660 SAPINDACE#. 
pubescent beneath. k.. S. Native of Brazil in the province 
of Minas Geraes. 
Marsh Serjania. Shrub cl. 
** * Leaves triternate. 
36 S. rrirerna'ra (Willd. spec. 3. p. 466.) leaves triternate ; 
leaflets ovate, obtuse, repand; petioles winged; racemes pa- 
nicled ; wings of carpels rounded and dilated. kh. U.S. Na- 
tive of South America.—Plum. icon. ed. Burm. t. 112. Paul- 
linia triternata, Lin. mant. 236. Jacq. amer. p. 110. t. 180. f. 32. 
ict. p. 56. t. 260. f. 29. Paullinia polyphylla, Lin. spec. 525. 
Jacq. obs. 3. p. 11. t. 61. f. 10? and f. 11. 
Triternate-leaved Serjania or Supple-Jack. Fl. June, July. 
Clt. 1739. Shrub cl. 
**** Leaves impari-pinnate. 
37 S. parvirtora (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
113.) leaves pinnate, with 3 pairs of leaflets and an odd one; the 
lower pair trifoliate, ovate-oblong, crenate-serrated, sharply- 
mucronate at the apex, smooth above, puberulous beneath ; fruit 
smooth, bh.^. S. Native of South America on the banks of 
the river Amazon. 
Small-flowered Serjania. Shrub cl. 
38 S. Campessepia'NA (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea. 5. p. 
214.) stem smooth, 6-furrowed ; leaves bipinnate or somewhat 
tripinnate, 4 pairs, upper pinne ternate ; leaflets nearly sessile, 
tapering into the petiole, mucronate, acuminate, grossly and un- 
equally toothed, rather pilose on the nerves beneath, and with 
hairs in the axils of the veins; panicle raceme-formed, destitute 
of tendrils, pubescent; branches short, usually 5-flowered ; 
flowers pedicellate, furnished with bracteas ; wings of fruit di- 
lated. h. S. Native of Mexico. 
Cambessedes Serjania. Shrub cl. 
39 S. HETEROPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 604.) lower leaves 
pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets, upper ones biternate ; leaflets 
ovate, somewhat toothed, smooth, terminal one cuneated at the 
base; petioles subalate at the apex ; racemes stalked ; wings of 
carpels rounded behind. h.%.S. Native of St. Martha. 
Variable-leaved Serjania. Shrub cl. 
Cult. Climbing shrubs hardly worth cultivating unless in 
general collections. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam 
and peat. Large cuttings root more freely than small ones. 
These should be planted in a pot of sand and placed under a 
hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 
IV. PAULLINIA (in honour of Simon Paulli, a Danish 
naturalist, author of Quadripartitum Botanicum ; died in 1680). 
Schum. act. soc. hist. nat. hafn. 3. pt. 2. mss. ann. mus. 4. p. 
340. D. C. prod. 1. p. 604. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 22. 
—Cartru, Plum. gen. p. 34. t. 35. Paullinia, spec. Lin.—Se- 
marillaria, Ruiz et Pav. fl. peru, vol. 4. 
Lin. syst. Octéndria, Monogiynia. Calyx of 4-5 sepals, 2 
outer ones smallest. Petals 4, each furnished with a scale on 
the inside above the base, the 2 lower ones remote from the 
stamens, the scales of the lower petals ending in an inflexed ap- 
pendage. Glands 2-4 on the disk, opposite the petals, the 2 
superior ones usually abortive. Stamens 8, inserted in the recep- 
tacle and connate around the ovary at the base. Style trifid, with 
the segments longitudinally stigmatose on the inside. Capsule 
pear-shaped, trigonal, usually with 3 short wings at the apex, 3- 
celled, 3-valved ; dissepiments membranous, adnate to the cen- 
tral axis. Seeds fixed to the inner angle at the base of the cells, 
half covered by a 2-lobed aril.—Climbing or twining-tendrilled 
shrubs, with ternate, biternate, triternate, pinnate, bipinnate, or 
decompound stipulate leaves, and axillary racemes of flowers, 
with the common peduncle usually furnished with 2 opposite 
twisted tendrils below the flowers. Flowers white. 
lII. Sersgania. 
