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lati; alabaMtraellipsoidea, 3. ."itnni. longa, albido-toineiitella. Flore8(iuasculi) :— 

 Sepala iiiteri(jr;i 3. 5 mm. ioiiga. I'etahi (.5 lum. louga, intiis fere usque ad. basiu 

 dens*; glaiidiiligi'iii; s(imimM^ sniieriorcs crista oboviita vix emarginata appon- 

 diceqiHs dotlexa brevi obtnsa vilhisu, iui'criorivs crista oblimga instructa'. Torus 

 glaber. Stamiiiti, potala a'liuantia. (icrminis nidimoutuiu piiberulum. 

 lu Mexico : Pahnor n. 795 ! (Agiabampo, 1890). 



Obs. Maximo aniiii.s S. sphenocarptr rtadlkofcr (Sect, xi ; of. K'adlk, Serja- 

 nia> Monogr.p. 2()9), attamcii robustior, iit videtur, ot IVnctii obtuso (nisi inatu- 

 ritato formam variat) nee uon (']>idcrmido valdt' niucigera (an satis?) distiueta. 



Serjania trifoliolata Jiadlltofer, up. uov. Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; rami inie- 

 (pialitcr (>-costati, costis obtiis^a siibfiiscis, inter CDstas planinsculi vel leviter 

 Huleati, snlcis \iridibus; corpiiH ligiiosimi simplex; folia ternata; foliola sub- 

 orbicularia, nuicronnlata, in petiolnlos abrnptins attenuata, remote iserrato-den- 

 tata, membranaccii^ glabcrrima nee nisi glandnlis microscopicis et snbtng in 

 axillis nervorum inl'criornm pilorum fascieiilo olisita, ijcnninervia vel terminalia 

 8tibtri]i]iiiervia. viridia, ntrimiue opacii, obsoletins pcllucide punctata et linoo- 

 lata, epidermide mucigera; ])etiolns communis nudns; thyrsi in ramnlis acce3- 

 soriis snpraaxillaribus ]taniciilatiin congesti, brcvitcr pednncnlnti, ecirrliosi, 

 adjeeto interdmn axillari longe peduncnbito bicirrhoso; cincinni 8ul)sessileH, 

 abbreviati ; flores minimi, albi; sepala omnia glabrinscula, nee nisi margine 

 apiceqiio minutissime pubcn-nli, intns pnbc brevi indntn ; frnctus sectionis xii. 

 (8eniimatnrus)obloiigus, ad loculos ti-igonus, obtnsus, glaber, locnlorum paricte 

 tenni (submembranacea), endonar])io glaberrimo; semen propo locnli basin 

 insertum — (matnrnm non snppctebat). 



Eamithyrsigeridiaiiietro2-:imm. Folia circ. T2 cm, longn, Ocm. lata; foliolnm 

 tcrminale petioltilo l-l,5-ccn1iui('trali excduso circ. ") cm. longnm, I.Ti cm. latum, 

 latei-alia minora, brevins pitiolnlata; pctioliis commnuis .■)-() cm, longns; sti- 

 pubc minuta', ovato-triangulares. Thyrsi ecirrhosi circ. 4 cm. long], bicirrliosl 

 ]dns triple longiores, rhaclii piilvernlento pnbernla. dense eincinnifera; pcdicelli 

 1.5 mm,, frnctiieri 2 mm. long), ]>rope basin articnlati; alabastra obovoidea, 

 l.Snnn, longa. Fl()ri'8 (mascnii): — Sepalainti'riora2mm. vix snjioriintia. Petala 

 2.5 mm. longa, Intns glandulis paucis adspersa; 8(iuamje (cristis exclnsis) 

 petala dimidia a'(|uaiitcs, snpcriores crista profundo bifida, laeiniia subulatis 

 eroctis, appendicecine (h^ilcxa brevi obtnsa barbata, ini'criores crista snbcornuta 

 erecta instructa\ Tori glandnhe sn]>eriores breviti'r (dliptica-, lattsrales obao- 

 leta^. Staminnm filamenta pareepilosnla, anthera; glabrae. Germiuis rndimen- 

 tnm glabrnin. Friictns semimatnrus 1 1 mm, longns, (1 mm, latns — (maturus non 

 8uppetel)at). 



In Mexico: Palmci- n. i;567! (Manzanillo, ad tinmen ('ottone, m. Mart. 1891, 

 flor. et fruct. ). 



Obs. Afhnis S. mcridlondli (Sect, xii ; ci". ]ia<llk. Serjaniie ]V[oTi<)gr. p. 286), 

 a <iua pra'sertim foliis ternatis differt. 



Serjania triquetra Radlk, Monogr. 305 (1875). Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. 

 No. 972. 



Paullinia fuscescens. il. I>, K, \i>\ , (ion. et Spec. v. 120 (1821). Climbing slirub : 

 flowers Avhite : carpels "carmine color." ( 'limbs o\-cr small trees and bushes. 

 In the openings between the lagoon and the mountains. Manzanillo, March 2 

 to 18, 1891. No. 1100. 



Paulliuia sessiliflora liadlkofer, s]). nov. Scandens, frnticosa, pnbescens vel snb- 

 glabra; rami teretiusculi, leviter 1-5-snlcati, glabri ; corpus lignosnm simplex; 

 folia 5-foliolati»-;)innata; foliola ovali-oblonga, termtnaU- basi cnneatnm, latera- 

 lia apice basi(|ne acutiuscnla vel snhobtusa, remote subrepando-dentata vel 

 subintegerriraa, margine rovoluta, breviter petiolulata, chartacea, glabrinscula 

 vel subtns piibi brevi densiore mollia nee non in axillis nervornm barbata, glan- 

 (luHsj microsi'0])icis obsita, siibtiis roti ntriculorum laticiferorum pellucido 



