98 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



in Bot. Zeitung V. (1847) 393, fide schedae specim. Sellow n. 759 in Hb. Berol. 

 asservatü; Henfrey in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2. Ser. I. (1848) 127; Oliv, in Nat. Hist. Rev. 

 II, Nr. VII (July 1862) 307 (seorsum impress. 10). — Serjania spec. Naegeli, Dicken- 

 wachstum b. d. Sapindac. (1864) 66 t. 4 f. 17. (Rami steriles a Lindberg una cum 

 specimine fructifero n. 238 cum Hb. Mart. communicati!) — Vulgo: Timbö assü (i. e. 

 Timbo magnus) t. Peckolt 1. c; Timbogrande t. Peckolt Volksbenenn. (1907) 228. — 

 Scandens, fruticosa, praeter ramos juniores thyrsosque hirtello-tomentosos glabra; rami 

 superne trigoni, inferne teretiusculi et subtiliter impresse 8-striati; corpus lignosum 

 compositum e centrali majore et periphericis circ. 8 paullo minoribus et centrale cingen- 

 tibus, interdum partim coalitis, praesertim in superiore ramorum parte (cf Radlk. Serj. 

 Suppl tab. I, fig. 8 — 11); folia biternata; foliola lanceolata, basi apiceque acuta, supra 

 medium crebrius acute serrata, subtus in axillis nervorum barbata, sparsim pellucide 

 punctata et lineolata, epidermide non mucigera; petioli omnes nudi; flores sectionis 

 minores (sepalis tarnen exterioribus interdum sat dense puberulis seu subtomentellis), 

 stylo glabriusculo ; fructus sectionis cordato-ovatus, basi saepius insigniter dilatatus, 

 loculis basi ad angulum internum longiuscule (ad tertiam fructus partem et ultra) 

 cuneatim productis, praeter glandulas microscopicas glabris, endocarpio plus minus 

 piloso vel tomentello; semen infra medium loculum affixum. 



Rami diametro 2 — 3 mm. Folia adultiora (petiolo adjecto) circ. 23 cm longa, circ. 

 16 cm lata, superiora minora; foliola terminalia paullo majora, in petiolulum circ. 1 cm 

 longum angustata, hoc adjecto circ. 11 cm longa, circ. 3 cm lata, lateralia decrescentim 

 minora, breviter vel vix petiolulata; petiolus communis teretiusculus, striatus, supra 

 anguste canaliculatus, circ. 7 cm longus, intermedius 5-centimetralis et laterales 1,5- 

 centimetrales brevioresve supra bisulcati, sed marginibus introflexis contiguis teretius- 

 culi, omnes nudi, glabrati; stipulae brevissimae, 0,5 mm vix excedentes, dilatatae 

 obtusissimae, fere obverse semilunares, glabrae. Thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum 

 paniculatim congesti, inferiores folia superantes, pedunculo 5-angulari, thyrsorum in- 

 feriorum plerumque glabra to, thyrsorum superiorum rhachique omnium striata tomento 

 sordido albidove indutis, per totam rhachin dense cincinniferi; cincinni perbreviter 

 stipitati, fructiferi quoque contracti vel parum elongati, hirtelli; bracteae breviter 

 et late ovatae, stipulis saepius subsimiles, bracteolaeque minutae ovatae obtusae vel 

 subacutae praeter marginem subglabrae; pedicelli 3,5 mm (fructiferi 5 mm) longi, supra 

 basin articulati, brevissime hirtelli; alabastra obovoidea, 2,5 mm longa, glabra, rarius 

 pube molli laxius densiusve obducta. Flores albi: Sepala duo exteriora breviora nee" 

 non intermedii pars tegens glabra, rarius pubescentia, duo interiora 3,5 mm longa et 

 intermedii pars tecta tomento brevi denso sordide albo induta.margine omnia puberula, 

 intus subglabra. Petala alba ex obovato in unguem breviorem attenuata, circ. 4 mm 

 longa, vix 1,5 mm lata, intus glanduligera; squamae (crista exclusa) petala dimidia 

 paullo superantes, superiores crista brevi emarginato-bifida, inferiores crista brevi 

 dentiformi interdum oblique emarginata instructae. Tori glandulae superiores ovatae, 

 rotundato-obtusae, laterales minores, subannulares. Stamina pilosa. Germen obverse 

 pyramidatum, triquetrum, 2 mm longum, glandulis microscopicis rufeolis obsitum; 

 Stylus germen aequans vel superans, glaber vel pilis brevibus adspersus. Fructus ante 

 maturitatem ruber nunc minor, 2,2 cm longus, 1,8 cm (ad loculos 9 mm) latus, nunc 

 major, 3,2 cm longus, 2,8 cm (ad loculos 1 cm) latus, basi apiceque excisus vel emargi- 

 natus, infra loculos paullum constrictus, loculis (steriles tantum ideoque complanati 

 suppetebant) 9 — 12 mm longis ecristatis. 



In Brasilia e civ., Bahia, Minas Gera6s, Rio de Janeiro, S. Paulo, Paranä, S. 

 Catharina et Rio Grande do Sul nee non in republica Argentina et in Paraguay: In 

 Bahia: Riedel n.256!— In Minas Geraäs : St. Hilaire!; Martius!; Vauthier n.51l!; 

 Lindberg n. 238!; Regneil III, 346! partim (partim Serj. multiflora Camb.), III, 

 1751! 1752!; Warming!; Mosen n. 1814! 1816*! 1955!; Schwacke n. 10859! (Rio 

 Novo, in silvis ad Sumidouro frequens, m. Sept. 1894, fruet.); Commiss. Geogr. etc. de 



