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SAP1TTOACEAE: CUPANIA. 



566 



infcrne antice incrassato flavido vel albo , sicco sub- 

 aurantiaco, cincta. Embryo lomatorrhizus, cotyledonibus 

 semiellipsoideis lateralibus crassiuscule carnosis amyli- 

 geris, radicula brevi plica testae ad dorsum basilari 

 excepta. 



ARBORES fruticesve arbor escentes. Rami teretes, 

 + sulcati, sulcis lenticellarum seriebus jr conspicue 

 notatis, juveniles varie pub escentes , raro glabriusculi. 

 Folia sparsa, exstipulata, petiolata , foliolo terminali 

 semper deficiente abrupte pinnata, in iisdem speciebus 

 (immo ramis) aut pari-pinnata , aid saepius foliolis 

 alter nis spurie impari-pinnata (foliolo later ali summo 

 terminal e mentiente), rarissime (in C. glabrae Sw. spe- 

 ciminibus otitis) re vera impari-pinnata vel (in C. glabra 

 Stv. et C. macrophylla A. Rich.) aliqua simplicata; 

 foliola 2—20, pier unique 6 — 10, alternantia vel rarius 

 subopposita, pier unique ovalia oblongave, inter dum lan- 

 ceolata, in nonnullis (praesertim superior a) obovata, 

 superiora inferiorities saepe majora, omnia apice plerum- 

 que obtusa, basi acuta, petiolulata vel rarius subsessilia, 

 serrato-dentata vel subintigerrima, margine saepe revoluta, 

 pinnatinervia , nervorum apice in dentem excurrente 

 interdum pilorum fascicido ornato, reti venarum subtus, 

 rarius utrinque (venis per diachyma totum transmissis) 

 prominulo, in nonnullis subtus in nervorum axillis foveolata 

 (in C. dentata, scrobiculata, macrophylla, partim etiam 

 in C. oblongifolia, crassifolia, platycarpa, racemosa et 

 emarginata) supra plerumque glabra, subtus varie pubes- 

 centia (pilis in C. sylvatica et C. diphylla basi lata 

 reticulatim striata insertis, in C. cinerea, castaneaefolia 

 al Usque praesertim e venis supra parenchyma in/lexis) 

 subglabrave, gland ul is microscopicis clavato-capitatis (in 

 C. fulvida pachydermicis), juniora certe, + adspersa, 

 adultiora vero saepius subeglandulosa (praesertim in C. 

 ciuerea, castaneaefolia, sylvatica, rufescenti, guatema- 

 lensi, tenuivalvi, paniculata et lanuginosa^), cellulis vel 

 utriculis laticiferis parum conspicuis hie illic puncta 

 pellucida efficientibus praesertim juxta nervos et venas 

 nunc crebris, nunc parcis (ut et saepe floris, fructus, 

 seminis partes) instructa, diachymate in speciebus duabus 

 (C. sylvatica et diphylla) cellulis sclerenchymatico-pachy- 

 dermicis persito, epidermide nunquam mucigera, paginae 

 superior is in paucis (C. revoluta, rugosa , bracteosa) 

 cellulas partim septo transverso interceptas exhibente, in 

 nonnullis affinibus (C. polyodonta, cinerea, castaneaefolia, 

 triquetra et semidentata) hypodermate suffulta, in 1 specie 

 (C. sylvatica) crystallophora, in alia (C. diphylla; paginae 

 utriusque, paginae inferioris in paucis valde affinibus 

 (C. americana, papillosa et latifolia) papulosa, in 1 specie 



(C. rubiginosa) stomatibus majoribus orbicularibus pro- 

 minentibus, in altera (C. furfuracea) profundius immersis 

 insigni; petiolus communis subtus convexus, supra ple- 

 rumque complanatus vel sulco exaratus, vasorum fas- 

 cicidis in annul um latere superiore jr applanation vel 

 impressum arete connexis instructus (nee medullaribus 

 nee corticalibus ullis accedentibus); rhachis bisulcata, 

 nuda. Paniculae ad apices ramorum axillares et sub- 

 terminales, ramulis ultimis thyrsos cymulas (polychasia 

 vel dichasia in cincinnos abeuntia, saepe glomeruliformia) 

 gerentes exhibentibus, foliis saepe breviores ; pedunculus 

 rhachisque varie pubescentes, rhachi saepe sulcata, teretius- 

 cula vel angulosa. Bracteae et bracteolae plerumque 

 parvae, nunc sepalis breviores, nunc longiores, 6 mm vix 

 superantes, lanceolato-subulatae, rarius oblongae vel sub- 

 el lipticae (cfr. C. oblongifolia, forma 2, verrucosa, ru- 

 gosa, bracteosa, rigida, laxirlora). F LORES sat parvi, 

 2 — 4 mm longi, albidi vel flavescentes. Fructus me- 

 diocres, primum rubicundi, dein fuscescentes, saepe in- 

 dumento sufferrugineo obducti. 



Species 38 per Americam calidiorem a Mexico usque 

 ad Argentinam divulgatae, quarum 22 in Brasilia — adjecta 

 (ob Cupaniam cineream Poepp.) Peruviae parte vicina — ob- 

 servatae sunt. 



Obs. De generis cum reliquis Cupaniearum, praesertim america- 

 uarum, affiuitatibus alio loco disserui (cf. Sitzungsb. k. bayer. Acad. IX, 

 1879, p. 457-503). 



CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 



Sectio I. TRIGON1S Radlk. in Sitz. k. b. Ac. IX, 

 1879, p. 556, in Durand Ind. Gen., 1.S87, p. 77 et in Engl, 

 et Pr. PJl.-Fam. Ill, 5, (1895) p. 337 (Genus Triyonis Jacq. I. c; 

 sectio Triyonis et Odontaria DC. I. c; sectio „Triyonocarpus 

 DC", sphalmate — cf. sect. IV — , Bl. in Rumphia III, 

 1847, p. 158, in annot.): Capsula latisepta, subgloboso-, 

 turbinato- vel pyriformi-trigona vel triangularis. 



A. Capsula turbinato- triangularis, sat stipitata, extus et intus adpresse 

 toineutosa; discus tomentosus; foliola serrato-dentata, subtus tomento 

 denso (pilis creberrimis nervis veuisque insidentibus parenchyma ob- 

 tegentibus effecto) induta, subeglandulosa, supra hypodermate instructa 



a. Foliola discoloria, supra fuscescentia, subtus cinereo- 

 tomentosa (sp. peruviano-panamensis) 



1. C. cinerea Poepp. 



b. Foliola concoloria, utrinque (siccitate) fuscidula (sp., 

 etsi fructus ignotus, praecedenti maxime affinis, bra- 



siliensis) 2. C. castaneaefolia Mart. 



B. Capsula pyriformi- vel subclavato-trigona, junior varie tecta, matura 

 plerumque glabrata, intus tomeutoso-pilosa (nee non glandulosa in 

 C. oblongifolia ; iguota iu C. crassifolia) ; discus glaber 



a. Foliola ovalia, repando-dentata, subtus pilis crispatis 

 fusco-tomentosa ; capsula subclavata, denique glabrata 



3. C. ZANTHOXYLOIDES Caillb. 



b. Foliola oblonga, serrato-dentata, subtus pubescentia 

 vel subglabra; capsula obovoideo-trigona, breviter to- 

 mentosa vel glabra 4. C. vernalis Camb. 



