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Matayba. 
1. Matayba livida Radlk., spec. nov. 
Arbor; rami teretiusculi, leviter sulcati, juveniles ut et paniculae 
petiolique sufferrugineo-hirsuti; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 5—7, 
alterna vel subopposita, oblongo-lanceolata, superiora interdum sub- 
cuneata, apice breviter acuminata vel acuta, basi saepius inaequilatera, 
acutiuscula vel inferiora obtusa, integerrima vel obscure sinuata, petio- 
lulata, chartacea, efoveolata, utrinque nitidula livida, pilis obverse clavelli- 
formibus curvatis utrinque glandulisque mieroscopicis raris obsita, praeterea ` 
subtus praesertim ad nervos pilis subsetaceis adspersa, punctis pellucidis 
nullis, diachymatis cellulis partim pachydermicis, epidermide impunctata, 
superiore: erebrius, inferiore perparce crystallophora, hypodermate nullo; 
panieulae axillares, folia subaequantes, pauciramosae, sufferrugineo- 
hirsutae; discus tomentosus; capsula 2-locularis, obcordata, vix stipitata, 
pilis minutis torulosis pulverulento-puberula simulque pilis longioribus 
adpressis laxe subhirsuta, endocarpio dense villoso-tomentoso; semen 
ellipsoideum, arillo totum obtectum, testa fusca nitida. 
Rami paniculas gerentes ca. 6 mm crassi, cortice cinereo sparsim 
lenticelloso-punctato. Folia ca. 22 cm longa ; foliola superiora 14 cm longa, 
4 em lata, inferiora dimidio breviora, nervis utrinque 6—11 nunc remotius- 
culis. nune sat approximatis obliquis ante marginem arcuato-anastomo- 
santibus supra impressis subtus prominentibus, reti venarum subtus 
prominulo; petiolus 4—5 cm longus, sufferrugineo-hirsutus, supra com- 
planatus. Cymulae sessiles, subhirsutae; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae: 
pedicelli fructigeri 5 mm longi. Calyx 2 mm longus, 5-lobatus, lobis trian- 
gularibus acutis, subhirsutus. Petala (sub fructu relicta) calycem aequantia, 
 elliptiea, unguiculata, pubescentia; squamae petala paullo superantes, 
obovatae, villosae. Stamina 3 mm longa, inferne villosa. Capsula 1,5 cm 
lónga et lata. Semen 9 mm longum, 5 mm latum. 
In Costarica: Tonduz, no. 14876! (;Collines de Zent, ‚versant 
atlantique*, alt. 100 m, m. Aug. 1901, fruct.; Hb. Berol.). 
Obs. Species in sectione III. ‚Apicmatayba‘“ (Radlk. in Sitzgsb. 
K. bayer: Ae IX, 1879, p. 626) sat affinis Mataybae eleganti Radlk., quae 
inter alia differt foliolorum epidermide (praesertim paginae superioris) 
punctata. ! 
Felix Malligson, Sero-diagnostische Untersuchungen über die Ver- 
wandtschaften innerhalb des Centrospermen-Astes des Pflanzen- 
reiehs. — Siehe Botanisehes Archiv Band I (Verlag des 
Repertorium). 
