Serjania. 139 



Syst. Veg. IV. 2. (cur. post., 1827) 153 n. 20; Camb. in Mem. Mus. d'Hist. nat XVIII. 

 (1829) 21; Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 659 n. 30; Spach, Hist. nat. III. (1834) 46; F. G. 

 Dietrich, Gartenlex. XXVIII. (s. N. Nachtr. VIII, 1838) 228 n. 6; D. Dietr. Syn. Plant. 

 II. (1840) 1316 n. 19; Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 227, Suppl. (1886) 120 t. 1 f. 3-4 

 (corp. lign.), in Sitz.-Ber. d. K. Bayer. Akad. XVI. (1886, üb. fischvergift. Pfl.) 403, in 

 Warm. Symb. Part. XXXVII. in Vidensk. Meddel. (1890) 241 (992), in Fl. bras. XIII. 3. 

 (Fase. 113, 1893) 316, in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 282 f. 152 

 A, B (corp. lign.), in Rusby, Enum. PI. Bang IV in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. IV. (1907) 

 341 (coli. n. 2377!) et in G. Beauverd, PI. Damazian. brasil. in Bull. Hb. Boiss. 2. ser. 

 VII. (1907) 414; Ernst 1. sub Serj. pisc. c. (1881) 13 (redd. in La Naturaleza 1. ibid. c. 41); 

 Villa franca 1. sub n. 3 c. 37; Caminhoa 1. ibid. c. 25; Greshoff 1. ibid. c. (1893) 35, 

 171, (1900) 34, 190; Peckolt 1. ibid. c. (1901) 363. — Non »Serjania affinis S. lethali«. 

 Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, XVI. (1889) 190, coli. Rusby n. 524! (cfr. S. nutans). — 

 Vulgo: Timbö, sive Cipö de Timbö, et quidem Timbö genuina et proprie sie dieta 

 teste Warming; Mata Föme (»killhunger«) teste Gardner; Pehko-Liane teste Wed- 

 dell; Sacha teste Weddell, Voyage dans le Nord de la Bolivie (1853) 449; cf. Radlk. 

 Serj. Suppl. 120. — Alte scandens, fruticosa, glabrata; caulis obtuse triangularis ; rami 

 teretiusculi vel subtrigoni et obsoletius tricostati, levius profundiusve 6-striati, striis 

 alternatim approximatis et costis vel angulis, si qui sunt, proximis; corpus lignosum 

 compositum e centrali majore leviter trisulco et periphericis 3 — 4 triangulariter dispositis 

 parvulis teretiusculis in sulcis centralis collocatis, inde in centrale plus minus immersis 

 (cf. Radlk. Serj. Suppl. 1. 1 f. 3, 4); folia biternata; foliola lanceolato-elliptica, basi et 

 apice angustata, sessilia, obtusa vel in acumen obtusum linguiforme protraeta, utrinque 

 obtuse 1 — 3-dentata vel integerrima, glabra, rarius subtus puberula, nitida, coriacea, 

 punetis pellucidis perparvis (saepius acervatim congestis) obsolete notata, epidermide 

 parum mucigera; petioli omnes nudi vel partiales plus minus marginati; flores medioeres 

 minoresve, sepalis omnibus tomento lanoso cano indutis; fruetus e basi cordato-excisa 

 triangularis, alis glabriusculis nitidis, loculis subglobosis lanoso- vel subserieeo-tomen- 

 tosis vix vel ne vix cristatis, endocarpio ad dorsum et ad basin loculi plus minus villoso; 

 semen subglobosum, ad basin loculi insertum. 



Rami subglabri vel subtomentoso-pubescentes, diametro circ. 3 mm, cortice e viridi 

 rubescenti vel pallido, saepius pruina coerulescenti induto, ligno molliore, immo sub- 

 spongioso. Folia inferiora 26 om longa, 24 cm lata, superiora decrescentim minora; 

 foliola terminalia 9 — 15 cm longa, 3 — 4,5 cm lata, lateralia paullo minora, circa articu- 

 lationes (interdum et subtus praesertim in nervis) pubescentia, nee non ad marginem 

 interdum pilis singulis adspersa, ceterum plerumque supra subtusque glaberrima, non 

 nisi glandulis microscopicis insignius capitatis (cf. Serj. Suppl. 41) foveolis minutis 

 insidentibus ornata, siccitate fuscescentia; petiolus communis subtus convexus, supra 

 sulcatus, petioli partiales supra bisulcati, pubescentes vel glabrati, praesertim inter- 

 medius haud raro latius angustiusve marginatus; stipulae minutae, breviter ovatae, 

 pubescentes, dein glabratae. Thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum paniculatim congesti, 

 6— 34 cm longi, peduneulo subtereti basi et apice pubescenti, rhachi subsulcata velutina 

 sat dense cincinnifera; cincinni plerumque insigniter stipitati, stipite graciliore circ. 

 5 mm longo, interdum elongati, 6 — 9-flori; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, subulatae; 

 pedicelli 3 — 6 (fruetiferi interdum 6 — 7) mm longi, prope basin articulati; alabastra 

 obovoidea, 2 — 3 mm longa; omnes cincinni partes tomento brevi vel sublanoso cano vel 

 sordido indutae. Flores albi: Sepala duo exteriora breviora, interiora 3—4 mm longa. 

 Petala 4,5 — 5 mm longa, 2 — 2,5 mm lata, ex obovato attenuata, intus glanduligera ; 

 squamae (cristis exclusis) petala dimidia vix aequantes, superiores crista sat alta 

 squamam dimidiam aequante vel paullo superante ad medium vel usque ad basin fere 

 bifida (laciniis plerumque angustis fere corniformibus erectis vel divaricatis), inferiores 

 crista satis elata aliformi plerumque profunde et inaequaliter bifida instruetae. Tori 

 glandulae superiores breviter ovatae, apice rotundatae ; laterales paullo minores, elliptico- 



