviter 

 cano-tomentosa, 3. et 5. fere usque ad apicem connata; cap- 

 sula (vix semimatura tantum suppetebat) subglobosa, velutiuo- 

 tomentosa, sessilis, anguste trialata, alis quasi immersis inter 

 plicas e pericarpio emergentes altas verrucoso-rugosas indeque 

 suboccultis. 



Tabula nostra LXXXVII (habitus et analysis). 



Paullinia verrucosa Radlk. in Monogr. Paull. (1895—96) 

 p. 247, n. 74. 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 5 mm, glabrati. Folia petiolo 1,5— 2 cm 

 longo adjecto 10-12 cm longa, totidem lata; foliola 8-9 cm longa, 3 ad 

 4 cm lata. Thyrsi circ. 20 cm longi, rhachi pedunculum communem plus 



