288 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



obovoideo-subglobosa, longius stipitata, sex-costata, stylo tenuiore coronata, extüs 

 pube brevi densa subvelutina vestita, intus tomentosa; semen subglobosum, arillo 

 dorso valde depresso ventre fere ultra apicem obtectum; cotyledones amyligerae, 

 crassae, parum curvatae. 



Rami diametro 3 — 6 mm. Folia 20 — 30 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliola 10 — 

 15 cm longa, 5 — 8 cm lata, fuscescentia; petiolus communis 6 — 10 cm longus, teretius- 

 culus, saepius striatus, tomentellus; stipulae 7 — 10 mm longae, extus dense sericeae, 

 denique glabrescentes. Thyrsi 4 — 20 cm longi, sessiles vel pedunculati, sat robusti, 

 rhachi diametro 2 — 3 mm, dense cincinnigeri, cincinnis sessilibus contractis; bracteae 

 4 — 5 mm longae, bracteolae minores; pedicelli supra medium, immo prope apicem 

 articulati, circ. 4 mm longi. Flores albxJSpruce). Sepala duo exteriora fere duas 

 interiorum tertias aequantia, interiora circ. 4 mm longa, coriacea, omnia intus glabrius- 

 cula. Petala obovata, plus minus unguiculata, circ. 5 mm longa; squamae dimidiam 

 petalorum partem aequantes, margine pilosiusculae, superiores crista brevi appendiceque 

 deflexa brevius barbata instructae. Tori glandulae ovatae, pubescentes, uti torus. 

 Staminum filamenta complanata, superne dilatata, pilis rufidulis dense vestita. Germen 

 trigonum, tomentosum. Capsula scarlatina (Spruce), stipite circ. 4 mm longo adjecto 

 1 — 1,5 cm longa. Semen diametro 5 — 8 cm, testa pallida. 



In Brasiliae civit. Amazonas: Spruce n. 1184! 1442!; Schwacke III, 208!; 

 Glaziou n. 13618! 



58. P. fimbriata Radlk. Sap. Costar. in Bull. Hb. Boiss. 2. ser. V. (1905) 321. - 

 Scandens, fruticosa, hirsuta, rami 5-sulcati, 5-costati, costis dense ferrugineo-hirsutis ; 

 corpus lignosum simplex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola late elliptica, apice acute 

 acuminata, basi terminale acutum, breviter petiolulatum, lateralia rotundata, sub- 

 sessilia, omnia supra medium remote repando-dentata, dentibus nervo excurrente 

 calloso-apiculatis, piloso-penicillatis, chartaceo-membranacea, laxiuscule clathrato- 

 venosa, supra laxius, subtus densius pilis pallidis in nervis sufferrugineis hirsuta, 

 glandulis microscopicis nutantibus crebris obsita, punctis lineolisque pellucidis notata, 

 fibris sclerenchymaticis ad paginam superiorem obviis, epidermidis (superioris) cellulis 

 margine sinuatis non mucigeris; petiolus rachisque nuda, dense ferrugineo-hirsuta; 

 stipulae magnae, semi-orbiculares, usque ad medium fissae, stellato-f imbriatae ; thyrsi 

 solitarii vel apice paniculatim congesti, ferrugineo-hirsuti; bracteae conspicuae, ovato- 

 lanceolatae, apice interdum denticulatae ; flores robusti, sepalis adpresse cinereo- 

 tomentellis, 3. et 5. fere omnino liberis; Capsula juvenilis (potius germen auctum) 

 trigono-subglobosa, in stipitem perbrevem contracta, extus dense rufescenti-tomentosa, 

 intus pilis tubulosis rufis vestita. 



Rami diametro 6 mm, cortice fusco. Folia ad 40 cm longa, 30 cm lata; foliola 

 10 — 25 cm longa, 7 — 12 cm lata, e viridi fuscescentia; petiolus communis 5 — 8 cm 

 longus, teretiusculus, f errugineo-hirsutus ; stipulae 2 cm longae et latae, utrinque ad- 

 presse pilosae. Thyrsi inferiores pedunculo elongato flexuoso (apice bicirroso) folia 

 subaequantes, superiores pedunculo brevi (ecirroso) 8 — 10 cm longi, rhachi diametro 

 1—2 mm dense cincinnigera, cincinnis sessilibus contractis; bracteae ad 6 mm longae, 

 2,5 mm latae, pilosae, bracteolae subulatae, minores; pedicelli supra medium articulati, 

 4 — 5 mm longi. Sepala duo exteriora vix dimidiam interiorum partem aequantia, 

 interiora 4 mm longa, coriacea, omnia intus superne pubescentia. Petala obovato- 

 oblonga, circ. 5 mm longa, extus glabriuscula, intus dense glandulosa basique pilosella; 

 squamae duas petalorum tertias aequantes, margine deorsum pilosae, superiores crista 

 brevi subintegra appendiceque deflexa villosa instructae. Tori dense pilosi glandulae 

 semiorbiculares, margine pubescentes. Staminum filamenta praesertim apice dense 

 fusco-pilosa; antherae glabrae. Germen trigono-subglobosum, subsessile, rufescenti- 

 tomentosum, stylo brevi apice tricruri coronatum. Capsula subglobosa, 11 mm alta, 

 13 mm crassa, stipite vix 2 mm longo. 



In Costarica et Panama: Tonduz n. 9414! (Costarica, bords d'une riviere 



