Paullinia. 293 



Bot. I. (1854) 248 n. 1; Radlk. Monogr. Serj. (1874-1875) 73 n. 76 etc. - P. Timbö 

 (non van Bruyssel, cf. sp. excl.) Vell. Fl. Fluni. I. (1825) 160 n. 6 (reimpr. 1881, 152) et 

 Icon. IV. (1827) t. 32, in Ind. meth. (1840?) 18 inter Paullinias indet. relicta. — Vulgo: 

 Timbo t. Peckolt 1. c. ; Timbo de Santa Catharina Peckolt, Volksbenenn. (1907) 

 229. — Scandens, fruticosa vel arborescens (Burchell, Schenck); rami teretiusculi, 

 juniores pilis brevissimis vel longioribus tomentosi, adultiores plus minus glabrati, saepe 

 lenticellis notati; corpus lignosum simplex; folia imparipinnata, trijuga, raro quadri- 

 juga vel subquadrijuga (rarissime foliolis superioribus cum terminali partim confluenti- 

 bus subbijuga), jugo infimo utrinque ternato, interdum in foliolum simplex transeunte 

 vel re vera simplici; foliola elliptico-lanceolata vel lanceolata, apice nunc longius acu- 

 minata, nunc acutiuscula, saepius nervo mediano ultra apicem producto mucronulata, 

 basi acuta, sessilia vel breviter petiolulata, integerrima, chartacea vel coriacea, nervis 

 lateralibus curvatis paucis instructa, supra glabra, subtus pilis saepius lateraliter 

 affixis subsaccatis plus minus flavescenti-pubescentia, saepius in axillis nervorum 

 barbata, glandulis microscopicis malleoliformibus subimmersis crebris obsita, punctis 

 lineolisque ramificatis pellucidis nee non saepius utriculis longioribus rete interruptum 

 exhibentibus notata, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus rhachisque nuda vel alata; 

 stipulae conspicuae, lanceolatae; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque minimae; flores (saepius monstrosi) sat magni, sepalis 3. et 5. plerumque 

 ultra medium, interdum fere usque ad apicem connatis; Capsula globosa, basi abrupte 

 in stipitem contraeta, extus intusque glabra; semen subglobosum, fere totum arillo 

 obtectum. 



»Frutex velarbor 15— 20-pedalis« (Burchell). Caulis diametro 1 — 2 cm, 5 — lOmlon- 

 gus(Mosen),succolactescente( Schwacke). Rami thyrsigeri diametro 2,5 — 5 mm. Folia 

 10— 25 cm longa; foliolaö — 13cm longa, lateralia jugi infimi multo minora, sicca fusces- 

 centia vel subviridia; petiolus communis 3 — 9 cm longus; rhacheos segmenta 1, 5 — 2 cm 

 longa, alae, si quae sunt, segmenti supremi 1 — 5 mm utrinque latae, basi angustatae, 

 segmentorum inferiorum petiolique communis decrescentim angustiores; stipulae 5 — 

 7 mm longae. Thyrsi sessiles vel peduneulati, 10 — 20 cm longi, tenuiores, laxe cincinni- 

 geri, cincinnis brevius longiusve stipitatis, contractis vel elongatis; pedicelli 3 — 4 mm 

 longi, plerumque media parte articulati. Flores albi, odorati (Burchell). Sepala duo 

 exteriora quartam interiorum partem aequantia, interiora circ. 4 mm longa, chartacea 

 vel subpetaloidea, extus tomento brevi griseo-flavidulo adpresso induta. Petala obovato- 

 ovalia; squamae cristis exelüsis circ. dimidiam petalorum partem aequantes, margine 

 villosae, superiores crista dimidia;n squamae partem aequante plus minus fissa dense 

 villosa appendiceque deflexa brevi longe denseque barbata instruetae. Tori glandulae 

 suborbiculares, plerumque glabrae. Staminum filamenta plus minus complanata, 

 densius laxiusve pilosa, pilis superioribus longioribus; antherae glabrae. Germen ellip- 

 soideo-globosum, stipitatum, glabrum, raro basi apiceque pilis brevibus subsetulosis 

 instruetum. Capsula punicea (Mosen) v. pulchre coccinea (Schwacke), sicca nigro- 

 fusca, stipite 4 — 7 mm longo adjeeto circ. 2 cm longa. Semen nigrum, arillo albo 

 (Schwacke), sicco pallide ochraceo fusco-punetato. — Fig. 5 IV, p. 221. 



Formas 2, subformas 5 distinguere licet: 



F. 1. subcalva Radlk. 1. c. 1895 — 1896: Foliola subtus laxe pubescentia, raro pube 

 brevi densiore adpressa induta, lanceolato-elliptica vel lanceolata, nunc chartacea, 

 nunc coriacea. 



Subf. 1. multiflora (Camb.) Radlk. 1. c. (P. multiflora Camb.): Foliola reti 

 venarum aretiore subtransversali instructa; petiolus communis rhachisque plerumque 

 late alata, raro petiolus communis nudus. 



Subf. 2. pterygorhachis Radlk. 1. c. (P. carpopodea Camb. part.): Petiolus com- 

 munis plerumque nudus; rhachis (certe in segmento superiore) alata. 



Subf. 3. gymnorhachis Radlk. 1. c. (P. carpopodea Camb. part.): Petiolus com- 

 munis rhachisque nuda. 



