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neated at the base, smoothish beneath, as well as the branches 
and petioles. h.%™.S. Native of St. Martha. Paullinia Ber- 
teriana, Balb. mss. 
Bertero’s Urvillea. Shrub cl. 
3 U. cra‘sra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 353. t. 74.) stem smooth ; 
leaflets ovate-oblong, acutish, mucronulate, nearly entire, smooth. 
h. JS. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Leaves ternate. 
Racemes twin or solitary. 
Smooth Urvillea. Shrub cl. 
4 U.rure’scens (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 354.) stem tomentose ; 
leaflets ovate, acutish, mucronulate, toothed, smoothish above, 
but pubescently-tomentose beneath, and rufescent. h. VU. S. 
Native of Brazil. Leaves ternate. Racemes solitary. 
Rufescent Urvillea. Shrub cl. i 
5 U. FERRUGINEA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1077.) branches trique- 
trous, with the angles covered with long rufous hairs ; leaflets 
cordate, toothed, somewhat lobed, villous; fruit villous. h. 
u. S. Native of Brazil. Leaves ternate. Racemes solitary. 
Flowers white ; anthers reddish. 
Rusty Urvillea FI. May. Clt. 1823, Shrub cl. 
Cult. Climbing shrubs hardly worth cultivating, except in 
botanic gardens. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam 
and peat, and large cuttings will strike root readily in sand under 
a hand-glass, in heat. 
HI. SERJA'NIA (in honour of Philip Serjeant, a French 
friar, and botanist). Plum. gen. 34, t. 35. D. C. prod. 1. p. 
602.—Seriina, Schum. act. soc. nat. hafn. 3. pt. 2. Cambess. in 
mem. mus. 18. p. 20. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx 4-5 sepalled, 2 
outer ones smallest. Petals 4, each furnished with a scale above 
the base, the 2 lower ones remote from the stamens, the scales 
of the lower petals ending in an inflexed appendage. Glands 
2-4 on the disk at the base of the petals, the 2 upper ones usually 
abortive. Stamens 8, inserted in the receptacle, connate around the 
ovary at the base. Style trifid, with the segments longitudinally 
stigmatose inside. Capsule 3-winged, or composed of 3 carpels, 
adnate to the central, filiform axis. Carpels membranous, drawn 
out into a wing at the base, 1-celled and 1-seeded at the apex. 
Seeds fixed to the inner angle, with a very thick funicle, usually 
dilated into a small 2-lobed aril.—Climbing or twining-tendrilled 
shrubs, with ternate, biternate, rarely triternate, or impari-pinnate, 
stipulate leaves. Flowers white in racemes, with the common 
peduncle usually furnished with 2 opposite tendrils beneath the 
flowers. 
* Leaves ternate. 
1 S. sinva‘ra (Schum. l. c. p. 126. t. 12. f. 1.) leaves ternate; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, sinuately-toothed ; wings of carpels 
dilated behind. kh.%™.S. Native of the Caribbee Islands.— 
Plum. icon. ed. Burm. t. 113. f. 2. Paullinia Seriana, Lin. spec. 
524. Jacq. obs. 3. p. 11. t.61. f. 2. Seriana Plumeriana, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 247. 
Stnuated-leafletted Serjania. Shrub cl. 
2 S. mo'uus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 108.) 
leaves ternate; leaflets ovate, crenate-serrated, rounded at the 
base, clothed with silky hairs above, but with silky tomentum 
beneath, terminal one 3-lobed; fruit hairy. h.%. S. Native 
of Peru on the Andes between Querocotillo and Montan. 
Soft Serjania. Shrub cl. 
3 S. Acaputce’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, I. c.) leaves ternate; 
leaflets oblong, rounded at the base, somewhat auricled on the 
sides, obsoletely crenated at the apex. h.%.S. Native of 
Mexico between Acapulca and La Venta del Exido. Perhaps 
this plant is only a variety of S. emargindta. 
Acapulca Serjania. Shrub cl. 
t S. cuspmpa'ra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 356.) branches hairy ; 
SAPINDACEH. II. Urvitztea. III. Sersanta. © 
leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, somewhat 3-lobed, cordate, grossly 
and dentately serrated, cuspidate at the apex, densely clothed 
with silky pili; sepals 4; fruit pubescent. k. U.S. Native of 
Brazil near Rio Janeiro. 
Cuspidate-leaved Serjania. Shrub cl. 
5 S. tanceoza’ta (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 356.) branches 
smoothish ; leaves ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, den- 
tately-serrated, smooth ; sepals 5. k. S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Minas Geraes. 
Lanceolate-leaved Serjania. Shrub cl. 
6 S. emarerna’ra (H.B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves rather biter- 
nate ; leaflets quite entire, smooth, rounded at the apex and 
emarginate, with the sides somewhat auricled, intermediate one 
3-lobed or 3-cut; fruit smooth. h.%. S. Native of Mexico 
on the mountains. 
Emarginate-leaved Serjania. 
Shrub cl. 
* * Leaves biternate. 
7 S. prvarica‘ta (Schum. 1. c. p. 126. t. 12. f. 2.) leaves bi- 
ternate ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, rather acute, shining, stalk- 
ed; petioles naked; wings of carpels dilated and rounded be- 
hind. h.%.S. Native of Jamaica in woods. Paullinia diva- 
ricata, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 696. 
Diwaricate Serjania. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 
8 S. veruti wa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 357. t. 75.) branches 
tomentose; leaves biternate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, grossly and 
deeply toothed, velvety above, and brownish tomentose beneath ; 
sepals 5; fruit pubescent. h. S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Goyaz. 
Velvety Serjania. Shrub cl. 
9 S. Caraccasa NA 
(Willd. spec. 3. p. 465.) 
leaves biternate; leaf- 
lets oblong, acute at 
both ends, very remote- 
ly toothed, very smooth ; 
petioles naked; wings 
of carpels rounded be- 
hind. h.%™. S. Native 
of New Spain in Carac- 
cas, as well as of Gua- > 
daloupe. Paullinia Ca- 
raccasana, Jacq. hort. 
Scheenbr. 1. p. 52. t. 99. 
Caraccas Serjania. Clt. 1816. 
Shrub cl. 
10 S. etasra‘ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 110.) 
leaves biternate, smooth; leaflets elliptic-oblong, acuminate» 
cuneated at the base, coarsely crenate-serrated ; petioles naked ; 
wings of carpels rounded behind. kh. ©. S. Native of the 
temperate parts of Peru. Very like the preceding species. 
Smoothish Serjania. Shrub cl; bi- 
11 S. racemdsa (Schum. l. c. p. 127. t. 12. f. 5.) leaves Jes 
ternate; leaflets ovate, acute, profoundly serrated ; peno at 
nearly naked; wings of carpels dilated behind, and somew 
sinuated in front. k.^.S. Native of Vera Cruz. 
Racemose-flowered Serjania. Shrub cl. bi- 
12 S. specra’srits (Schum. 1. c. p. 127. t. 12. f 4.) leaves te: 
ternate ; leaflets obovate, entire, terminal one retusely emargina S. 
petioles winged; wings of carpels dilated behind. R. ' 
ative of South America. 
ewy Serjania. Shrub cl. 
13 S. cLematiprròLIa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 361.) branche 
puberulous ; leaves biternate ; leaflets oblong, narrowed at n 
ends, acutish, deeply toothed, coriaceous, pale-green above Sy- 
scabrous, pale and puberulous beneath ; sepals 5; fruit dens 
puberulous at the apex. h.. S. Native of Brazil. 
