Paullinia. 287 



antherae intus pilosulae. Germen trigono-globosum, subsessile, ferrugineo-tomentosum, 

 stylo brevi apice tricruri coronatum. Fructus — (maturus non suppetebat). 



Columbia: F.G.Lehmann n. 8781! (circa Orocue ad flumen Rio Meta, alt. 

 100 — 400 m, m. Jun. — Jul. 1897, fl.; Hb. Berol.). 



56. P. rugosa Benth. in sched. coli. Spruce! (1850 — 1851), distrib. 1851 — 1852; 

 Radlk. Monogr. Serj. (1874 — 1875) 75 n. 113 etc., Monogr. Pauli. (1895 — 1896) 219 

 n. 44 et in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 377 n. 22. - Scandens, fruticosa, 

 hirtello-pubescens; rami 4 — 5-sulcati; corpus lignosum simplex; folia 5-foliolato- 

 pinnata; foliola late elliptica, inferiora suborbicularia, apice omnia obtusa, basi ter- 

 minale acutum, lateralia rotundata, interdum leviter cordata, omnia breviter petiolu- 

 lata, obscure remoteque repando-dentata vel integerrima, coriacea, laxe obscureque 

 clathrato-venosa, supra non nisi in nervo mediano puberula, subtus undique hirtello- 

 pubescentia, glandulis microscopicis nutantibus crebris obsita, punetis lineolisque sub- 

 pellucidis obscurius notata, fibris sclerenchymaticis rarioribus ad paginam superiorem 

 obviis, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus rhachisque nuda; stipulae conspicuae, sub- 

 orbiculares, stellato-incisae; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, hirtello-tomentelli; 

 bracteae conspicuae, breviter ellipticae; l'lores robusti, sepalis cinereo-tomentellis, 3. et 

 5. fere omnino liberis; Capsula (immatura tantum suppetebat) trigono-subglobosa, 

 breviter stipitata, stylo plus minus incrassato apiculata, extus pilis rufis brevibus dense 

 hirtella, intus pilis rufis longis dense obsita; semen (immaturum) arillo dorso valde 

 depresso ventre ultra apicem obtectum. 



Rami diametro 4 — 6 mm, cortice fusco. Folia leviter odorata (Spruce), 20 — 30 cm 

 longa, fere totidem lata; foliola 6 — 18 cm longa, 4 — 10 cm lata, sicca fuscescentia, 

 subtus rufidula; petiolus communis 7 — 12 cm longus, teretiusculus, plus minus striatus, 

 hirtellus; stipulae 3 — i mm longae, extus dense pubescentes. Thyrsi quam folia multo 

 breviores, 5 — 12 cm longi, sessiles vel peduneulati, sat robusti, rhachi diametro 2 — 3 mm, 

 densius cincinnigeri, cincinnis sessilibus contractis; bracteae 2 — 3 mm longae, fere 

 totidem latae, bracteolae lanceolato-subulatae, minores; pedicelli prope apicem arti- 

 culati, 4 — 5 mm longi. Flores »albi« (Spruce). Sepala duo exteriora dimidiam in- 

 teriorum partem aequantia, interiora circ. 4 mm longa, coriacea, omnia intus quoque 

 tomentella. Petala obovata, circ. 5 mm longa; squamae (cristis exclusis) dimidiam 

 petalorum partem aequantes, margine villosiusculae, superiores crista brevi integra 

 appendiceque deflexa vix barbata instruetae. Tori glandulae e subrotundo transversim 

 dilatatae, pubescentes. Sta'minum filamenta superne dilatata, pilis fuscis dense vestita; 

 antherae glabrae. 



In Brasiliae civit. Amazonas, nee non in Venezuela: Spruce n. 1206! (in sylvis 

 prope Manäos), n. 3186! (anne scheda commutata?, cfr. P. capreolata; in ripis fluminis 

 Orinoco et Cassiquiari) ; lector ignotus! (Brasilia; Hb. Paris.; speeimen foliolis an- 

 gustioribus). 



57. P. subeordata Benth. in sched. coli. Spruce! (1851) distrib. 1851 — 1852; Radlk. 

 Monogr. Serj. (1874-1875) 75 n. 112 etc., Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 220 n. 45 et 

 in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 377 n.23 — Scandens, fruticosa; rami teretius- 

 culi, striati vel leviter sulcati, pube brevissima flavidula dense induti; corpus lignosum 

 simplex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola elliptica, apice acuta nee non saepius mucro- 

 nulata, basi terminale acutum, lateralia rotundata leviterque cordata, omnia breviter 

 petiolulata, obscure remoteque dentata, coriacea, anguste clathrato-venosa, supra non 

 nisi in nervo mediano puberula, subtus pube sordide flavidula densa brevi molliuscula 

 dein hirtella, glandulis microscopicis nutantibus crebris obsita, punetis subpellucidis 

 crebris in figuras varias saepe lineas ramificatas exhibentes conjeetis notata, fibris 

 sclerenchymaticis ad paginam superiorem obviis, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus 

 rhachisque nuda; stipulae majores, obovato-ellipticae, apicem versus lacerato-incisae; 

 thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, tomentelli; bracteae conspicuae, elliptico- 

 oblongae; flores robusti, sepalis cinereo-tomentellis, 3. et 5. fere omnino liberis; Capsula 



