Paullinia. 285 



fibris sclerenchymaticis crebrioribus ad paginam superiorem obviis, epidermide non 

 mucigera; petiolus rhachisque nuda, hirtella; stipulae conspicuae, obovato-oblongae, 

 subintegerrimae; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, pilis flavo-fuscidulis tomen- 

 telli; cincinni subsessiles, contracti; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, subulatae; flores 

 rnediocres, sepalis dense adpresse pilosis. 



Rami juniores diametro 4 — 5 mm, adultiores glabrati.lenticellis notati, cortice griseo 

 vel fuscidulo instructi. Folia 25 — 40 cm longa, fere totidemlata; foliola 10 — 18 cm longa, 

 5 — 8 cm lata, sicca fusca, nitidula; petiolus communis teretiusculus, saepius striatus, 

 3 — 15 cm longus rhachisque dimidio certe brevior eadem pube ac rami vestita; petioluli 

 3 — 10 mm longi; stipulae circ. 5 mm longae, extus fuscidulo-tomentellae. Thyrsi quam 

 folia multo breviores, 5 — 8 cm longi, tenuiores, rhachi diametro 1 — 1,5 mm, laxius 

 cincinnigeri; bracteae 1 — 1,5 mm longae. Flores »albi« (Spruce). Sepala (alabastra 

 tantum suppetebant) interiora circ. 2 mm longa, coriacea, omnia intus puberula. Petala 

 ovalia. Tori glandulae ovatae, extus puberulae. Staminum filamenta pilis albis induta. 

 Germen (rudimentarium) pubescens. 



In Brasiliae civit. Amazonas: Spruce n. 1439!; Schwacke n. III, 240!; Gla- 

 ziou n. 13619! 



53. P. parvibractea Radlk. Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 218 n. 42 et in Fl. Bras ; 

 XIII. 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 375 n. 20. — Scandens, fruticosa, pubescens; rami 3 — 4-lateri, 

 leviter sulcati, juniores minutim pubescentes, denique glabrati; corpus lignosum Sim- 

 plex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola elliptica, inferiora ovata, apice acuta, basi ter- 

 minale acutum, lateralia rotundata, omnia breviter petiolulata, remote obscureque 

 repando-dentata, dentibus apice tantum magis conspieuis, coriacea, ex anguste clathrato 

 reticulato-venosa, supra non nisi in nervo mediano puberula, subtus hirtello-pube- 

 scentia, glandulis microscopicis nutantibus obsita, nee punetis pellucidis nee reti pellu- 

 eido instrueta, fibris sclerenchymaticis ad paginam superiorem obviis, epidermide non 

 mucigera; petiolus rhachisque nuda; stipulae parvae, e basi lata breviter et oblique 

 trianguläres; thyrsi solitarii, puberuli, bracteae bracteolaeque minimae, e basi ovata 

 subulatae; flores robusti, sepalis adpresse cinereo-tomentellis, 3. et 5. fere omnino 

 liberis; Capsula subglobosa, stipitata, stipite tenui, extus subvelutino-tomentella, intus 

 pilis tubuloso-setosis tomentosa; semen depresse subglobosum, arillo ventre apicem 

 attingente dorso valde depresso praeter dorsum latum obtectum; cotyledones amyli- 

 gerae, crassae, parum curvatae. 



Rami diametro 5 mm\ cortice nigro-fusco. Folia 15 — 20 cm longa, fere totidem 

 lata; foliola 8 — 11 cm longa, 3,5 — 5 cm lata, sicca fusca, petiolus communis 2 — 6 cm 

 longus, teretiusculus, striatus, puberulus; stipulae vix 1 mm longae, extus pubescentes. 

 Thyrsi 6 — 10 cm longi, breviter peduneulati, sat robusti, rhachi diametro circ. 2 mm, 

 laxius cincinnigeri, cincinnis sessilibus contractis paucifloris; bracteae 0,5 mm longae; 

 pedicelli media parte articulati, circ. 4 mm longi. Sepala duo exteriora dimidiam 

 interiorum partem vix aequantia, interiora 4 — 5 mm longa, omnia intus glabra, coriacea. 

 (Petala deerant.) Staminum filamenta pilis fuscis vestita; antherae glabrae. Capsula 

 stipite 2 — 3 mm longo adjeeto fere 2 cm longa, valvis costa mediana notatis, pube flavo- 

 fusca induta. Semen diametro circ. 8 mm, testa spadicea. 



In Brasiliae civit. Amazonas ad fluvium Teffe: Martius! 



54. P. stellata Radlk. Monogr. Pauli. (1895 — 1896) 219 n. 43 et in Fl. Bras. 

 XIII. 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 376 n. 21. — P. fibulata Sagot in Ann. Scienc. nat. 6. Ser. 

 XII. (1882) 193, quoad speeim. a Melinon collect.!, non Rieh. — Scandens, fruticosa; 

 rami 4 — 5-sulcati, juniores hirto-pubescentes, denique glabrescentes; corpus lignosum 

 simplex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola elliptico-oblonga, inferiora ovata, apice 

 breviter acute acuminata, basi terminale acutum, lateralia rotundata, omnia breviter 

 petiolulata, obscure remoteque denticulata, coriacea, anguste clathrato-venosa, venis 

 subtus insignius prominentibus, supra non nisi in nervo mediano puberula, subtus pube 

 hirtella densa asperula, glandulis microscopicis nutantibus rarioribus praesertim in 



