Paullima. 307 



fruticosa, subglabra; rami subteretes, lenticellarum seriebus notati, praeter apices pube 

 pulverulenta sufferruginea indutos glabri; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata, inferiora et superiora 

 interdum depauperata, ternata; foliola elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice acuminata, 

 basi acuta (terminale in petiolulum attenuatum), subintegerrima vel apicem versus 

 obsolete dentata, breviter petiolulata, coriacea, tenuiter reticulata venisque transver- 

 salibus instructa, nitida, sicca rubro-fusca, supra subtusque glaberrima, juniora glandulis 

 microscopicis parcis curvatis obsita, pellucide punctata, epidermide non mucigera; 

 petiolus rhachisque nuda; stipulae parvae, deltoideae; thyrsi in paniculam squarrosam 

 congesti, sufferrugineo-puberuli, sat dense cincinniferi; cincinni sessiles, abbreviati; 

 (flores non visi;) sepala (sub fructu relicta) libera vel 3. et 5. ima basi tantum connata; 

 Capsula sufferrugineo-puberula, ex obverse pyramidato pyriformis vel breviter clavata, 

 breviter stipitata, apiculata, supra medium trialata, vel quasi tricornis, alis (saepius 

 inaequalibus) lignosis divaricatis minus altis infra medium fructum in carinas angustatis; 

 semen obovato-trigonum, dorso carinato apiceque adpresse ferrugineo-pubescens, arillo 

 dorso fisso resinoso ultra medium obtectum. 



Rami diametro 5 — 8 mm, cortice subfusco. Folia 15 — 20 cm longa, fere totidem 

 lata; foliola 6— 12 cm longa, 2,5 — 6 cm lata, terminale plerumque lateralia superans; 

 petiolus communis 2 — 8 cm longus, teres, glaber, rhachis 2 — 4 cm longa, supra sulcata; 

 petioluli 1 — 2 mm longi. Thyrsi 2 — 10 cm longi, in paniculam 15 — 30 cm longam 

 congesti, breviter stipitati; bracteae bracteolaeque minimae, late subulatae. Sepala 

 duo exteriora interiorum dimidiam partem aequantia, interiora ovalia, 3,5 mm longa, 

 extus intusque tomentella. Tori glandulae ovatae, basi pube brevi indutae, uti torus. 

 Capsula extus praeter alas pube brevi adpresse densa suffferruginea induta, intus 

 glabra, circ. 1,5 cm longa, (alis exclusis) 1 cm lata, alis circ. 5 mm (in directione radiali) 

 latis, apice 3 mm altis. Semen (submaturum) circ. 5 mm longum, 3 mm latum, nigrum. 

 - Fig. 5 VII, p. 221. 



In Guiana gallica et batava: Martin! (n. 444! in Hb. Berol. comm. ex Hb. 

 Par. ; Cayenne); Tresling n. 214! (ad fluv. Surinam superiorem prope Dehwiliba, m. 

 Jul. 1908, fr.; Hb. Rheno-Traj.). 



Sect. VIII. Neuroptilon Radlk. 



88. P. neuroptera Radlk. in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 304 

 f. 156/VIII et Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 244 n. 72 f. 8. - Vulgo: Persil t. Hahn 

 in scheda, cfr. P.cururu. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabra, »gigantea« (Hahn); rami 

 subteretes, lenticellosi, glabri, juniores petiolique puberuli; folia ternata; foliola elliptica, 

 apice acuta vel subacuminata, basi acuta vel rotundata, supra medium remote et plus 

 minus obsolete serrato-dentata, breviter petiolulata, margine plus minus revoluta, 

 rigidiuscule coriacea, reticulato-venosa, glaberrima, nitida, reti utriculorum laticiferorum 

 interrupto obscuro subtus instructa,. glandulis microscopicis malleoliformibus adspersa, 

 epidermide mucigera; stipulae subulatae; thyrsi solitarii, dense cincinnigeri, glabrius- 

 culi; cincinni sessiles; bracteae bracteolaeque lanceolato-subulatae, parvulae; flores sat 

 robusti, sepalis subcoriaceis, 3. et 5. omnino connatis; Capsula apice trialata, ellipsoidea, 

 apiculata, breviter stipitata, alis inaequalibus transversim oblongis ensiformibus divari- 

 cato-patentibus apice quodammodo sursum curvatis margine superiore in capsulae 

 apiculum continuatis striato-nervosis cartilagineis, glabrata, rubra, endocarpio gla- 

 briusculo; semen ovoideum, glabrum, subfuscum, arillo dorso profunde fisso fere usque 

 ad medium obtectum. 



Rami diametro 5 — 6 mm, cortice cinereo. Folia 10 — 12 cm longa, totidem lata; 

 foliola 6—8 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata; petiolus communis 4 — 5 cm longus; petioluli 2 — 

 4 mm longi; stipulae 4 mm longae. Thyrsi 6— 10 cm longi; pedicelli fructiferi circ. 

 4 mm longi, infra medium articulath Sepala duo exteriora dimidiam interiorum partem 

 vix aequantia, interiora ovata, circ. 4 mm longa, omnia extus puberula. (Petala et 

 stamina non visa.) Tori glandulae suborbiculares, pubescentes, uti torus. Capsula 



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