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medium articulati; alabastra obovoidea, 2 mm longa, fere totidem lata. Flores: Sepala 

 interiora 2,5 mm longa. Petala 3 mm longa, 2 mm lata, ex obovato attenuata, intus 

 laxius glanduligera; squamae superiores crista emarginato-bifida vel subintegra, in- 

 feriores crista dentiformi interdum oblique emarginata instruetae. Tori glandulae 

 superiores ovatae, laterales minores, subannulares. Stamina basi pilosa. Germen obverse 

 pyramidatum, trigonum, rufulo-tomentosum. Fructus 2,5 — 3 cm longus, fere totidem 

 latus, ad loculos 6 — 8 mm latus. Semen 4 mm longum, 2,2 mm latum, nigro-fuscum. 



In Mexico: Linden n. 903! (Mirador, prov. Vera Cruz, m. Sept., Oct. 1838, flor.; 

 Hb. Webb, Hb. Martens); Ghiesbreght n. 197! (prov. Vera Cruz, prope Zacuapan; 

 Hb. Turcz. sub nom. »Serj. racemosa Schum.«); Liebmann! (Calipa, m. Mart. 1841, 

 fruct.); Botteri n. 876! partim (cfr. S. racemosa Schum.; Orizaba, m. Decembr. 1854, 

 fruct. ; Hb. Paris.); E. Kerber n. 77! (La Luz pr. Cordoba, m. Oct. 1882, flor. et fruct., 

 c. nom. vulg. supra indic), n. 130! (Atoyac, m. Nov. 1882, fruct.; Hb. Gotting., Monac); 

 Gaumer n. 973! (vine 60 feet, abundant in forest and brush lands about Izamal 

 where it flowers in Sept., m. Dec. 1895, alabastr.; comm. Millsp.); Bourgeau n. 1884! 

 (in valle Cordubensi, m. Jan. 1866, fruct.; Hb. Martius). 



175. S. laevigata Radlk. in Urban, Symb. Antill. I. 2. (1899) 347. — Scandens, 

 fruticosa, glabra; rami subtrigoni vel teretiusculi, extimo apice thyrsique adpresse 

 puberuli, cortice cinnamomeo; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali majore et peri- 

 phericis 2 — 3 angulis subjectis parvis teretiusculis in centrale plus minus immersis; 

 folia biternata; foliola ovalia, obtusa vel emarginata, in petiolulos breves contracta, 

 subintegerrima vel obsolete raridentata, margine subrevoluto linea cartilaginea circum- 

 vallata, crassiuscule coriacea, laevigata et praesertim supra nitidula, subtus obsolete 

 reticulato-venosa, glaberrima nee nisi subtus in axillis nervorum pilorum fasciculis 

 obsita, e viridi pallide subfusca, punetis lineolisque pellucidis notata, epidermide 

 mucigera; petioli omnes nudi, supra sulcati; thyrsi in apice ramorum paniculatim 

 congesti, laxe cincinniferi, cirris abortivis vel in cincinnos evolutis; cincinni longiuscule 

 stipitati, elongati; flores medioeres, sepalis exterioribus laxius quam interiora sordide 

 tomentellis; fructus sectionis parvus, cordato-ovatus, apice retusus, infra loculos sub- 

 constrictus, loculis trigonis, dorso carinatis et suberistatis obsolete reticulato-nervosis, 

 adpresse puberulis, pericarpio duriusculo, endocarpio albo-lanoso ; semen ad basin 

 loculi insertum, obovoideum; cotyledones curvatae. 



Caulis ad altitudinem 6 m scandens (Harris). Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3 mm. 

 Folia (superiora) 12 — 14 cm longa, 10 — 12 cm lata; foliola terminalia 7 — 8 cm longa, 

 4 — 4,5 cm lata, lateralia decrescentim minora, triadum lateralium interiora minima 

 suborbicularia diametro 2 — 2,5 cm; petiolus communis circ. 3 cm, partialium inter- 

 medius 2 cm, laterales 6 mm longi; stipulae parvae, ovatae. Thyrsi 10 — 14 cm longi, 

 rhachi quam pedunculus glabriusculus pluries longiore, ut et cincinni densius adpresse 

 puberula; cincinni stipite 1 — 1,2 cm longo incluso 2 — 2,4 cm longi, 5 — 8-flori; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque parvae, 1 mm vix superantes, subulatae, puberulae; pedicelli 3 — 4, 

 fruetigeri 6 — 7 mm longi, ad medium articulati; alabastra subglobosa, diametro 2 — 

 2,5 mm. Sepala (sub fruetu relicta) exteriora 2, interiora 4 mm longa. Petala (ex 

 alabastro) ex obovato in unguem attenuata, intus dense glanduligera; squamae (cristis 

 exclusis) petala dimidia aequantes, margine villosae, superiores crista obovata crenulata 

 appendiceque deflexa sat longa barbata, inferiores crista semiobovata instruetae. Tori 

 glandulae superiores breves truncatae, inferiores minores; torus ipse inter glandulas 

 puberulus. Stamina pilosa. Germen obovato-trigonum, cano-pubescens. Fructus 12 — 

 15 mm longus, basi 10 — 14, ad loculos 7 — 8 mm latus, loculis circ. 6 mm longis sat 

 latiseptis. Semen spadiceum. 



In insula Jamaica: W. Harris n. 6679! (prope Wareka, altit. 400 ped., m. Jan. 

 1897, fr.; Hb. Krug et Urban), n. 9024! (road to Wareka, alt. 800 ped., m. Oct. 1905, 

 fl.), n. 9860! (Spur tree Hill, alt. 2000 ped., m. Sept. 1907, fl.). 



Obs. Species af finis S. goniocarpae Radlk. An et affinis S. nodosae Radlk. ? 



