527 



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Hist. d. PI. V (1S74) p. 377 annot. (inter genera dubia) ; 

 Miers in J own. Linn. Soc. XVII (Febr. 1879) p. 342, 343 

 („Meliacea") ; Talisiae sectio Radlk. II. supra cc. (1878, 1895). — 

 Acladodea Ruiz el Pav. Prodr. Fl. Peruv. (1794) p. 133, t. 29, 

 Ed. II (1797) p. 121, t. 29, et in Si/st. Fl. Peruv. I (1798) p. 202; 

 Talisia sp. Poir. in Lam. Enc. Suppl. V (1817) p. 281; Talisiae 

 subsectio Radlk. II. supra cc. (1878, 1895). — Meleagmxex 

 Arruda Dissert. (1810; nomen nudum; cfr. T. escidenta). — 

 Lasiantiiemum Klotzsch ed. Schomb. in lieisen inBrit. Guiana II I 

 (1848) p. 1181, sp. excl. (nomen nudum; cfr. T. squarrosa). — 

 Comatoglossum Karst. et Triana in Triana Nuevos Jeneros 

 i Espec. etc. (Bogota 1854) p. 10; Karst. PI. Columbianae 

 in Linnaea XXVIII (1856) p. 436; Walp. Ann. VII, 4 

 (1869) p. 628. — Sapindns spec, Cupania sp., Melicocca sp., 

 Stadmannia sp., Toulicia sp., Theophrasta sp., Brownea sp. 

 Guarea sj). aut. var., cf. lit. spec. 



Flores spurie polygami , regulares , mediocrcs. 

 Calyx pentamerus, ad medium vel fere ad basin usque 

 dissectus, segmcntis angustius (eutopice) imbricatis ovatis 

 obtusis vel (pracsertim interioribus) acutatis, subcoriaceis, 

 sacpius obtuse carinatis, exterioribus duobus interdum 

 (in sect. 1.) brevioribus, omnibus puberulis, rarius (in 

 sect. 1. interdum) praetermarginesglabriusculis. Petala 5, 

 nunc (in sect. 1. et 2. et in sectionis 3. subsect. 1.) 

 calycem vix vel parum superantia et simul cum calyce 

 expansa eaque (in sect. I.) supra uuguem brevem 

 aurieulato-infiexa (inde quasi bisquamulata) et barbata 

 vol (in sect. 2.) squama perbrevi bi- vel subtrifida 

 margine villosa iutus aucta, vel (in sect. 3.) squama 

 subulato-lanceolata petalum ipsum subaequante integra 

 vel apice bifida inlus dense villoso-pilosa instructa, 

 nunc (in sect. 3. subsect. 2.) cnlyce 2 — 4-plo longiora 

 et serius expansa (intus supra uuguem squama sub- 

 aequilonga ut in sect. 3. subsect. 1. aucta), practer 

 marginem deorsum ciliolatum glabra vel extus basi 

 vol tota pube varia induta, nee non intus glandulis 

 breviter clavatis adspersa. Discus annularis vel bre- 

 viter cupularis, crassiusculus, inter petala in lobos vel 

 costas plus minus promineutcs productus, pentagonus, 

 glaber vel pilosus. Stamina 8 (raro 5 tantum) intra 

 discum circa pist ilium vel pistilli rudimentum centrale 

 inserta, floris masculi longiora, petala subaequantia, e 

 basi fusiform i subulata vel filiformia, glabra vel supra 

 basin inter discum et gynoeceum intrusam hirsuta ; 

 autherae clongatae, apiculatae vel (in sect. 1. et 2.) 

 abbreviatae, parti m obtusae (in sect. 2.), in emar- 

 ginatura basilari affixae, leviter introrsae; pollinis 

 granula triangulari-placentiformia, triporosa. Germen 

 in medio disci fundo insertum, ovoidoum, 3-loculare, 

 glabrum vel adpresse pilosum , in stylum subulatum 

 attenuatum ; stylus germen vix aequans , apice certe 



glabrum, in stigma obsolete trilobum intumescens; 

 gemmulae in loculis solitariae, campyloti opae, apotropac, 

 adscendentes. Fructus bacca corticosa, granulata, ovoidea 

 vel ellipsoidea, magnitudine nucis Avellanac ad nucis 

 Juglandis, plerumque abortu 1-locularis et monosperma, 

 pericarpio trabeculis crebris sclerenchymaticis (vasa 

 includentibus) extus (rarius intus) crassioribus et puncta 

 elevata (granula) efficientibus radiatim percurso, puberula 

 vel glabrata, raro (trabeculis extus planis contiguis) 

 sublaevigata , intus glabra vel raro pilosiuscula, styli 

 residuis breviter apiculata. Semina ellipsoidea, testa 

 succoso-drupacea, parte putaminosa laevi pel pracsertim 

 apice scrobiculato-verruculosa. Embryo curvatus, coty- 

 ledonibus crassis carnosis amylo (et tannino, interdum 

 cellulis secretoriis quoque — cfr. T. suba'tbens, T. Ja- 

 purensis) foetis transversim vel oblique superpositis, 

 raro suberectis; radicula parva incumbens, infra medium 

 seminis dorsum descendens vel subbasilaris, plica testae 

 basilari excepta. 



Arbores vel arbusculae, interdum Palmarum 

 more eramosae (sect. 3., subs. 2: Acladodea) et folia ad 

 trunci apicem congesta gerentes, antecedent ib us katophyllis 

 (perulis) vel simplicibus subulatis (spinas mentientibus, 

 ad gemmas laterales quoque obviis) vel pinnatis. Folia 

 sparsa, exstipulata, petiolata, abrupte pinnata, 2 — oo-juga, 

 interdum late expansa, petiolo basi saepius tumido rhachi- 

 que teretiusculis vel subtrigonis, laevibus vel striatis; 

 foliola opposita vel praesertim superior a alterna, petiolulis 

 brevibus interdum biilboso-iumidis suffulta, nunc brevia 

 elliptica, nunc elongata oblonga vel sublinearia, acuta 

 vel acuminata, integerrima, penninervia, submembranacea 

 chartacea vel coriacea, fibris sclerenchymaticis in speciebus 

 pluribus section 3., subsect. 2. a nervis in diachyma 

 aberrantibus (praesertim in T. molli, hemidasya, pilosula, 

 acutifolia, cupulari, pacliycarpa, megaphylla), plerumque 

 glabra nee nisi pilis minutissimis subulatis praesertim 

 subtus vel pilis brevibus setulosis adpressis adspersa, 

 rarius pube molli vel hirsuta praesertim subtus induta, 

 glandulis microscopicis aegrius perspiciendis sat raris 

 et fugacibus, in pluribus vero speciebus (sect. 3. sub- 

 sect. 2: n. 23—35, exceptis forsan n. 29 et 33) stipite 

 elongato articulato (articulis saepe vario modo compressis) 

 instgnibus et ad petiolulos vel rhachin crebrioribns (prope 

 nervos) adspersa, plerumque saturate et sicca obscure 

 viridia (aquam Harpulliarum more mox colore sordide 

 aeruginoso tingentia, ut et floris partes), cellulis secre- 

 toriis parum conspicuis non nisi in paucis speciebus 

 (sect. 2. n. 5, sect. 3. subs. 2. n. 7—11, 13 et 14) 

 obviis, epidermidis (paginae superioris) nunquam muci- 



