SeFJania. 105 



(1886) 105, inWarming, Symb. Part. XXXVII. inVidensk. Meddel. (1890)241(992), in 

 Fl. bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 113, 1893) 297 t. 71, in Rusby, Enum. PI. Bang in Mem. Torr. 

 Bot. Club. VI. (1896) 21, coli. Bang n. 1587!, in O/Kuntze, Rev. Gen. III. 2. (1898) 44, 

 in Pilger, Beitr. Fl. Matto Grosso in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXX. (1901) 170, coli, n.494!, 

 f. 1, in Chod. et Hassler, PI. Hassler. in Bull. Hb. Boiss. 2.ser. III. 9. (1903) 804 (seors. 

 impr. Vol. II. 185) n. 4006!, in Herzog, Pflanzenformat. Ost-Boliv. in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XLIV. (1910) 355 et in Herzog's boliv. Pfl. in Meded. Herb. Leiden Nr. 19 (1913) 

 59, coli. 1026! — Paullinia pinnata (non L.) Griseb. Symb. Argent. (1879) 80 n. 453 

 (coli. Lor. et Hieron.!); Hieron. PI. diaph. Fl. Argent. (1882) 67. — Serjania ereeta non 

 Radlk., Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XVI. (1889) 190, coli. Rusby n. 525! - Scandens, 

 fruticosa, glabra; rami reetangulo-patentes, obtusissime 3-angulares, juxta angulos 

 utrinque Stria impressa notati, sub epidermide primum rufo-fusca mox pannose deeidua 

 tumque straminea subere subfusco pallidove tecti; corpus lignosum compositum e 

 centrali magno et periphericis 1 — 3, plerumque duobus majusculis (rarissime cum cen- 

 trali connatis); folia biternata (interdum depauperatione 5-foliolato-pinnata vel tran- 

 seuntia in supradecomposita) ; foliola ovalia vel oblongo-lanceolata, basi acutata, apice 

 plerumque sensim acute acuminata, rarius obtusa, integerrima vel sub apice plerumque 

 utrinque 1 — 2-dentata, rarius (in forma 2) pluridentata, sessilia, transversim reticulato- 

 venosa, vix (nisi in forma 2) insignius pellucide punctata, epidermide mucigera, in 

 forma 3. vero non mucigera; petioli omnes alati, alis inferne angustatis, rarius (in 

 forma 3.) aequilatis, quin etiam latioribus; flores sectionis medioeres; fruetus cordato- 

 ovatus, glaber, loculis plerumque ecristatis, pericarpio minus crasso, endocarpio gla- 

 briusculo; semen supra basin loculi insertum, obovoideum, fuscum. 



Rami diametro 1,5 — 6 mm, ligno duro. Folia adultiora (petiolo adjeeto) circ. 17 — 

 20 cm longa, circ. 13 cm lata, superiora minora, interdum deflexa; foliola conduplicata 

 et recurvata forma variabili, triadis superioris reliquis paullo majora 6 — 9 cm longa, 

 2,5 — 3 cm lata, terminalia basi subattenuata, membranacea vel coriacea; petiolus com- 

 munis 4 — 8 cm, intermedius 3 — 4 cm, laterales circ. 1 cm lati, omnes alati, alis utrin- 

 que 2 — 5 mm latis, praesertim in petiolo communi basin versus sensim angustatis, 

 rarius (in forma 3.) aequalibus, quin etiam dilatatis, apicem versus plerumque subito 

 contractis; stipulae parvae, latissime trianguläres, acutae vel obtusae, glabratae. 

 Thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum paniculatim congesti, peduneulo e quinqueangulari 

 subtereti glabro, rhachi angulosa vel, ubi crassior est, subtereti et striata, dense cincinni- 

 fera cincinnisque puberulis, immo velutino-tomentosis; cincinni stipitati, contracti, 

 fruetiferi subelongati, 7 — 9-flori; pedicelli 2,5 — 3,5 mm longi, prope basin articulati, 

 glabriusculi ; alabastra obovoidea, 3 mm longa, subglabra. Flores odori: Sepala duo 

 exteriora paullo breviora glabra, interiora 3,5 mm longa, pube brevissima tenerrime 

 tomentella induta. Petala obovato-oblonga, basi euneata, circ. 4 mm longa, circ. 2 mm 

 lata, intus laxe glanduligera; squamae (crista exclusa) petala dimidia aequantes, 

 superiores crista subintegra vel emarginato-bifida, inferiores crista dentiformi instruetae. 

 Tori glandulae superiores ovatae acutae, laterales paullo minores annulares. Stamina 

 basi lanoso-pilosa. Germen breviter obverse pyramidatum, trianguläre, 1,5 mm longum, 

 glandulis microscopicis et in angulis pilis singulis obsitum. Fruetus 2,4 cm longus, 

 totidem latus vel latitudine excedens usque ad 2,9 cm, infra loculos vix constrictus, in 

 latere utroque saepius gibboso-inflatus, dissepimentis angustis, inter loculorum gibbos 

 tantum subito dilatatis. 



F. 1. genuina Radlk. 1. c. 1875: Foliola sublanceolata, subintegerrima, vix pellu- 

 eido-punetata, epidermide mucigera. 



F. 2. pluridentata Radlk. 1. c: Foliola breviora, latiora, ovata, ovalia vel sub- 

 orbicularia, terminalia basi apiceque breviter acuminata, omnia a medio utrinque 4 — 5- 

 dentata, dentibus inferioribus divaricatis et subrecurvis, superioribus porrectis; foliola 

 alaeque petiolorum insigniter pellucide punctata et lineolata, epidermide parum mucigera. 



F. 3. isopterygia Radlk. 1. c. : Rami teretiusculi (corpore lignoso composito vel 



