615 



SAPINDACEAE: MATAYBA. 



616 



Hemsl. in Biol. Centr.-Am. 1 (1879-81) p. 213 n. 67 (coll. 

 Seem., Buchass.), excl. ant. „Miq."; Anal, del Museo Nacional 

 de Costa Rica I (1888) Pars 2, p. 20. 



Cupania glabra, non Sw., Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. (1859) 

 p. 125, „forma foliolis integerrimis", quoad Cup. laevigatam 

 Seem, (fide Hb. Griseb.!), excl. C. laevig. Miq. (cfr. Mat. laevig.). 



Cupania glaberrima Buchassaing mss. ed. Triana et PI. 

 1. c. (1862) p. 376 in synon. Cup. laevig. 



Batonia sp. Hemsl. 1. c. (1879—81) p. 213 n. 2, coll 

 Seem.!; Anal, del Mus. Nacion. de Costa Rica I (1888) 

 Pars 2, p. 20. 



Cupania sp. Hemsl. I. c. (1879—81) p. 213 n. 8, coll. 

 S. Hayes n. 113!; Anal, del Mus. Nacion. de Costa Rica 1 

 (1888) Pars 2, p. 20. 



Varilaso s. Varilazo t. Seem. II. cc. et Tr. et PI. I. c. 



Frutex vulgaris, 10— 15-pedalis (S. Hayes). Rami circ. 3 mm 

 crassi, cortice griseo, lenticelloso-punctati. Foliola ad 14 cm longa, 5 cm 

 lata, sicca i useescentia , paucinervia, nervis lateralibns aequalibus aequi- 

 di8tantibus, reti venarum praesertim subtus prominulo. Bracteae 

 bracteolaeque perparvae; pedicelli circ. 1mm longi. Calyx 1 mm longus, 

 coriaceus, 5-lobatus, extus tomentellus. Petala 1 mm longa, ex obovato 

 unguiculata ; squamae petala fere aequantes, villosae. Stamina 2,5 mm 

 longa; filamenta filiformia, deuse pubescentia; antherae pubescentes. 

 Germen rudimentarium tomentosum. Fructus 1,5 cm longus, 1,2 cm 

 latus, siccus subniger. 



In Panama et in Mexico: Seemann n. 289! („near the city of 

 Panama and the ruins of Panama Viejo, m. Oct. 1846, fior. ; Hb. Kew); 

 Duchassaing ! (Panama, a. 1850— 51, fior. et fruct. ; Hb. Paris., Griseb. 

 c. ic. a Duchass. picta „tab. XV"); Sutton Hayes n. 113! (m. Maj. 1861 ; 

 Hb. Kew.); — in Mexico: Haenke! (fruct.; Hb. Berol.). 



14. MATAYBA ADENANTHERA Radlk. arbor magna; 

 rami teretes, juveniles pulverulento-puberuli, mox glabrati; 

 folia abrupte pinnata, magna; foliola 8 — 10, alterna, elliptico- 

 lanceolata, sat larga, apice acuminata, basi acuta, petiolulata, 

 integerrima, chartacea, sat multinervia, clathrato-venosa, 

 efoveolata, utrinque nitidula, pilis obverse clavelliformibus 

 rectis glandulisque microscopicis obsita, ceterum praeter nervos 

 utrinque pulverulento-puberulos glabra, punctis pellucidis 

 lineolisque ramificatis laxe notata, hypodevmate nullo; pani- 

 culae ad apices ramorum axillares, folia dimidia aequantes, 

 tomentellae; fiores insignes antheris apice glaudula sessili 

 notatis; discus velutinus (fructus ignotus). 



Rami paniculas gerentes 4mm crassi, cortice sordide subfusco, 

 lenticellosi. Folia usque 50 cm longa; foliola superiora 20cm longa, 

 7,5 cm lata, inferiora dimidio breviora, nervis utrinque 12— 13 oblique 

 adscendentibus ante raarginem arcuato-anastomosantibus venisque supra 

 iiupressis, subtus promiuentibus, e viridi pallide subfusca; petiolus supra 

 complanatus, basi sulcatus, aubtus convexus striatus, minutim puberulus, 

 lentieellosus. Cymui.ae sessiles, contractae, puberulae; bracteae bracteo- 

 laeque minimae; pedicelli 1,5 mm longi, supra medium articulati. Caj.yx 

 1 mm longus, submembrunaceus, 5-!obatus, lobis ovatis acutis, tomentellus. 

 Petala calycem vix aequantia, e late ovato orbieularia vel transversim 

 elliptica, vix unguiculata, pubescentia; squamae petala aequantes, obo- 

 vatae, densissime lanosae. Stamina brevia; filamenta tusiformia, dense 

 lanoso-pilosa; antherae puberulae, conuectivo apice cellularum laticigerarum 

 (in aliis speciebus rariorum) copia in glandulam sessilem diaphano-cerinam 

 producto. Germen- obovoideo-trigouum, adpresse tomentellum, 1,5 mm 

 longum, stylo aequilongo puberulo apice subtrilobo coronatum. 



