Siparuna. . oq 



receptaculum calyciforme, extus inilio hispidulum, demum glabmtum; tepala 5 — 6 semior- 

 bicularia, obtusissima, demum reflexa; velum primo planum clausumque, glabrum demum 

 suberectum, ore late aperto; stamina 5 — 6 inclusa, filamentis brevibus. 



Peru: in der Nähe von Chacahuassi (Ruiz und Pavon, im October und November 

 blühend). 



8. S. nigra Rusby in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club. IV. {\ 895) 252; Perk. in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXVIII. (l 901) 676. ■ — Dioeea. Folia obovato-oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 9 — \ \ cm 

 longa, 3 — 5 cm lata, \ — 2 cm longe petiolata, apice longe angusteque acuminata, apice ipso 

 acutiuscula, basi rotundata vel rotundato-euneata vel cuneata, chartacea, adulta parce fla- 

 vescenti-pilosa, pili breves crassiusculi adpressi, novella brevissime minutissime denticulata, 

 dentibus semper pilorum fasciculos apice gerentibus, adulta obsolete undulata. Inflorescentia 

 5 mm longa, pedicellus 3 mm longus; flores (^ 4 — 5 mm diam.; receptaculum cupuliforme 

 tepalis 3-plo longius, papjraceum, parce flavescenti-pilosum ; tepala 4 — 5 minuta, rotundata, 

 basi paullo connata, papyracea, extus parce flavescenti-pilosa, intus glabra, ad marginem 

 pilosa; velum glabrum, planum, os parvum; stamina \ 3 — \ 4, minuta, velum vix superantia; 

 ilores Q jam deflorati. Fructus \ — 1,3 cm diam. depresse globosi, apice tepala marces- 

 centia gereutes. 



Bolivia: Songo (Bang n. 844, (;f, im November blühend); Mapiri (Bang n. 1523, g, 

 im Juli, August mit Frucht). 



9. S. chlorantha Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1 901 ] 677. — Dioeea. Folia 

 obovato-oblonga vel plerumque obovato-lanceolata, 7 — 13 cm longa, 2 — 4,5 cm lata, 2 — 

 3,5 cm longe petiolata, apice longe angusteque acuminata, apice ipso acutissima, basi rotun- 

 dato-euneata vel plerumque cuneata, chartacea, undulata vel subintegra, hinc inde parce ob- 

 soleteque denticulata, adulta mox glabrata. Inflorescentia 6 mm longa, pedunculus 2 mm 

 longus, pedicellus 2 mm longus; flores Q 3 mm diam.; receptaculum cupuHforme, carnosum 

 tepalis \ '/3-plo longius, extus parce flavescenti-stellato-pilosum ; tepala 5 minuta, rotundata, 

 triangularia, extus parce stellato- flavescenti-pilosa, intus glabra; velum glabrum, carnosum, 

 conico-elevatum, os paullo apertum; styli 10, longi, velum solemniter superantes. 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Alto Macahe de Nova Friburgo, im Walde in der 

 Nähe eines Baches (Glaziou n. 4068, im März blühend). 



10. S. Santae Luciae Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 677. — Dioeea. 

 Foha obovata vel late obovato-oblonga, 13 — 15 cm longa, 6 — 7 cm lata, 2,5 — 3 cm longe 

 petiolata, apice longe angusteque acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, basi longe cuneata, 

 tenuiter papyracea, utrinque glabra, in parte '^/^ superiore obsolete undulata. Inflorescentia 

 5 — 7 mm longa, pedunculus 2 mm longus ; flores (^ 4 mm diam. ; receptaculum cupuliforme 

 tepalis 2-plo longius, papyraceum, glabrum sed plerumque hinc inde pilos gerens; tepala 4, 

 papyracea, utrinque glabra; velum membranaceum, ore late aperto, glabrum; stamina 8 (?). 



West-Indien: Insel Santa Lucia, Fondo St. Jacques (Ramage, im April blühend 

 a. 1889). 



11. S. nicaraguensis Hemsl. in Biolog. centr. americ. III. (18 82) 69 ; Perk. in Englers 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 678. — Dioeea. Folia ovalia vel ovali-oblonga, 7,5 — 15 cm 

 longa, 3,5 — 7 cm lata, 1 — 2,5 cm longe petiolata, apice late breviterque acuminata, apice 

 ipso acutiuscula vel rotundata, basim versus plerumque cuneata, basi ipso late rotundata, 

 chartacea, novella minutissime densissime denticulata, adulta integra vel subintegra, adulta 

 supra glabra, subtus parcissime stellato-pilosa. Inflorescentia 1 — 1,5 cm longa, pedunculus 

 4 — 5 mm longus, pedicellus 2 — 4 mm longus; flores (^ 4 mm diam.; receptaculum plane 

 cupuhforme tepalis 1 Y4-PI0 longius, chartaceum, extrinsecus parce steflato-pilosum ; tepala 

 4 — 5 triangularia, apice incrassata, extus paiTissime flavescenti-stellato-pilosa, intus glabra, 

 chartacea ; velum papyraceum, os late apertum, margine paullo elevatum atque irregulai'iter 

 fissum; stamina 5 — 6 velum superantes, fdamenta plana, lata; flores Q 4 — 5 mm diam.; 

 receptaculum plane cupuliforme tepala aequans, carnosum, extus stellato-flavescenti-pilosum; 

 tepala 4 — 6 late ovalia vel rotundata, magna, extus parce pilosa, intus glabra, chartacea; 

 velum papyraceum, prope os intermedium primo Impressum dein elevatum ideoque cortinam 



