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connected in the axis, at length separating from each other : wing9 surrounding the cells. 

 . Seeds cmstaceous, arillate : cotyledons thick, fleshy, straightish.— -Climbing shrubs ; leaves 

 ternate, stipulate ; racemes juxta-axillary, peduncled ; peduncles with 2 tendrils near the 

 top ; pedicels fascicled, articulated near the middle ; flowers whitish. 



4. V. seriana, Gr. Leaflets ovate, coarsely serrate, or incised, the middle cuneate at 

 the base ; racemes much exceeding the leaf ; disc-glands 2, one inferior, one superior, both 

 emarginate; samara-wings semiobovate. — Gartn. Carp. t. 79. — Paullinia, L., Cliff, (ex 

 descr.). Serjania sinuata, Schum. Urv. Berteriana, DC. — Branchlets and leaves pubescent 

 or glabrate ; racemes 4 "-2" long, about twice as long as the peduncle, which is inflexed at 

 the tendrils and equals the leaf; samara 1" long ; cell in a central position with respect to 

 the wing. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Grenada!, Lane; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Nicaragua!, 

 Venezuela !]. 



3. SERJANIA, Kth. 

 (Cururu, Sw.) 



Sepals 5. Petals 4, hearing scales. Stamens 8, interior to 4-2 glands. Samara 3, 

 connected in the axis : wings basilar, decurrent along the carpophore : cells villous within. 

 Seeds crustaceous, usually with a minute arillus : cotyledons incurved. — Shrubs, climbing 

 by peduncular or axillary tendrils ; leaves stipulate ; racemes juxta-axillary, simple or 

 compound. 



* Leaves punctate with pellucid lines and dots. 



5. S. paniculata, Kth. Branchlets puberulous; leaves biternate, dotted: leaflets 

 ovate, serrate, glabrous, shining above : petiole naked, trigonal ; samara puberulous above ; 

 wing semiabovate-oblong, wholly inferior, not lining the back of the cell, which is obsoletely 

 veined on the surface. — Kth. Nov. Gen. tf. 441. — S. equestris, Macf.: a form with the 

 racemes compound. — Leaflets variable, l"-2" long, tufted with hairs in the vein-axils 

 beneath ; samara? 8'" long, and as broad below, 4"'-5"' broad above. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Mils., Macf., common ; [Cuba to Venezuela]. 



6. S. lucida, Schum. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves biternate, dotted : leaflets ovate, 

 subentire, glabrous, shining above : petiole lined above with a narrow . margin ; samara 

 glabrous .- wing semiobcordate, lining usually the back of the wing or glabrous cell. — S. Os- 

 sana, DC— Leaflets 5"-2"long ; samara; 10"'-8"' long, 8"' broad below, 5"'-6"' broad above. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullsch., Manchester : [Cuba, S. Thomas !]. 



7. S. divaricata, Sw. Branchlets puberulous or glabrate; leaves biternate, dotted: 

 leaflets large, elliptical, subentire, glabrous : petiole naked, or lined by a very narrow 

 margin ; samara pubescent : wing semiobcordate, wholly inferior, not lining the back of 

 the smooth cell. — Paullinia, Sw., olim. — A high climber; leaflets 3"-6" long, some^i'liem 

 sometimes abortive ; racemes long, in lax panicles ; samara 8"' long, 6"'-8'" broa' # jelow, 

 4'" broad above. — Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., Wils., A I., March, common in mountain- woods. 



** Leaves opaque. 



8. S. paucidentata, DC. Branchlets glabrate ; leaves biternate, not dotted: leaflet* 

 elliptical, subentire, and with 2-4 large crenatures near the blunt top, glabrous : petiole lined 

 by a narrow wing; samara pubescent above: wing semiobcordate, wholly inferior, not 

 lining the back of the small, smooth cell. — Leaflets 2"-4" long : petiolar wings tapering 

 towards the base ; samara 1" long, 10'" broad at the base, 3"' broad at the top.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



■S. angustifolia, W., said to occur in Jamaica, is remarkable by the foliaceous petioles 

 (Desc. Fl. 4. t. 237). 



4. PAULLINIA, L. 



Sepals 5, distinct (or two of them combined). Petals 4, bearing scales. Stamens 8, 

 interior to 2-4 glands. Capsule septicidal, 3-celled (or by abortion 1 -celled). Seeds crus- 

 taceous, arillate.— Shrubs, climbing by peduncular or axillary tendrils; leaves stipulate; 

 racemes axillary or juxta-axillary ,- capsules usually pubescent within. 