In Brasiliae prov. Alto Amazonas (?) : Glaziou n. 9709! (legit 

 Schwacke?; a Glaziou indicatur, an errore? : Porto das Caixas, Bio d. 



Jan., m. Dec. 1878; cf. ohs. ad Paulliniam Cnpana Kunfh, Glaziou 

 n. 9707, in Radlk. Monogr. Paull. p. 217; Hb. Kew., Warming, in quo 

 idteriore indication est „ Amazonas"). 



15. MATAYBA CAMPTONEURA Radlk. arbor magna; 

 rami teretiusculi, saepius leviter sulcati. glabrescentes ; folia 

 abrupte pinnata; foliola 3— 5, plerumque alterna, magna, late 

 elliptica et obtuse acuminata, vel subovato-lanceolata et sensim 

 acutata, basi acutiuscula acutave, integerrima, petiolulata, 

 chartacea, paucinervia, efoveolata, discoloria, subtus fusees- 

 centia, supra plerumque livescentia, pilis obverse clavelli- 

 formibus crebris subtus glaudulisque microscopicis obsita 

 ceterum glabriuscula, dense pellucido-punctata, hypodermate 

 nullo, staurenchymatis cellulis partim pachydermia, epidermide 

 superiore punctata inferioreque crystallophoia insignia; pani- 

 culae axillares, ramosae, solitariae vel paucae fasciculatae, 

 fusco-tomentellae, foliis multoties breviores; discus tomentosus; 

 fructus triangulari-pyriformis , sensim in stipitem breviorem 

 attenuatus, extus glabrescens, endocarpio praesertim margine 

 et circa seminis insertionem piloso; semen ellipsoideum, fere 

 usque ad apicem arillo obtectum, testa nigro-fusca, splendi- 

 dissima. 



Matayba camptoneura Radlk. in Sitz. h. b. Ac. IX (1879) 

 p. 535 n. 464, p. 629 n. 19. 



Lamprospermum Schomburgkii Klotzsch ed. Rich. ScJwmb. 

 in Reisen in Brit. Guiana III (1848) p. 1181, coll. Schomb. 

 n. 348! ; nomen nudum. 



Akbor 40— 50-pedalis, ramis expansis (Schomb.). Rami paniculas 

 gerentes 3 — 4 mm crassi , cortice plerumque fusco, seriebus lenticellarum 

 albidaruni notati. Folia 30—40 em longa; foliola 15 — 25 cm longa, 

 6 —11 cm lata, nervis circ. 7 remotis arcuato -adscendentibus; petiolus 

 6 -8 cm longus, glaber, supra complanatus, subtus convexus, saepe lenti- 

 cellosus. Bracteae bracteolaeque parvae; cymulae sessiles; pedicelli 

 circ. 1 mm longi. Flores albi (Schomb.). Calyx 1 mm longus, 5-lobatus, 

 chartaceus, extus tomentosus. Petala (squamis exclusis) 1 mm vix 

 aequantia, late suborbicularia; squamae petala fere duplo superantes, ob- 

 longae, villosae. Stamina 2 mm longa; filamenta inferne dense pubes- 

 centia; antherae glabriusculae. Germen tomentosum. Fructus 1,5 cm 

 longus, totidem latus. Semen ad 12 mm longum, 7 mm latum. 



In Guiana anglica: Rob. Schomburgk n. 332! (Berbice, a. 1837, 

 fior.; Hb. Benth., Berol. etc.), 411! (Pirara etc., a. 1841—2, fruct; 

 Hb. Deless., Vindob.); Rich. Schomburgk n. 348! (Essequibo, m. Jan. 

 1842, fruct. ; Hb. Berol.). 



16. MATAYBA PURGANS Radlk. arbor humilis 

 (Poeppig); rami subteretes, leviter sulcati, grabrescentes ; 

 folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 3—5, alterna vel subopposita, 

 maxima, late elliptica vel inferiora subovata, obtusissime 

 acumiuato-apiculata , basi acutiuscula vel subrotundata , in- 

 tegerrima, petiolulata, chartacea, paucinervia, efoveolata, 

 concoloria, utrinque viridia, pilis obverse clavelliformibus 

 glandulisque microscopicis obsita, ceterum glabra, obscurius 

 pellucide punctata, hypodermate nullo, cellulis epidermidis 

 utriusque sclerencbymatico-pachydermicis insignia; paniculae, 

 resp. thyrsi, breves, petiolum dimidium vix aequantes, ple- 

 rumque 2—3 fasciculatim congestae , subfusco- tomentosae; 

 discus tomentosus; fructus trigono-obovoideus, breviter stipi- 

 tatus, extus glabratus, valvis subchartaceis, endocarpio laxe 



