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aequantia, fl. $ minora, ima basi tantum pilosula; antherae oblongae, dorso supra 

 basin emarginatam affixae, glabrae. Germen (fl. $ rudimentarium) petala subaequans, 

 stylo brevi 3-cruri superatum. 



In Columbia ad Santa Martha: H. H. Smith n. 1538! (in an open dry water 

 course, 5 miles north of Bonda, alt. 100 ped., m. Oct. 1898, fl.). 



9. S. decemstriata Radlk. in Sitz.-Ber. d. K. bayer. Ak. d. W., math.-phys. Cl., 

 Bd. VIII. (1878, »Über Sapindus« etc.) 223, annot., Serj. Suppl. (1886) 82, Fl. bras. 

 XIII. 3. (Fase. 113, 1893) 259. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; rami subherbacei, 

 graciles, teretes, lineis impressis 10-striati, cortice viridi; corpus lignosum simplex, 

 sulcato-striatum ; folia biternata, saturate viridia; foliola ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 

 terminalia subrhombeo-lanceolata, acuta et mucronulata, subpetiolulata, remote serrata, 

 opaca vel obscurius pellucide punctata, epidermide mucigera; cincinni longe stipitati; 

 flores parvuli; sepalum tertium et quintum libera, duo exteriora subglabra, interiora 

 tomentella; germen non nisi glandulis obsitum. 



Rami glabri, diametro 1,5 mm. Folia 14 cm longa, 12 cm lata; foliola terminalia 

 reliquis majora, circiter 7 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata, basi euneata in petiolulum 1-centi- 

 metralem contraeta, lateralia superiora ovato-lanceolata, inferiora ovata, in petiolulum 

 perbrevem abruptius coaretata, omnia argutius vel subinciso-serrata, praeter marginem 

 et nervös supra pilis adspersos axillasque nervorum pilosas glabra, membranacea, sicca 

 quoque saturate viridia, punetis pellucidis raris aegre perspiciendis instrueta, nee non 

 pellucide lineolata; petiolus communis partialesque nudi vel partialis intermedius 

 superne submarginatus; stipulae minimae, triangulari-subulatae. Thyrsi solitarii, folia 

 aequantes, peduneulo glabro, rhachi puberula laxe cincinnigera, cincinnis subverticilla- 

 tis; pedicelli puberuli, alabastra 2 mm longa paullulum superantes, infra medium arti- 

 culati. Flores 2,5 mm longi. Sepala duo exteriora interioribus fere dimidio breviora. 

 Petala ex obovato attenuata; squamae superiores crista obeordato-bifida, laciniis 

 acutis, inferiores crista dentiformi vel subaliformi oblique emarginata instruetae. Tori 

 glandulae superiores ovato-lanceolatae, inferiores minores, suborbiculares. Stamina 

 basi laxe pilosa. Germen triquetrum, euneatum. 



In Republica Argentina nee non in Brasilia australi: Didrichsenl (e semini- 

 bus prope Buenos Aires lectis orta in Horto Havniensi), Tweedie! (Bras. austr. ; 

 Hb. Kew.). 



10. S. foveata Griseb. PI. Lorentz. (1874) 60 n. 170! — Serjania meridionalis var. 

 foveata Griseb. Symb. ad Fl. argent. (1879) 79 n. 451! — Scandens, fruticosa, puberula; 

 rami teretes, lineis impressis 8-striati, costis latioribus obtusioribus, pilis cristatis canis 

 velutino-pubescentes, cortice fuscescente; corpus lignosum simplex, sulcato-striatum; 

 folia biternata, supra subtusque pilis adpressis adspersa, fuscescentia, petiolis cano- 

 pubescentibus; foliola ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, terminalia subrhombeo-lanceolata, 

 acuta et mucronulata, subpetiolulata, remote serrata, opaca vel obscurius pellucide 

 punctata, epidermide mucigera; cincinni longe stipitati; flores medioeres, sepalum ter- 

 tium et quintum libera, duo exteriora subglabra, interiora tomentella; germen non 

 nisi glandulis obsitum; fruetus (non visus). 



Rami diametro 2 mm. Folia 10 — 12 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliola terminalia 

 reliquis majora, 5 — 6 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata, basi in petiolulum 5 — 8-millimetralem 

 attenuata, lateralia superiora ovato-lanceolata, inferiora ovata, vix petiolulata, omnia 

 pauciserrata, glabrescentia, tenuiter membranacea, sicca fuscescentia, opaca, sub- 

 impunetata, reti tantum venarum angusto fere ubique cum utriculis latieiferis con- 

 juneto plus minus pellucido; petiolus communis partialesque nudi, puberuli; stipulae 

 minimae, ovato-subulatae. Thyrsi solitarii, folia aequantes, peduneulo rhachique 

 aequilonga puberulis, cincinnis sat crebris binis ternisve approximatis puberulis, stipite 

 circ. 1-centrimetrali incluso 12 — 15 mm longis, 5 — 7-floris; pedicelli puberuli, alabastra 

 2,5 — 3 mm longa subaequantes, basi articulati. Flores 4 mm longi. Sepala duo exteriora 

 breviora. Petala ex oblongo euneata 3,5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata; squamae superiores 



