Serjania. 211 



inferiores crista oblonga erecta processiformi instructae. Tori glandulae superiores 

 rotundato-ovatae, laterales minores, subannulares. Stamina pilosiuscula. Germen 

 pyriforme, trigonum, 3 mm longum, 2 mm latum, tomentosum. Fructus (immaturus) 

 2,7 cm longus, ad loculos 1,2 cm latus (alis semievolutis basi nondum dilatatis). 



In Brasiliae civ. Rio de Janeiro et Minas Geraes: Sellow!; Claussen(?)! 

 (Rio de Janeiro); Schwacke n. 9898! (leg. Araujo in silvis virgineis ad Rio Novo, 

 Minas Geraes, 1895). 



188. S. nigricans Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 336, in Fl. bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 113, 

 1893) 342. — Scandens, fruticosa, puberula, latice copioso foeta; rami striato-sulcati 

 et costati, costis quam sulei angustioribus et ramorum juniorum acutiusculis, adultiorum 

 obtusatis, pilis brevibus sufferrugineis tomentoso-puberuli, dein glabrati, cortice nigro- 

 fusco; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali medioeri et periphericis minoribus 

 plerumquelO teretiusculis contiguis centrale cingentibus; folia biternata; foliola elliptica, 

 lateralia basi acutiuscula subsessilia, terminalia in petiolulum angustata, omnia obtusa, 

 fere a basi crenato- vel subserrato-dentata, e membranaceo subcoriacea, glabra, non 

 nisi supra in nervis, subtus in axillis nervorum crispato-pilosa et juxta nervös pilis 

 singulis adspersa, insuper glandulis microscopicis obsita, sicca nigro-fusca, supra nitida, 

 subtus opaca et pallidiora, punetis pellucidis sat magnis crebris aequidistantibus notata, 

 epidermide parum mucigera; petiolus communis partialesque nudi, subtus convexi, 

 supra sulcati, puberuli; thyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum paniculatim congesti; 

 cincinni stipitati, abbreviati; alabastra ex obovato subglobosa; flores (ex alabastro) 

 minores vel medioeres; sepala omnia (exteriora laxius, interiora densius) tomentella; 

 fructus — (non suppetebat). 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 2 — 3 mm. Folia 14 — 19 cm longa, 12 — 16 cm lata, 

 superiora decrescentim minora; foliola terminalia 7 — 10 cm longa, 4 — 5 cm lata, 

 lateralia decrescentim minora; stipulae parvae, ovato-triangulares, puberulae. Thyrsi 

 4 — 16 cm longi, rhachi pilis fusco-ferrugineis tomentella; cincinni stipite 3 — 5 mm longo 

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

 3,5 mm longi, supra basin vel ad tertiam inferiorem partem articulati; alabastra 2 mm 

 longa, fere totidem lata, tomentella. Flores: Sepala duo exteriora interioribus breviora. 

 Petala obovata, intus dense glanduligera; squamae superiores crista obovata subintegra, 

 inferiores crista dentiformi instructae. Tori glandulae superiores late ovatae, laterales 

 minores, subannulares. Stamina intus pilosiuscula. Germinis rudimentum parvum, 

 trigonum, in angulis superr\e et ad styli basin rufo-pilosum. 



In Brasiliae civ. Rio de Janeiro: Netto!; Schwacke n. 3006! (ad Belem in 

 silvis, m. Maj. 1881, flor.). 



Species sedis omnino dubiae. 

 189. S. humifusa Radlk. in Th. Herzog, Siph. nov. Boliv. in Fedde, Repert. VII. 

 (1909) 355. — Frutex parvus, rarhis inferioribus elongatis humifusis, cirris rudimen- 

 tariis tantum adaxill as foliorum supremorum (juvenilium) praeditis; rami juniores 

 circ. 6-costati, costis glabris vel pilis crispulis laxe adspersis rubro-fuscis, inter costas 

 canescentes et stomatibus elevatis crebris minutim albide punetati, adultiores teretius- 

 culi, cortice fusco; corpus lignosum simplex; folia trifoliolata, interdum foliolo terminali 

 basi utrinque grosse lobato transitum in folia pinnata exhibentia, vel summa ramorum 

 elongatorum 5-foliolato-pinnata rhachi marginata; foliola ovata, obtusa, mucronulata, 

 utrinque grossiuscule 2 — 3-dentata dentibus obtusis mucronulatis inferioribus interdum 

 in lobos produetis, basi lateralia in petiolulos breves contraeta, terminalia in petiolulum 

 longiorem decurrentia vel basi subtruncata petiolulo marginato insidentia, mem- 

 branaeeo-chartacea, supra glabra vel margine et ad nervös pilis crispulis laxe ad- 

 spersa nitidula, subtus glandulis microscopicis crebris obsita opaca, fusco-viridia, punetis 

 majusculis pellucidis lineolisque brevibus crassiusculis varie curvatis nunc densis 

 nunc laxioribus et praesertim secus nervös coacervatis notata, subtus utriculis latici- 



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