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vel subcoriacea, margine aculeis apice nigris remote aciilcato-dontata 

 Tel in eodem ramo integraj iiervis longitiulinalibus tenuibus extirais 

 margini valde approxiniatis utrinque aequaliter bene conspicuis, sed 

 nervo central! subtus ad basin carinato-prominente 5-nervia, nervis 

 secundariis manifestls angiilo subrecto e nervo niedio excedentibiis 

 crebro anastomosantibus dense reticulato- nervosa, parum diaphana, 

 glauca, vix nitidula, subtas subpallidiora, petiolo brevi, 4 — 6 mm. 

 longo, ad Y2 — Vs ^^g^^te vaginato, cirrhifero, infra aplcera articulato 

 instructa. „Pedunculi masculi 1,5 — 2 cm. longi. Umbella 2b — 35- 

 flora. Receptaculum globosum, 3 — 7 mm. latum, bracteolis inter pedi- 

 cellos vix perspicuis. Pedicelli 7 mm. Sepala elliptica, vix 2 mm. 

 longa, cum petalis oblongis triplo angustioribus siibaequalibiis patentia. 

 Stamina 2/3 lo^git- sepalorum; antberis apice mucronulatis, filamento 

 subbrevioribus. Flores fem. iMoti. Pedunculi fructiferi centim. longi, 



caet. mari similes, nmbella 10 — 12-carpa. Receptaculum globosum, 

 2 — 3 mm. latum. Pedicelli 5 — 7 mm. Baccae in sicco nigrac'' (ex 

 A. DC). 



Smüax lappacea Willd.f Spee, Plant IV, 2 (1806) p. 777; A^ DC 

 Monogr. Phan, I p, 125; 0. E. Schuh in TJrb. Symb. IV p. 149^ 



Planta armata. Oaulis Immilis, scandens, medius 3^5 mm. crassus, 

 acutangulus, remote striatus, basi nudus, laevis, inferne aculeis tenuibus, 

 porrectis, 4 — 6 mm. longis, basi 1,2 — 1,5 mm. latis, apice nigris dense 

 munitus, superne aculeis minoribus, 1 — 3 mm. longis, apice subrecnrvatis 

 + obsitus, praeterea ad apicem, imprimis ad angulos, verrucoso-scaber, 

 pallide viridis vel flavidus, ramosus; rami 1,5— 2 mm. crassi, quadrangu- 

 lares, Squamae caulinae basilares e basi lata longe acuminatae, ca. 10 mm. 

 longae, bruneae. Folia apice vix complicata, margine non undulata, saepe 

 subtus ad nervum medium et petiolum aculeis manifestis armata, parce 

 cirrhifera, juniora pellucida, valde lineata et dense punctulata, ea ramorum 

 7 — 12,5 cm. longa, 1,5 — 2,5 cm. lata. 



Hab. in Portorico prope Adjuntas in sylva prim. montis Cerrote: 

 Sintenis n. 4417, prope Coamo in sylva montis Santana: idem n. 6973, 

 prope Yabucoa in sylva montis Canto de gallo: idem n. 4987. — Prae- 

 terea in Yenezuela prope Caracas versus Rio Anauco: Humboldt et 

 Bonpland n. 635 (hb. Willd. n. 18383), ex A. DC. etiara in Brasilia. 



Obs. Neque flores neque fructus in speciminibus notatis vidi. 



16. Smilax ilicifolia Kanth. Folia ramorum ovata, basi leviter 

 cordata, apice obtusiusculo mucronata, coriacea, firmissima, margine 

 crispato-undulato grosse aculeato-dentata, nervis longitudinalibus utrin- 

 que bene conspicuis, sed centrali subtus valde prominente 5- vel basi 

 7-nervia, nervis secundariis utrinque manifestis angulo acute (ca. 45^) 

 e nervo medio exeuntibus crebro anastomosantibus dense reticulato- 

 nervosa, non diaphana, glauca vel bruneola, supra nitidula, subtus 



