Tas. 5879. 
PAULLINTA ruHaticrreironia. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Saprinpace#.—Suborder, SAPINDEs. 
Genus Pauuiinia, Linn. ; (Benth. and Hook. F., Gen. Plant., vol. i. p. 394). 
PavLuinia thalictrifolia ; ramulis pubescenti-tomentosis, foliis pubescentibus 
subbipinnatis, pinnis 3-8 jugis, foliolis subsessilibus oblique obovatis 
superoribus integris v. 1-3 crenatis intermediis paucicrenatis v. lobulatis, 
infimis 3-lobis v. 3-sectis, rachibus ultimis compressis, stipulis 
deciduis, pedunculis axillaribus spiralibus foliis multo brevioribus 
simplicibus v. ramosis multifloris, pedunculis robustis, floribus parvis 
subsessilibus, calycis lobis obtusis petalis triplo brevioribus, filamentis 
basi carinatis, stylo alte 3-fido, capsula a basi 3-alata, alis sursum 
dilatatis apice divaricatis. 
Pavuuimta thalictrifolia, A. Juss. in Ann, Mus., vol. iv. p. 347, t. 66, f. 1. 
DC. Prod., vol. i. p. 605. 
P. bipinnata, Poiret, Encycl., vol. iv. p. 37. 
P. fluminensis, Velloz. Flor. Flum., vol. iv- t. 37. 
It is seldom that a woody Tropical climber of the natu- 
ral family to which the subject of the present Plate belongs, 
affords a subject of much horticultural interest: and this 
owes its exceptional character to the beautifully feathery 
foliage, which, accompanied by its scandent habit, gives it 
when in a young state the habit and appearance of a climbing 
Davillia, or allied Fern. In this condition it flowers very 
sparingly ; and herbarium specimens, gathered from full- 
grown plants in Brazil, have a coarse woody habit and much 
larger leaflets. The plant is a native of the Rio de Janeiro 
province of Brazil, whence it was imported by Messrs. Veitch — 
of the Royal Exotic Nurseries, King’s-road, Chelsea, with 
whom it flowered in October, 1870. 
Duscr. A woody climber, probably many feet high. Stem 
terete, slender, and branches densely clothed with a velvety 
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