Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 347 



Seri 



* 4 



Sapindaceae. 



(Auetore L. Radlkofer.) 



subtrigoni vel teretiusculi, extimo apice thyrsique adpresse piiberuli, cor- 

 tice cinnamomeo ; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali majore et peri- 

 phericis 2 — 3 angulis subjectis parvis teretiusculis in centrale plus minus 

 immersis; folia biternata; foliola ovalia, obtusa vel emarginata, in petio- 

 lalos breves contracta, subintegerrima vel obsolete raridentata, margino 

 subrevoluto linea cartilaginea circumvallata, crassiuscule coriacea, laevi- 

 gata et praesertim supra nitidula, subtus obsolete roticulato-venosa, gla- 

 berrima nee nisi subtus in axillis nervorura pilorum fasciculis obsita, 

 e viridi palüde subfusca, pimctis lineolisque pellucidis notata, epider- 

 mide mucigera; petioli omnes nudi, supra sulcati; tliyrsi in apice ra- 

 morum paniculatim congesti, laxe cincinniferi, cirrhis abortivis vel in 

 cincinnos evolutis; cincinni longiuscule stipitati, elongati; flores mcdio- 

 cres, sepalis exterioribus laxius quam interiora sordide tomentellis; 

 fnictus sectionis XIL Syncocci parvus, cordato-ovatus, apice retusus, 

 infra loculos subconstrictus, loculis trigonis, dorso carinatis et sub- 

 cristatis, obsolete reticulato-nervosis, adpresse puberulis, pericarpio du- 

 riusculo, endocarpio albo-lanoso; semen ad basin loculi insertum, ob- 



ityledones 



AEEIS 



, Eami thyrsigeri dia- 

 metro 3 mm. Folia (superiora) 12—14 cm. longa, 10—12 cm. lata; foliola 

 terminalia 7—8 cm. longa, 4 — 4,5 cm. lata, lateralia decrescentim minora, 



rmnima 



suborbicularia diametro 2 — U,5 cm.; pe- 

 tiobis communis ca. 3 cm., partialium intermedius 2 cm.', laterales 6 mm. 

 longi; stipulae parvae, ovatae. Thyrsi 10— 14 cm. longi, rhachi quam pe- 

 dunculus communis glabriusculus pluries longfore, ut et cincinni densius ad- 

 presse puberula; cincinni stipite 1—1,2 cm. longo incluso 2 — 2,4 cm. longi, 

 5 — 8-flori; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, 1 mm. vix superantes, subulatac, 

 puberulae; pediceUi 3 — 4 mm,, fructigeri 6 — 7 mm. longi ad medium arti- 

 culati; alabastra subglobosa, diametro 2 — 2,5 mm. Sepala (sub fru^tu re- 

 licta) exteriora 2 mm., interiora 4 mm. longa. • Petala (ex alabastro) ex 

 obovato in unguem attenuata, intus dense glanduHgera ; squamae (cnstis 

 exelusis) petala dimidia aequantes, margine villosae, superiores crista obovata 

 crenidata appendiceque deflexa sat longa barbatae, inferiores crista semiobo- 

 vata instructae. Tori glandulae superiores breves tnmcatae, inferiores nn- 

 nores; torus ipse inter glandulas puberulus. Stamina pilosa. Gerinen 

 obovato - trigonum , cano - pubescens. Fructus 12—15 mm. longus, basi 

 10—14, ad loculos 7—8 mm. latus, loculis ca. 6 mm. longis sat latiseptis. 

 Semen spadiceum. 



Hab. in Jamaica: W. Harris n. 6679! („prope Wareka, altit. 

 400 ped.", m. Jan. 1897 fruct; Hb. Krug et Urban). 



Obs. Species sectionis XH. {^Symoeeus^) , affinis S. gonhmrpae -B^^k. 

 Au affinis ationu« Ä 7wdosm Badlk. (PauUiniae nodosae Jacq.) ob Iructum 



