Serjania. 205 



Thyrsi 4 — 12 (solitarii 16) cm longi, rhachi rufo-pilosa; cincinni 5 — 6-flori; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque parvae, subulatae, rufo-pilosae ; pedicelli 1 mm vix excedentes, basi arti- 

 culati; alabastra obovoidea, 1,5 mm longa et lata. Flores albi (Spruce): Sepala in- 

 teriora 2 mm longa, tertium et quintum a basi fere ad medium coalita. Petala 2 — 2,5 mm 

 longa, 1 mm lata, ex obovato cuneata, intus laxe glanduligera; squamae superiores 

 crista obcordata, inferiores crista alta aliformi incurvata instructae. Tori glandulae 

 superiores rotundato-ovatae; inferiores minores, annulares. Stamina pilosa. Germen 

 obovato-oblongum, trigonum, pilosum. 



In Peruvia orientali prope Tarapoto secus rivulos: Matthews n. 1321! (Hb. 

 Benth., Hook.); Spruce n. 4559! (m. Maj. 1856, flor.). 



181. S. rhombea Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 324, Suppl. (1886) 157, in Sodiro, 

 PI. Ecuador, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXVI. 4. (1905) 382 et Sap. Costar. in Bull. Hb. 

 Boiss., 2. ser. V. 4. (1905) 320; Hemsl. in Biol. Centr.-Am., Bot. I. (1879-1881) 207 

 n. 23, excl. Täte n. 53, quae Pauli, costaricensis Radlk. (e Biol. transl. in Annal. 

 Mus. Nac. Republ. Costa Rica, I. 2. [1888] 19); Loesener, PI. Rothschuh, nicarag. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LX. (1925) 358. — Serjania paucidentata (non DG.) Seemann 

 Bot. Voy. Herald I. (1852 — 1857) 92 n. 142; »Cape Corrientes, Darien«. Coli. Seem. 

 n. 599/1!; cf. Monogr. 326. — Serjania pubescens, non Kunth nee Seem., Griseb. Novit. 

 Fl. Panam. in Bonpl. VI. (1858) 3, in obs. ad Serj. samyd., quoad speeim. a Duchassaing 

 in Panama lectum, fide Hb. Griseb. — Serjania samydea (non Griseb.) Triana et Planch. 

 Prodr. Flor. Novo-Granat. in Ann. Scienc. nat. 4. Ser. XVIII. (1862) 346 n. 4, partim, 

 nempe quoad syn. Seemann. »Serj. paueident. Bot. Herald« et speeimen Seemann. 

 »Cabo Corrientes, Darien«, reliquis exclusis; cfr. Serj. mexic.WiWd. (praesert. Monogr. 243 

 et sub Serj. samydea Griseb. 249). — Paullinia velutina, non DC, Triana et Planch. 1. c. 

 358 partim, nempe quoad coli. Fendler n. 43 e Panama et quoad coli. Duchassaing e 

 Panama. — Scandens, fruticosa (Bredemeyer, Fendler, Sutton Hayes), hirta; 

 rami 6-angulares (angulis tribus acutioribus), 6-sulcati, undique pilis crispulis subfuscis 

 subadpressis hirti; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali magno et periphericis tribus 

 parvis e triangulari subteretibus centralis superficiei impositis; folia biternata; foliola 

 lateralia ovata, obtusiuscula, sessilia, terminalia ex ovato-triangulari in petiolulum 

 longius breviusve attenuata, inde rhombea, acuta, rarius obtusa, omnia inaequaliter 

 et subduplicatim inciso-serrata vel levius serrato-crenatove-dentata, subcoriacea, 

 utrinque (praesertim in nervis) pilis brevibus crebrioribus rarioribusve plus minus 

 hirto-pubescentia glandulisque microscopicis obsita, fuscescentia, supra nitidula vel 

 opaca, subtus pallidiora et'opaca, punetis pellucidis parvis ad dentes interdum coacer- 

 vatis notata, epidermide mucigera; petiolus communis nudus, striatus, hirto-pubescens, 

 partialium praesertim intermedius nunc latiuscule nunc angustissime marginatus; 

 thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum ramulorumque paniculatim congesti, sat graciles, 

 breviores densius, longiores interrupte cincinniferi, rufescenti-pilosi; cincinni subsessiles, 

 glomeruliformes; flores minores; sepala exteriora quam interiora laxius sordido-tomen- 

 tella; fruetus sectionis medioeris, cordato-ovatus vel suboblongus, ad loculos trigonus 

 et pilis retrorsis subvilloso-pubescens, ceterum subglaber, apice retusus, infra loculos 

 vix constrictus, pericarpio chartaceo obscurius reticulato-nervoso, endocarpio laxius 

 fuscescenti-floccoso; semen ad basin loculi insertum, ex obovoideo breviter clavatum. 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 2 — 3mm. Folia 10 — 16cm longa, 8 — 14cm lata; foliola 

 terminalia 5 — 7 cm longa, 2,5 — 4 cm lata, lateralia decrescentim minora; stipulae 

 parvae, ovato-triangulares, hirtae. Thyrsi 4 — 20 cm longi; cincinni 5 — 7-ilori, fruetiferi 

 inferiores stipite 1 — 1,5 mm longo suffulti; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, subulatae, 

 rufescenti-pilosae; pedicelli 1,5 (fruetiferi 2) mm non excedentes, basi articulati; ala- 

 bastra obovoidea, 2 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata. Flores: Sepala interiora 2 mm longa, 

 tertium et quintum saepissime a basi ad medium coalita. Petala 2 mm longa, 1 mm lata, 

 ex obovato-oblongo cuneata, intus perlaxe glanduligera; squamae superiores crista 

 brevi emarginata, inferiores crista subaliformi instructae. Tori glandulae superiores 



