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XL SOMPHOXYLON Eichl. 



Flores masculi: Sepala 6, extima minora basi 

 connata. Corolla calyce minor, 6-phylla; petala ex- 

 tima concava, margine involuta (neque stamina ante- 

 posita amplectentia) , intiina paullo minora planiuscula 

 carnosula. Stamina 3 alte coalita; antherae conne- 

 ctivo subaequali, loculis binis discretis elliptico-subro- 

 tundis rima verticali apertis. Flores feminei et fru- 

 ctus latent. 



Frvtex scandens, ligno mollissimo subspongioso. 

 Folia integra, pennivenia nervisque in funis palmatis. 

 Jnflorescentiae masculae repetito-racemosae, am- 

 plae, later ales; bracteae minutae subulatae, bracteo- 

 lae nullae. — Crescit in Surinam o. 



Obs. I. Nomen derivatum e ao/u<p6{, spongiosus et £u'Aov, 

 lignum , propter ligni indolem. 



Obs. II. Genus turn habitu turn florum fabrica distinctum. 

 Inflorescentiae in ordine amplissimae, lignum mollissimuin. Flore 

 Cocculeu pluribus affine, attamen ab omnibus differt sepalis exte- 



rioribus basi connatis, staminibus solummodo 3 alteque monadel- 

 phis. Cuinam sit adscribcndum tribui, stirpc tantum mascula ex- 

 stante, dubium est. 



(1.) SOMPHOXYLON WULLSCHLAEGELII Eichl. 

 Tabula nostra XXXVII. Fig. IV. 



Tota planta glaberrima. Rami teretes, haud striati , cortice 

 lucidulo demum cinerascenti-rubido lenticelloso. Folia petiolo 

 ultra 3-pollic. utrinque parum incrassato , limbo 6 — 9 poll. lg. 

 4 — 7% It.; ovata vel ovato-cordata sinu baseos aperto, apice ab- 

 rupte cuspidata, membranacea, concolora laete viridia; nervi utrin- 

 que 5 — 8, laxe reticulati, praesertim infra clevati. Inflorescen- 

 tiae masculae ultra 2 ped. lg. et V/ 2 ped. amplae; pedunculi pri- 

 marii usque tertiarii elongati, gradatim decrescentes , erga invicem 

 perpendiculares, solemniter solitarii ; pedicclli quarti gradus bre- 

 vissimi subspicati , 2 — 4-fasciculati. Bracteae primariae 1-lin., 

 gradatim minores. Flores cc. '/,-lin. diam. Sepala membrana- 

 cea, extima ovato - lanceolata , intiina obovato- suborbicularia. Co- 

 rolla calyce duplo minor; petala obovato-elliptica. Stamina corol- 

 lam subaequantia; anthcrae majusculae. 



Habitat circa Paramaribo ditionis Surinamensis : Wullschlagel. 

 Forte in Brasilia contermina invenienda. 



TABULAE EXPLICATAE. 



Tab. XXXVI. Fig. I. Disciphania lobata, p. 169. 



II. Chondodendron tomentosum, p. 167. 

 XXXVII. Fig. I. Anomospermum grandifolium , p. 169. 



II. Anomospermum japurense, p. 170. 



III. Anomospermum reticulatum, p. 171. 



IV. Somphoxjlon Wullschlagclii , p. 206. 

 XXXVIII. Anomospermum Schomburgkii, p. 171. 



XXXIX. Abuta rufescens, p. 174. 



XL. Fig. I. Abuta Candollei, p. 176. 



II. Abuta Grisebachii, p. 176. 

 XLI. Fig. I. Abuta Selloana, p. 178. 



II. Abuta Imene, p. 177. 

 XLII. Fig.' I. Abuta concolor, p. 180. 



II. Abuta guyanensis, p. 181. 



III. Abuta panurensis, p. 182. 



IV. Cocculus Filipendula, p. 183. 

 V. Cocculus enneandra, p. 184. 



VI. Cocculus Carolina, p. 184. 



Tab. XLIII. Cissampelos ovalifolia, p. 187., 



XLIV. Fig. I. Cissampelos flumincnsis, p. 191. 

 II. Cissampelos svmpodialis, p. 192. 

 HI. Cissampelos tamoides, p. 193. 

 IV. Cissampelos andromorpha, p. 195. 

 V. Sjchnosepalum microphjllum, p. 204. 

 XLV. Cissampelos glaberrima, p. 192. 

 XLV1. Cissampelos fasciculata , p. 194. 

 XLVII. Fig. I. Pachygone oblongifolia,, p. 197. 

 II. Pachjgone domingensis, p. 197. 

 HI. Sciadotaenia amazonica, p. 201. 

 IV. Sciadotaenia cajenncnsis, p. 201. . 

 V. Sciadotaenia ramiflora, p. 202. 

 XLVIII. Fig. L Botryopsis platjphjlla, p. 199. 

 II. Botryopsis Spruceana, p. 200. 

 XLIX. Fig. I. Sjchnosepalum paraense, p. 203. 

 II. Sjchnosepalum Sagotianum, p. 203. 



Sigla ad calcem Berberidearum quaeras. 



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