Serjania. 209 



fuscescentia, supra nitidula, subtus opaca et pallidiora, punctis pellucidis sat magnis 

 aequidistantibus lineolisque brevibus interjectis notata, epidermide parum mucigera; 

 petiolus communis partialesque nudi, pulverulento-puberuli; stipulae parvae, ovatae, 

 basibus incrassatis quasi in glandulas intumescentibus infra petioli insertionem sub- 

 contiguae, puberulae; thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum in racemum paniculiformem 

 densum congesti, dense cincinniferi; cincinni inferiores breviter stipitati, glomeruli- 

 formes, fructiferi paullulum elongati; flores inter minores; sepala exteriora pubescentia, 

 interiora dense tomentella; fructus sectionis cordato-ovatus, ad loculos trigonus et pilis 

 erectiusculis hirtus vel glaber (etiam juniores), apice quodammodo retusus, infra loculos 

 vix constrictus, pericarpio chartaceo reti nervorum descendente instructo, endocarpio 

 dense subfusco-floccoso; semen ad bäsin loculi insertum — (maturum non suppetebat). 

 Rami thyrsigeri diametro 2,5 — 3 mm. Folia 16 cm longa, totidem lata, superiora 

 minora; foliola terminalia 8 — 9 cm longa, 3,5 — 4 cm lata, lateralia decrescentim minora. 

 Thyrsi 3 — 16 cm longi, sordide flavescenti-puberuli; cincinni inferiores stipite 2 — 3 mm 

 longo suffulti, 5 — 7-flori; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, subulatae, puberulae; pedicelli 

 1 — 1,5 mm (fructiferi 2 mm) longi, basi articulati; alabastra obovoideo-globosa, 1,8 mm 

 longa et lata, pubescentia. Flores: Sepala interiora 2,5 mm longa, tertium et quintum 

 usque ad tertiam inferiorem partem coalita. Petala ex obovato-oblongo cuneata, 3 mm 

 longa, 1,2 mm lata, intus glanduligera; squamae superiores crista emarginato-bicocca, 

 inferiores crista subaliformi instructae. Tori glandulae superiores ovatae, inferiores 

 minores, annulares. Stamina pilosa. Germen obverse pyramidatum, trigonum, pilis 

 erectis hirto-tomentosum. Fructus 2 cm longus, 1,6 cm (ad loculos 0,5 cm) latus. 



In Panama et in insula adjacente Taboga, nee non in Mexico: Haenke! 

 (Mexico; Hb. Prag.); Collector ignotus! (Taboga; a. 1815 ex Hb. Thibaud translat. 

 in Hb. Pyr. DC); Duchassaing! (Panama, a. 1851; Hb. Paris., sub nomine Serj. 

 panicul. Triana et PL); Moritz Wagner! (Paraiso in Panama, m. Dec. 1857, fl. et fr. 

 junior.; Hb. Monac, Hb. Griseb.); Sutton Hayes n. 503! (Empire Station, Panama 

 Rail-Road, Febr. 1862, fr.; Hb. Hook.), n. 523! (Paraiso Station, Panama Rail-Road, 

 Nov. 1862; Hb. Hook.). 



186. S. noxia Camb. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. I. (1825) 363, n. 10! et in Mem. Mus. 

 d'Hist. nat. XVIII. (1829) 21; Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 659 n. 15; Spach, Hist. nat. 

 Phanerog. III. (1834) 46; D. Dietr. Syn. PI. II. (1840) 1317 n. 23; Walp. Rep. Bot. I. 

 (1842) 412; Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 333, Suppl. (1886) 159, in Warming, Symb. 

 Part. XXXVII. in Vidensk. Meddel. (1890) 242 (993) et in Fl. bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 113, 

 1893) 339; Caminhoa 1. sub n. 3 c. (1880) 28; Greshoff 1. sub n.3 c. (1893) 37; Peckolt 1. 

 ibid. c. (1901) 361. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabrescens; rami lineis impressis subtiliter 

 8 — 10-striati, juniores saepius thyrsique petiolique pube vel tomento brevi sufferrugineo 

 induti, cortice nunc pallido- nunc nigro-fusco; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali 

 medioeri et periphericis minoribus plerumquelO teretiusculis contiguis centrale cingenti- 

 bus; folia biternata; foliola ovalia vel lanceolata, terminalia in petiolulum attenuata, 

 lateralia basi angustata sessilia, omnia nunc obtusa et cuspidato-mucronulata, nunc 

 acuta vel acute acuminata, integerrima vel rarissime dente uno alterove obtuso in- 

 strueta, subcoriacea, supra in nervis crispato-pilosa, ceterum glabra vel utrinque et 

 praesertim in pagina superiore juxta marginem pilis brevibus adspersa, insuper glandulis 

 microscopicis obsita, e flavescenti-viridi fuscescentia, supra nitida, subtus opaca et 

 pallidiora, punctis pellucidis lineolisque juxta nervös crebrioribus sat insigniter notata, 

 epidermide parum mucigera; petiolus communis nudus, supra canaliculatus, subtus 

 convexus et striatus, partiales bisulcati, superne angustissime vel vix angustissime 

 marginati; thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum subpaniculati; cincinni stipitati, sub- 

 elongati; flores medioeres; sepala omnia tomento denso brevi sordide albido induta; 

 fructus sectionis cordato-ovatus, ad loculos trigonus et reticulato-nervosus, apice 

 paullum retusus, infra loculos vix constrictus, glaber, pericarpio crustaceo, endocarpio 

 dense subfusco-floccoso ; semen supra loculi basin insertum — (maturum non suppetebat). 



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