Paullinia. 261 



oblonga, inferiora breviter ovata vel subrotunda, terminale basi cuneatum, lateralia 

 rotundata, omnia apice breviter acuminata, apicem versus minutim serrato-dentata, 

 acumine ipso denticulato, petiolulata, chartacea, clathrato-venosa, subtus in axillis 

 nervorum nee non saepe venarum quoque barbata, ceterum pilis lateraliter affixis* 

 sufferrugineis breviter subtomentos«a (interdum forsan, uti Poeppig refert, »tenuiter 

 argenteo pubescentia«) glandulisque microscopicis erectis vel inclinatis obsita, denique 

 glabrata, punetis lineolisque pellucidis sparsis supra notata et reti utriculorum latici- 

 ferorum subpellucido subtus instrueta, epidermide non mucigera (paginae inferioris — 

 contra sectionis rationem — non crystallophora); petiolus rhachisque nuda; thyrsi 

 solitarii, robusti, laxius cincinniferi, subtomentosi; cincinni sessiles, contracti, 5 — 8- 

 flori; flores medioeres, sepalis dense subcanescenti-tomentellis; fruetus sectionis pyri- 

 formis (»nuce Juglandis major, subglobosus, viridis, glaber« teste Poeppig), glabre- 

 scens (maturus deerat). 



Caulis »altissime scandens« (Poeppig). Rami diametro 3 — 6 mm. Folia 15 — 25 cm 

 longa, fere totidem lata; foliolum terminale 9 — 14 cm longum, 5 — 7 cm latum, lateralia 

 paullo minora; petiolus communis 5 — 7 cm longus rbachisque plerumque dimidio 

 brevior tomento brevi praesertim ad insertionem foliolorum induta; petioluli 3 — 8 mm 

 longi, subtomentosi; stipulae — (non visae). Thyrsi 10 — 40 cm longi, subsessiles vel 

 peduneulati, rhachi diametro 2 — 4 mm, bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae; pedicelli 

 2 — 3 mm longi, articulati. Sepala duo exteriora interioribus plus dimidio breviora, 

 interiora subrotunda, 3 — 4 mm longa, 3 mm lata. Petala oblonga; squamae petala 

 dimidia aequantes, margine villosae, superiores crista obeordata appendiceque deflexa 

 margine villosa, inferiores crista oblique aliformi instruetae. Tori glandulae superiores 

 late trianguläres, tomentosae, uti torus. Staminum filamenta filiformia, complanata, 

 pilosa; antherae glabrae. Germen e trigono subglobosum, tomentosum. 



In Peruvia: Pavon! (ad Vitoc, 1794); Haenke! (Hb. Prag.); Poeppig 

 n.1327! (Pampayaco, 1829; Cuchero). 



20. P. clavigera Schlechtendal in Linnaea I. (1836) 239 n. 306, »coli. Schiede«!; 

 Walp. Rep. I. (1842) 414; Radlk. Monogr. Serj. (1874-1875) 73 n. 84 etc. (v. indic), 

 in J. Donneil Smith, Enum. PI. Guatem. etc. IV. (1985 )22 n. 5182 (leg. Thieme)!,VI. 

 (1903) 8 n. 5634 (leg. Thieme)! et Monogr. Pauli. (1895 — 1896) 175 n.16; Hemsl. in 

 Biol. Centr.-Am. Bot. II. (1879-1881) 210 n. 2, »coli. Schiede«; P. C. Standley, Trees 

 and Shrubs of Mexico in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. XXIII. 3. (1923) 703. - P. pinnata, 

 non L., J. Donneil Smith, 'Enum. PI. Guatem. etc. V. (1899) 16 n. 6314! — Scandens, 

 fruticosa, glabra; rami 4 — 6-costati, glabriusculi ; corpus lignosum simplex; folia 5- 

 foliolato-pinnata; foliola elliptico-lanceolata, apice ex acuto acuminata (interdum sub- 

 cuspidata), basi terminale cuneatum, lateralia acuta vel rotundata, margine ex sub- 

 integerrimo remote serrato-dentata lineaque pellucida subfusca cartilaginea circum- 

 vallata, breviter petiolulata, membranaeeo-chartacea, subtus in axillis nervorum bar- 

 bata, glandulis microscopicis malleoliformibus subimmersis obsita, reti utriculorum 

 latieiferorum pellucido subtus instrueta, epidermide non mucigera paginae inferioris 

 sparsim crystallophora; petiolus rhachisque anguste alata; stipulae elongatae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, subfalcatae, striatae; thyrsi solitarii, tomentelli, laxius cincinniferi; cincinni 

 sessiles, 6 — 8-flori; bracteae elongatae, anguste subulatae; flores minores vel medioeres, 

 longius pedicellati, pedicellis supra medium articulatis, sepalis puberulis; fruetus 

 sectionis pyriformis, longiuscule stipitatus, apiculatus, glabratus; semen breviter ellip- 

 soideum, arillo dorso ventreque usque ad basin fisso ultra duas tertias obtectum. 



Rami diametro circ. 5 mm. Folia 10 — 25 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliolum 

 terminale 6 — 14 cm longum, 2 — 4,5 cm latum, lateralia paullo minora; petiolus com- 

 munis 2 — 9 cm longus, rhachis plerumque dimidio brevior; alae utrinque 1 — 2 mm latae, 

 basin versus angustatae; stipulae circ. 1,5 cm longae, 2 — 4 mm latae. Thyrsi 6 — 20 cm 

 longi, sessiles vel peduneulo 0,5 — 10 cm longo stipitati; bracteae circ. 4 mm longae; 

 pedicelli circ. 3 mm longi, ad mediam vel supra mediam partem articulati. Sepala 