IV. PAULLINIA. 
* Capsules pear-shaped, mith wingless valves. Leaves ternate. 
1 P. Tursacr’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
114.) capsules obtuse, densely clothed with hairs ; leaflets acu- 
minated, coarsely serrate-toothed, smooth, shining; petioles 
naked. h.^. S. Native of New Granada in temperate places 
at Turbaco. 
Turbaco Paullinia. Shrub cl. 
2 P. Curvu'ru (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 365.) capsules obtuse; 
leaflets oblong, serrate-toothed, somewhat acuminated ; petioles 
winged. h.%.S. Native of the Antilles——Plum. ed. Burm. 
t. 111. f. 2. Jacq. obs. 3. p. 11. t. 61. f. 4. Cururu is a Carib- 
bean name. 
Cururu Paullinia. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 
3 P. nrtrpa (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) capsule pear-shaped; 
leaflets oblong, rather acuminated, coarsely serrate-crenate, 
smooth, shining; petioles naked. h.™.S. Native of South 
America on the banks of the river Orinoco, and in Peru. Sema- 
rillaria nítida, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 339. 
Shining-leaved Paullinia. Shrub cl. 
4 P. rrea‘ria (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets oblong, acute, 
coarsely-serrated, shining, smooth; petioles winged ; racemes 
about equal in length with the leaves. .k.V.S. Native of 
South America on the banks of the river Magdalena. 
River-bank Paullinia. Shrub cl. 
+ Capsules unknown ; leaves ternate. 
5 P. nopdsa (Jacq. enum. 35. obs. t. 61. f. 3.) petioles naked; 
leaflets ovate, a little toothed, smooth, middle one obovate ; ra- 
cemes knotted or thickened. h. ^. S. Native of the Antilles.. 
Knotted-racemed Paullinia. Shrub cl. . 
6 P. pensirtora (Smith, in Rees’ cycl. no. 3.) petioles 
winged ; leaflets obscurely serrated ; racemes aggregate, much- 
branched, 4-times shorter than the petioles. h.^. S. Native 
of New Granada. 
Dense-flowered Paullinia. Shrub cl. 
* * Capsules pear-shaped, wingless. Leaves pinnate. 
7 P. prnna‘ra (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 366.) young capsules with 
3 tubercles at the apex; leaflets 5, ovate-lanceolate, sessile, 
crenated ; petioles winged. h.^. S. Native of Brazil, Mex- 
ico, Guiana, Antilles, and equinoctial Africa. Jacq. obs. 3. P. 
12. t. 62. f. 12.—Plum. ed. Burm. 76. t. 91. 
Pin:ate-leaved Paullinia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1752. Sh. cl. 
8 P. macrorny’txa (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) leaflets 5, oblong, 
obtuse, remotely and obsoletely toothed, membranaceous, smooth, 
but with the nerve and veins hairy ; petioles and rachis winged. 
k. O.S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 
Magdalena. 
Long-leaved Paullinia. Shrub cl. 
9 P. ara‘ra ; leaflets 5, oblong, distantly and deeply toothed, 
with winged petioles; branches qnadrangular ; tendrils axillary, 
twisted and bifid; racemes short, crowded on the old wood. 
h. S. Native of Peru. Semarillaria alata, Ruiz et Pav. 
fl. per. 4. t. 340. 
Winged-petioled Paullinia. Shrub cl. B.) 
10 P. carroròpera (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 376. t. 78. ch 
leaves with 3 pairs of oblong or oblong-lanceolate leaflets, whic 
are narrowed at the base and puberulous beneath, acumina’ 
and mucronulate; lower pair trifoliate; petioles and rac e 
naked ; capsule rather clavate, wingless. kh. U S. Native 0 
Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 
Fruit-footed Paullinia. Shrub cl. 
11 P. arrinis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 377. t. 78. A.) leaves 
with 2-3 pairs of oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, ky 
cronulate leaflets, which are narrowed at the base, and s ie 
tomentose beneath, lower pair trifolate ; petioles naked ; capsul€ 
