Paullinia. 275 



n. 755! 756! 757! 758! (in civit. Vera Cruz, ad Zacuapam, m. Sept. 1908, fl. et fr. submat., 

 c. truncorum fragmentis spinigeris; comm. Schenck). — In Costarica: Tonduz 

 n. 11417! (broussailles ä Tuis, bassin du Reventazon, alt. 650 m, m. Nov. 1897, flor.). 



38. P. searlatina Radlk. in J. Donneil Smith, Enum. PI. Guatem. II. (1891) IIA, 

 n. 1662!, VI. (1903) 8 n. 7737! (sphalm. 7837), in ejusdem Undescribed Plants from 

 Guatemala, IX. in Bot. Gaz. XVI. (July 1891) 193 et Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 

 194 n.31 ; Clark, Syst. and alph. Index of new spec. of N. Am. in Contrib. from the U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. I, Nr. 5 (1892) 157. — Scandens, fruticosa; rami juniores pentagoni, puberuli, 

 adultiores subteretes, striati, lenticellarum seriebus notati; corpus lignosum simplex; 

 folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola superiora ex elliptico sublanceolata, inferiora ovata, 

 apice in acumen obtusum producta, basi superiora longius breviusve attenuata, inferiora 

 rotundata, omnia breviter petiolulata, integerrima vel dente uno alterove notata, 

 chartacea, transversim venosa, praeter axillas nervorum subtus barbatas glabra, niti- 

 dula, glandulis microscopicis curvatis vel geniculatis obsita, utriculis laticiferis reticulatis 

 pellucidis sat crebris supra subtusque instructa, epidermide mucigera; petiolus nudus, 

 rhachis submarginata; stipulae parvae, trianguläres; thyrsi solitarii, axillares; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque parvae subulatae; flores sat magni, sepalis (calycis fructiferi) tomentellis, 

 3. et 5. fere omnino liberis; Capsula ellipsoidea, stipitata, subapiculata, valvarum costa 

 mediana evanida tricostata, extus glabriuscula, intus pilis longis fuscidulis dense villosa; 

 semen late ovoideum, ventre subcarinatum, glabrum, arillo dorso fisso usque ad medium 

 obtectum; cotyledones oleigerae, interior tenuior, transversim plicata. 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3 — 5 mm, cortice subfusco. Folia circ. 16 cm longa, 

 totidem lata; foliola 10 — 12 cm longa, 4,5 — 5 cm lata, sicca subfusca; petiolus com- 

 munis 3 — 4 cm longus, supra sulcatus, rhachis paullo brevior; stipulae 2,5 mm longae. 

 Thyrsi folia subaequantes, robusti, pedunculo quam rhachis tomentella longiore; 

 rhachis (fructifera) diametro 2 — 2,5 mm, sat dense cincinnigera, cincinnis sessilibus 

 contractis; pedicelli fructigeri 6 — 7 mm longi, paullo supra medium articulati. Sepala 

 duo exteriora breviora, interiora circ. 4mm longa. Tori glandulae ovatae, pubescentes. 

 (Reliquae floris partes non suppetebant.) Capsula stipite 5 — 6 mm longo adjecto 2,5 — 

 3 cm longa. Semen 1,3 — 1,4 cm longum, testa atrofusca, pilorum endocarpii impressione 

 leviter striolata, nitidula. 



In Guatemala: J. Donnell Smith n. 1662! (prov. Yzabal), n. 7737! (prov. Alta 

 Verapaz, Cubilquitz, alt. 350 m, m. Nov. 1900, flor., leg. H. v. Türckheim). 



39. P. anodonta Radlk. in Fedde Repert. IX. (1911) 374. — Scandens, fruticosa, 

 glabra; rami juveniles pentagoni, adutiores teretes multistriati; corpus lignosum Sim- 

 plex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola superiora oblongo-lanceolata, inferiora subovata, 

 omnia in acumen obtusum producta, superiora in petiolulos attenuata, inferiora basi 

 obtusa petiolulis insidentia, integerrima, chartacea, inter nervös laterales utrinque 

 6 — 7 inferiores approximatos superiores remotiusculos arcte tenuiter transversim 

 venosa, utrinque glabra nee nisi glandulis microscopicis curvatis laxe adspersa, nitida, 

 utriculis laticiferis ramificatis subtus hie illic colore fusco indicatis percursa, epidermide 

 mucigera; petiolus, uti rhachis, nudus; stipulae latiuscule oblongae, subapiculatae, 

 mox deeiduae, cicatrices prominentes relinquentes; thyrsi solitarii, axillares, bracteis 

 bracteolisque ovatis puberulis; alabastra globosa; flores sat magni, sepalis coriaeeis 

 utrinque breviter tomentellis, 3. et 5. fere omnino liberis; Capsula — (non suppetebat). 



Rami diametro 5 mm, cortice subfusco-badio. Folia circ. 20 cm longa, fere totidem 

 lata; foliola ad 12 cm longa, 4,5 cm lata, sicca badia; petiolus 4 — 5 cm longus, rhachis 

 paullo brevior; stipulae 5 mm longae, 2,5 mm latae. Thyrsi folia superantes, pedunculo 

 quam rhachis longiore; rhachis cano-tomentella, dense cincinnigera, cincinnis sessilibus 

 contractis 5 — 7-floris; pedicelli 2 — 3 mm longi, supra medium articulati, tomentelli. 

 Sepala duo exteriora breviora, orbicularia, interiora elliptica. Petala obovato-oblonga, 

 praesertim intus glandulis minutis adspersa; squamae margine hirtellae, petala dimidia 

 superantes, superiores crista emarginata appendiceque deflexa brevi dense rufulo- 



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