314 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



Sect. XII. Caloptilon Radlk. 



99. P. trilatera Radlk. Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 254 n. 81 et in Fl. Bras. 

 XIII. 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 394 n. 43. — Scandens, fruticosa, subhirsuta; rami trilateri, 

 angulis acutis breviter jubato-setosis; corpus lignosum compositum e centrali majore 

 et periphericis 3 minoribus angulos efficientibus; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola 

 terminalia subrhombea, lateralia superiora oblongo-lanceolata, inferiora ovata, omnia 

 apice longius acuminata, basi terminale euneatum, in petiolulum attenuatum, lateralia 

 acuta vel rotundata, omnia remote obsoleteque serrato-dentata, breviter petiolulata, 

 membranacea, supra glabra, subtus subhirsuta nee non glandulis microscopicis fuscis 

 curvatis obsita, impunetata, utriculis latieiferis subtus instrueta, epidermide non 

 mucigera; rhachis submarginata ; stipulke-insignes, lanceolatae; thyrsi perbreves, in 

 ramis adultioribus ad axillas foliorum glomerulato-congesti; l'lores medioeres longius 

 pedicellati; Capsula e late obovato vel obeordato in stipitem longum attenuata, insig- 

 niter trialata, alis superne parte seminifera paullo tantum angustioribus, basi angustatis, 

 per totum valvarum dorsum decurrentibus, extus glabra, intus dense pilosa. Semen 

 ellipsoideum, pilosiusculum, arillo dorso fisso ventre profunde sinuato usque ad medium 

 obtectum. 



Rami diametro circ. 1 cm. Folia circ. 25 cm longa, totidem lata; foliola lateralia 

 circ. 12 cm longa, 4 — 5 cm lata, terminalia latiora; petiolus communis circ. 9 cm 

 longus, fere triangularis, angulis subhirsutis, rhachis petiolo brevior; petioluli 2 — 3 mm 

 longi, terminalis longior; stipulae circ. 1 cm longae, 3 mm latae. Thyrsi vix 1 cm 

 longi, pedicelli 7 — 8 mm longi, ad tertiam inferiorem partem articulati. Sepala duo 

 exteriora minima, interiora obovata, circ. 3 mm longa, glabra. Petala obovato-oblonga, 

 insignius obsoletiusve unguiculata; squamae dimidiam petalorum partem aequantes, 

 margine villosiusculae, superiores crista brevi obeordata appendiceque deflexa barbata 

 instruetae. Tori glandulae elongatae, acutae, pilis albis villosae. Stamina glabra. 

 Capsula stipite circ. 1 cm longo adjeeto 2,5 — 3 cm longa, alis circ. 5 mm utrinque latis 

 inclusis 1,8 — 2,2 cm lata. Semen 10 — 12 mm longum, circ. 8 mm latum, fusco-nigrum. 



In Brasilia: Martius! (verisimiliter in sylvis ad Ega, Amazonas, a. 1819). 



100. P. mallophylla Radlk. Monogr. Pauli. (1895^-1896) 254 n. 82 et Sap. Costar. 

 in Bull. Hb. Boiss. 2. ser. V. 4. (1905) 323. — Scandens, fruticosa, pubescens; rami 



3 — 5-angulares, sulcati, praesertim ad angulos hirtelli; corpus lignosum (basi simplex, 

 altius) compositum e centrali majore et peripherico 1 minore; folia impari-pinnata, 

 trijuga, jugo infimo ternato; foliola ex oblongo lanceolata (terminalia latiora, sub- 

 rhombea), apice acuta, basi terminalia longe attenuata, lateralia acuta, omnia supra 

 medium remote grosseque serrato-dentata, terminalia dente infimo majore subtrilo- 

 bata, subsessilia, membranacea, subtus pube brevi mollia nee non glandulis micro- 

 scopicis curvatis fuscis obsita, punetis lineolisque pellucidis crebris notata, reti utri- 

 culorum latieiferorum subtus instrueta, epidermide non mucigera; rhachis nuda vel 

 superne submarginata, hirtella; stipulae sat longae, lineari-subulatae; thyrsi in ramis 

 adultioribus ad foliorum cicatrices nee non in axillis foliorum glomeratim congesti, 

 puberuli; alabastra puberula. 



Rami diametro 2 — 3 mm, cortice nigro-fusco. Folia circ. 20 cm longa, 15 cm lata, 

 supra nitida; foliola margine ± revoluta ciliolataque, lateralia circ. 9 cm longa, 3,5 — 



4 cm lata, terminalia majora; petiolus hirtellus; stipulae 4 — 6 mm longae, puberulae. 

 Thyrsorum glomeruli 1,5 cm non superantes. 



In Costa-Rica: Oersted!; — in Panama: Pittier n.2436! (forests around 

 Porto Bello, prov. Colon, alt. 5 — 100 m, m. Jan. 1911, fl.; Hb. am. nat.). 



101. P. ternata Radlk. Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 255 n. 83 et in Fl. Bras. 

 XIII. 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 395 n. 44. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; caulis et rami 

 teretes; corpus lignosum simplex; folia ternata, longius petiolata; foliola oblonga, 

 obtuse acuminata, terminale in petiolulum longiuscule attenuatum, lateralia e basi 

 ovata in petiolulos breviores abruptius contraeta, omnia remote et obtuse dentata, 



