168 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



6-sulcati, cortice e viridi pallide subfusco, ad costas rubescente; corpus lignosum Sim- 

 plex, hexagonum, leviter sulcatum; folia biternata; foliola ex oblongo vel ovato lanceo- 

 lata, praesertim terminalia in acumen acutum sensim attenuata eademque in petiolulum 

 conspicuum attenuata, lateralia in petiolulos breves contracta vel subsessilia, omnia 

 integerrima, penninervia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7 — 9 curvato-adscendentibus supra 

 subtusque prominulis, infimis eorum reliquis vix longioribus, utrinque glaberrima, nee 

 nisi glandulis microscopicis adspersa, nitidula, submembranacea, e viridi pallide fusces- 

 centia, punetis lineolisque pellucidis subfuscis notata, epidermide mucigera; petioli 

 omnes nudi; thyrsi in ramulis lateralibus paniculatim congesti, glabri; cincinni sub- 

 sessiles; flores medioeres; sepala pulverulento-puberula. 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3 mm. FoHa48 — 20 cm longa; foliola terminalia petiolulo 

 6 mm longo adjeeto 10,5 cm longa, 3 cm lata, lateralia decrescentim minora; petiolus 

 communis 4 cm longus; stipulae minutae. Cincinni contracti, circ. 6-flori; pedicelli 

 2 — 2,5 mm longi, supra basin articulati; alabastra obovoidea, 2 mm longa, Flores 

 hermaphroditi : Sepala interiora 3 mm longa. Petala ex oblongo attenuata, 3,5 mm 

 longa, intus laxe glanduligera; squamae (cristis exclusis) petala dimidia aequantes, 

 margine villosiusculae, superiores crista usque ad basin bifida (laciniis subacutis erectis) 

 appendiceque deflexa brevi obtusa dense villoso-barbata, inferiores crista corniformi 

 ereeta instruetae. Tori glandulae ovatae. Stamina: filamenta villosiuscula ; antherae 

 glabrae. Germen pyriforme, trigonum, minutim canescenti-puberulum; Stylus bre- 

 vis; Stigmata stylum aequantia. 



In Guatemalae Depart. Alta Verapaz: H. v. Türckheim n. 1153! ed. J. Donn. 

 Sm. (in rupibus ad Coban, altitud. 4300 ped., m. Mart. 1887, fl.). — in Enum. II in- 

 dicatur: Pansamalä, alt. 3800 ped., m. Febr., id. II, 1672! (ibid. alt. 1350 m, in silva, 

 m. Mart. 1907, fl.; Hb. DG.). 



132. S. flaviflora Radlk. in Loesener, PI. Selerian. in Bull. Hb. Boiss. 2. ser. III. 

 3. (1903) 211; P. C. Standley, Trees and Shrubs of Mexico in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 XXIII. 3. (1923) 698. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; rami 6-sulcati, cortice sulcorum 

 viridulo, costarum subfusco, non nisi juveniles hie illic pilis singulis adspersi; corpus 

 lignosum simplex, 6-sulcatum; folia biternata; foliola breviter ovato-lanceolata, ter- 

 minalia in acumen acutum angustata eademque in petiolulum abruptius attenuata, 

 lateralia acuta et in petiolulos breves contracta, omnia mucronulata, integerrima, 

 penninervia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6 — 8 strictis obliquis ante marginem arcuato- 

 anastomosantibus supra magis quam subtus prominulis, glabra nee nisi ad nervum 

 medianum supra pilis singulis adspersa et in axillis nervorum inferiorum subtus pilis 

 crispatis subflavidis laxe barbata, glandulis microscopicis adspersa, utrinque subopaca, 

 chartacea, sicca fragilia, e viridi pallide subfusca, punetis pellucidis decoloribus parvis 

 aegrius perspiciendis notata, epidermide mucigera; petioli omnes nudi supra pilis 

 crispatis adspersi; stipulae parvae, deltoideae, glabrae; thyrsi solitarii, parte dense 

 cincinnifera puberula quam pedunculus glaber apice bicirrosus breviore; cincinni sub- 

 sessiles, pauciflori; pedicelli supra medium articulati; flores medioeres; sepala exteriora 

 puberula, interiora tomentella; petala ex elliptico vel obovato attenuata, squama apice 

 bicornutim crista ta aueta, intus glandulis sat dense obsita; torus glaber; stamina 

 hispidula; germen ellipticum, apice margineque dense puberulum. 



Rami diametro 2 mm, internodiis 3 — 9 cm longis. Folia petiolo 1 — 1,5 cm longo 

 adjeeto 7 — 9,5 cm longa, 6— 8 cm lata; foliola terminalia petiolulo 5 — 8 mm longo 

 adjeeto 5 — 6 cm longa, 2,2 — 2,6 cm lata, lateralia decrescentim minora; stipulae vix 

 1 mm longae et latae. Thyrsorum pedunculus 3— 3,5 cm longus, rhachis 1,5 — 2 cm 

 longa; pedicelli 2 mm longi; alabastra ellipsoidea, 3 mm longa. Flores albi (t. Sei er), 

 siecorum vero sepala et petala flavida (aquam, in qua emolliuntur, colore flavo tingentia): 

 Sepala interiora 3 mm longa, 2 exteriora dimidio breviora. Petala 4 mm longa; squamae 

 (cristis exclusis) petala dimidia aequantes, margine villosiusculae, petalorum superiorum 

 crista alta bicornuto-bifida appendiceque deflexa dense barbata, petalorum inferiorum 



