134 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



hirtello-pubescens ; rami 8 — pluri-sulcati, 8 — pluri-costati, costis obtusiusculis contiguis 

 e corporibus lignosis periphericis in sectione transversali plus minus cuneiformibus et 

 ubi coalescunt obcordato-bilobis centrale aequi vel minoris ambitus cingentibus exstruc- 

 tis; folia biternata; foliola terminalia late et rotundate rhombea vel subovata, petiolu- 

 lata, lateralia elliptico-ovata, sessilia, omnia subacuta vel obtusa, supra medium sub- 

 duplicato-crenato-dentata, supra in nervis, subtus undique dense et breviter subrufes- 

 centi-pubescentia, membranacea, subfusca, obsolete et minutissime pellucido-punctata, 

 epidermide mucigera; petioli omnes nudi; flores non vidi. 



In Columbia, ad ripam fluminis Magdalenae, prope Morales: Humboldt et Bon- 

 pland! (m. Maj., 1801; Hb. Paris, generale et Humboldtian., Hb. Willd. n. 7710). 



93. S. elematidifolia Gamb. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. I. (1825) 361 n. 8! et in Mem. Mus. 

 d'Hist. nat. XVIII. (1829) 21; Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 658 n. 13; Walp. Rep. I. (1842) 

 412; Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 224, Suppl. (1886) 119 t. 4 f. 18 (corp. lign.), in Fl. bras. 

 XIII. 3. (Fase. 113, 1893) 311 et in Schwacke, PI. Nov. Mineiras 1.(1898) 8, coli. n. 11823!; 

 — Paullinia barbadensis, non Jacq., Gray in Wilkes, Un. St. Expl. Exped. XV. Bot. I. 

 (1854) 249!, cf. Radlk. in Sitz.-Ber. K. Bayer. Akad. (1878) 224, annot. et Serj. Suppl. 

 (1886) 52; Peckolt 1. sub S. cusp. c. (1901) 361 ; — non Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 

 XVI. (1889) 190, coli. Rusby n. 517!, cfr. S. didymadenia. — Vulgo Tingui t. Peckolt 

 1. c. — Scandens, fruticosa, puberula; rami 8 — 10-sulcati, 8 — 10-costati, costis acutis 

 in sectione transversali triangularibus subcontiguis e corporibus lignosis periphericis 

 parvis centrali magno impositis exstruetis (cf. Radlk. Serj. Suppl. t. 4 f. 18); folia bi- 

 ternata; foliola breviuscule ovata, subsessilia (terminalia in petiolulum euneato-atte- 

 nuata, inde subrhombea), subacuta vel obtusa, obtuse dentato- vel sublobato-serrata, 

 supra glabrata, subtus molliter puberula, coriacea, obsolete et minutim pellucido- 

 punctata, epidermide mucigera; petioli omnes nudi; flores majores, robustiores, bracteis 

 magnis sepalis conformibus suffulti, sepalis omnibus tomento cano denso indutis; fruetus 

 cordato-ovatus, praesertim apice cano-pubescens, loculis ex ovoideo pyramidato-trigonis, 

 dorso decliviter applanatis et umbonato-impressis, obsolete reticulato-nervosis, endo- 

 carpio dense subfusco-floccoso ; semen obovoideum vel obeonicum, subtrigonum, gla- 

 brum, prope basin loculi insertum; cotyledones biplicato-curvatae. 



Rami diametro 3 — 4 mm, juniores cano-pulverulento-puberuli, summo apice saepius 

 subrufo-tomentosi, adultiores glabrati, cortice subfusco vel nigricante. Folia inferiora 

 16 cm longa, 13 cm lata, superiora minora; foliola terminalia reliquis paullo majora, 

 pedicello adjeeto 5 — 8 cm longa, 2,5 — 5 cm lata, demum fuscescentia; petioli teretius- 

 culi^jbreviter rufescenti-tomentosi, dein glabrati, communis supra 1-, partiales 2-sulcati; 

 stipulae minutae, trianguläres, pubescentes. Thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum pani- 

 culatim congesti, 5 — 30 cm longi, sat dense vel laxius cincinniferi; pedunculus 5-angu- 

 laris, puberulus; rhachis sulcata et angulosa, rufo-tomentosa; cincinni robustius stipitati, 

 plerumque sat contracti, 6 — 7-flori; bracteae, saepius et bracteolae pro genere magnae, 

 oblongae, sepalis similes; pedicelli circ. 2,5 mm longi, ima basi articulati; alabastra 

 obovoidea, circ. 3 mm longa; omnes cincinni partes tomento brevi cano denso obteetae. 

 Flores albi: Sepala albo-virescentia, duo exteriora breviora, interiora 4,5 — 5 mm longa. 

 Petala ex late obovato attenuata, 5,5 mm longa, circ. 3 mm lata, intus glanduligera; 

 squamae (cristis exclusis) petala dimidia aequantes, superiores crista obovata integra 

 vel emarginata, inferiores crista dentiformi instruetae. Tori glandulae superiores breves, 

 suborbiculares, laterales minores, annulares. Stamina dense crispato-pilosa. Germen 

 breviter pyriforme, trigonum, vix 2,5 mm longum, 2 mm latum, tomentoso-pilosum. 

 Fruetus 2 — 2,2 cm longus, 1,6 — 1,8 cm latus, apice profunde retusus, infra loculos non 

 constrictus, dissepimentis medium versus paullumper sensimque dilatatis. 



In Brasiliae civ. Rio de Janeiro et in civ. Minas Geraes. — Rio de Janeiro: 

 Commerson n. 193! 196!; Banks et Solander!; Sellow L532!, L 532B!, + 107!; 

 Princeps Neuwied!; Freyreiss! (Hb. Holm.); St. Hilaire!; Martius obs. ined. 

 n. 16!; Raddü; Pohl (Schott, Schlich) n. 715! 724! (Hb. Vindob.), 744! 745! (Hb. 



