Siparuna. gc 



vix longiore ; flores g majiisculi jam deflorati. Fmctus obovoideo-sphaerici, fuWo-hispidi 

 apice tepalis emarcidis inaequalibus oblongis intus pilosis coronati, 1 cm longi. 

 Östliches Peru: in der Nähe von Tarapoto (Spruce n. 4369).^ 

 27. S. ovalis (Ruiz et Pav.) A. DC. in DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 650; Perk. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (l 901) 685. — Citriosma ovalis Ruiz et Pav. Syst. I. (1798) 

 266; Tul. Monogr. (1 855) 344. — Rami rufo-tomentosi, piHs solitariis vel fasciculatis. Folia 



opposita vel plerumque terna, ovato-elliptica, 6 — 9 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm lata, petiolo 5 



6 mm longo, apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi rotundata vel plerumque subcordata 

 nervis laterahbus utrinque er. 10, supra subtusque in nervis pilis fasciculatis vel plerumque 

 solitariis fulvo-tomentosa, extra nervös pilis brevibus vel brevissimis crassis scabris conspersa. 

 Inflorescentia (^ axillaris brevis pauciflora, usque ad 1 mm longa, pedunculo plerumque sub- 

 nuUo, pedicellis 4 — 8 mm longis; flores i^ er. 2,5 mm diam. ; receptaculum late obconicum 

 tepala longit. vix superans, subchartaceum, parcissime pilosum vel subglabrum; tepala 4 — 6 

 late oblongo-triangularia, erecto-patula, glabra vel subglabra; velum crassum primo sub- 

 clausum, demum ore late pervio instructum; stamina 6 — 8, filamentis planis. 



Peru: in der Nähe von Sarriapata, Muna, Playa, Tambo nuevo (Ruiz und Pavon 

 n. 906). 



2 8. S.Trianaei A. DC. in Journ. of Bot. III. (1865) 219 et in DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 

 650; Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 685. — Rami teretes fasciculis brevis- 

 simis fulvis pilorum dense conspersi. Folia opposita, elliptica, 4 — 7 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm 

 lata, 5 — 10 mm longe petiolata, apice acuta vel subrotundata, basi rotundata, obscure 

 cuneato-dentata, chartacea vel subcoriacea, pilis brevibus fasciculatis sparsis supra parce, 

 subtus dense obtecta, demum glabrescentia , nervis lateralibus utrinque er. 10 sicut venis 

 majoribus supra immersis, subtus manifeste prominentibus, foliis ideoque buUatis. Inflorescen- 

 tiae Q subspicatae, pedunculo usque ad 2 cm longo, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis, dense fulvo 

 pilosis; floribus g er. 3 mm diam.; receptaculum hemisphaerico-turbinatum, extrinsecus 

 pubescens, tepalis multo longius; tepala minima in annulum angustum vel angustissimum 

 vix emarginatum lateraliter connata, glabra ; velum paullo elevatum, glabrum, ore minimo ; 

 stjli valde exserti (an in columnam coaliti?) 



Neu-Granada: Prov. Bogota (Triana n. 1001). 



29. S. hylophila Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 685. — Folia ovalia 

 vel ovato-oblonga, 8,5 — 12 cm longa, 3,5 — 5 cm lata, 1,5 — 3 cm longe petiolata, apice 

 acuta vel acutiuscula, basi rotundata vel subcuneata, chartacea, utrinque flavescenti-stellato- 

 pilosa, integra. Inflorescentia 6 mm longa, pedicellus 2 mm longus; flores g 3 mm diam.; 

 receptaculum cupuliforme tepalis 2-plo longius, papyraceum, extus parce flavescenti-pilosum ; 

 tepala 5 rotundata vel ovalia, papyracea, extus subglabra, intus glabra; velum glabrum, 

 conicum, ore fere clauso; styli 4 — 5 velum paullo superantes. 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo, im feuchten Wald von Conego 

 (Glaziou n. 18491, im October blühend). 



30. S. grandiflora (H. B. K.) Perk. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 685. — 

 Citriosma grandiflm-um H. B. K. Nov. gen. et spec. II. (1817) 172. — Citriosma Kunthii 

 Tul. in Ann. sc. nat. 4. ser. III. (1855) 37; Monogr. (1855) 3 42. — Siparuna Kunthii 

 (Tul.) A. DC. in DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 649. — Rami juniores hispido-tomentosi. Folia 

 ovato- vel obovato-oblonga, ampla, 15—20 cm longa, 5 — 10 cm lata, 8 — 10 mm longe 

 petiolata, apice acuta vel plerumque manifeste et acute acuminata, basi rotundata vel sub- 

 cordata, manifeste crenulato-dentata, membranacea, nervis utrinque 10 — 11, supra laxis- 

 sime, subtus densius pilosa. Inflorescentiae g breves pauciflorae petiolo paullo longiores 

 vel saepius breviores, pedicellis brevissimis; flores g 3 — i mm diam.; receptaculum ur- 

 ceolato-globosum, hirsuto-pilosum ; tepala 5 — 6 minima in annulum crassum undulatum vel 

 saepius integerrimum connata, intus glabra; velum crassum glabcrrimum subplanum ore 

 angusto; styli 6 — 10 brevissime exserti liberi divaricati. Fructus globosi, er. 1 cm diam., 

 pilosi, demum in segmenta 5 — 6 inaequalia dehiscentes florisque nudi et vacui speciem 

 simulantes. 



