282 The Botanical Gazette, IJ^ly' 



structa, glabra, nec nisi glanduHs microscopicis adspersa, 

 punctis pellucidis conspicuis iisque pfominentibus insignita, 

 epidermide mucigera; petiolus communis- nudus, partialium 

 intermedius (in foliis inferioribus certe) superne marginatus; 

 thyrsi solitarii, dense cincinniferi; cincinni stipitati, pedjcellis 

 prope basin artlculatis; flores minores; sepala exteriora minu- 

 tim puberula interioribus tomentellis dimidio breviora; fruct- 



us 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3^^". Folia circ. 10^"^ longa, 8^"^ 

 lata; foliola terminalia 4. 5™ longa, 2.5'™ lata, lateralia su- 

 periora ^'"'.longa, 2'"" lata, inferiora dimidlo minora; petiolus 

 communis circ, 4'"" longus, partialium intermedius 2'™, later- 

 ales 8™"" longi; stipulae parvse,- ovato-triangulares. Thyrsl 

 folia superantes, rhachi quam pedunculus communis paullo 

 longiore"; clncinni circ. 8-flori, stipite 3-4"""* longo suffulti, 

 pedicelli 2^"^ longi. Flores masculi: sepala exteriora 1.5"'°', 

 interlora vix 3"'"' longa. Petala angustiora, exoblongo attenu- 

 ata, 3.5™"^ longa, 1.5"'"" lata, intus laxe glanduligera; squamae 

 ciIIoIat3e, superiores crista blfida (laciniis acutis apice patulis) 

 appendiceque brevi barbata, inferlores crista inaequaliter bi- 

 cruri instructae. Tori glandulse superiorcs ovatae, obtusae, 

 glabrae, laterales minores orbiculares. Stamina basl pilosius- 

 cula. Germinis rudimentum ad angulos piloslusculum* 



Affinis 5. mticronulatcB (In sect. XI, Physococcus), a qua 

 differt costis ramorum obtuslssimis, petiolo intermedio su- 

 perne marginato, foliolorum punctis pellucidis majoribus. 



Cuajiniquilapa, Depart. S. Rosa, Guat., alt. 2,500% Oct. 

 1894, Heyde & Lux, no. 6,091. 



Paullinia hymenobractt^ata Radlk. — Scandens, fruticosa, 



hlrsuta; rami trigoni vel subteretes, striato-sulcati, pilis pa- 

 tentibus e sufferugineo pallescentibus vestiti; corpus lignosum 

 compositum e centrali majore et periphericis 3 minoribus par- 

 tim quodammodo complanatls in centrale plus minus immer- 

 sis; folia 5-foIioIato-pinnata; foliola terminalia rhombea, in 

 acumen acutum angustata, supra medlum grossiuscule inae- 

 quallter dentata, lateralia superiora ovalia, basi acuta, infer- 

 lora ovata, basi inaequilatera rotundata, apice acuta vel ob- 

 tusata, a basi remotiuscule dentata, brevlter petiolulata, 

 membranacea, supra pilis setulosis adpressis laxe adspersa vel 

 praeter nervos glabra, subtus subhirsuta necnon glandulis mi- 

 croscopicis curvatis vel geniculatls obsita, minutim pellucide 

 pu*nctata retique utriculorum lacticiferorum subtus instructa, 



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