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crenisve utrinque 2 — 3 instructa, penninervia, reti venarum ampliore sub Irans versali 

 percursa, coriacea, supra glaberrima, nitida, sordide viridia, subtus opaca, pallidiora 

 et purpurascentia, in margine revoluto linea translucente angusta obvallata; petiolus 

 4 — 7 cm longus, subteres, supra canaliculatus, nudus; stipulae parvae, late trianguläres. 

 Thyrsi folia superantes, pedunculo 5-angulari glabrato, rhachi cincinnisque nee non 

 pedicellis et alabastris pilis adpressis breviter sed dense sufferrugineo-tomentosis; 

 rhachis striato-angulosa, remotiuscule et subverticillatim cincinnifera, verticillis sub- 

 trimeris circ. 1 cm distantibus; cincinni stipitati, stipite robusto 6 — 8 mm longo, sat 

 elongati, inferiores stipite adjeeto circ. 1,4 cm longi; bracteae bracteolaeque trianguläres, 

 acutae, apice glabratae; pedicelli 2 — 2,5 mm longi, prope basin -articulati; alabastra 

 elliptica breviterve obovoidea, 2,5 mm longa. Flores: Sepala exteriora paullo breviora, 

 interiora 3,5 mm longa. Petala (ex alabastro, quia petala floris aperti apice comesa 

 erant) ex obovato euneata, intus glanduligera ; squamae (cristis exclusis) 2 mm longae, 

 superiores crista superne dilatata crenulata profunde bifida, inferiores crista brevi 

 dentiformi interdum oblique emarginata instruetae. Tori glandulae superiores breviter 

 ovatae, obtusissimae, inferiores paullo minores, subannuliformes; torus ipse inter 

 glandulas pilis teneris lanato-tomentosus. Stamina 2,5 mm longa, pilis rufis erectis 

 villosa; antherae glabrae vel basi tantum pilis singulis sub microscopio certe per- 

 spiciendis obsitae. Germinis rudimentum subrhombeum, basi et apice brevissime 

 attenuatum, trianguläre, pilis rufis praesertim in angulis villosum. 



In Antillarum insula Jamaica? rara, ut videtur: Nee lectore (W. Wright?, 

 Houston?) nee loco indicatis exstat in Hb. Mygind.! (nunc Pestino), in Hb. Banks! 

 (speeimen ex Hb. Ph. Miller translatum et folium in Jacq. Obs. III. t. 62 f. 3 delineat. 

 ex Hb. Jacq.), in Hb. Cliffort!, nee non in Hb. Bentham! (»Hb. Forsyth, purchased 

 1835«). 



197. S. circumvallata Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 345. — Scandens, fruticosa, 

 subglabra; rami e teretiusculo subtrigoni, juxta angulos utrinque sulco notati, lateribus 

 convexis, cortice subfusco, apice hirtelli; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali 

 majore leviter trisulco et periphericis 3 parvis in sulcis centralis collocatis, inde in 

 centrale plus minus immersis; folia ternata; foliola breviter et late ovata (vel terminalia 

 suborbicularia), basi in petiolulos breves, apice in acumen breve obtusum vel acutum 

 abruptius contraeta, utrinque obtuse bi— tri-dentata, insigniter transversim reticulato- 

 venosa, subcoriacea, e viridi subfusca, utrinque subopaca, glabra, subtus tantum in 

 nervis pilis singulis adspersa, punetis lineolisque pellucidis obscurius notata, margine 

 linea cartilaginea rubente circumvallata, epidermide parum mucigera; petiolus nudus, 

 hirtellus; thyrsi subsolitarii, sordide hirtelli; cincinni breviter stipitati; flores minores, 

 sepalis omnibus tomento cano indutis. 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3 mm. Folia 12 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliola 

 terminalia petiolulo 5 — 7 mm longo adjeeto 7,5 — 9,5 cm longa, 6 — 7 cm lata, lateralia 

 6 cm longa, 4 cm lata; petiolus 2 — 3 cm longus, striatus; stipulae parvae, ovatae, 

 acutae, hirtellae. Thyrsi foliis breviores, sat dense cincinniferi ; cincinni abbreviati, 

 8 — 14-flori, inferiores stipite 4 mm longo suffulti, superiores subsessiles, cano-tomentosi; 

 bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, ovatae, acutae, hirtellae; pedicelli breves, 1 mm vix 

 excedentes, basi articulati; alabastra subglobosa, 2 mm vix attingentia. (Flores aperti 

 non suppetebant, nee fruetus.) 



In Columbia: Goudot n. l! partim (cfr. S. grandis Seem.; Hb. Paris.). 



198. S. braehyphylla Radlk. Serj. Monogr. (1875) 345. — Scandens, fruticosa, 

 subglabra; rami teretiusculi, 8-striati, cortice nigro-fusco, juniores sufferrugineo- 

 hirtelli, adultiores praeter strias glabrati; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali 

 majore subtrigono et periphericis minoribus 5 triangulariter . dispositis partim sat 

 applanatis; folia biternata; foliola breviter et late ovata, acuta, breviter petiolulata, 

 grosse crenata, coriacea, glabra, nee nisi supra in nervis pilis crispulis, insuper supra 

 et praesertim subtus undique glandulis microscopicis adspersa, e viridi fuscescentia, 



