318 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



3-alatum; folia impari-pinnata, 3-juga, jugo infimo ternato; foliola ex ovali-oblongo 

 lanceolata, terminalia ex obovato subrhombea, omnia acuta vel subacuminata, a 

 medio remote grossiuscule dentata, subsessilia, membranacea, praeter marginem 

 nervosque utrinque puberulos glabra, nitidula, saturate viridia, glandulis microscopicis 

 cernuis adspersa, creberrime pellucide punctata et minutissime lineolata, reti utri- 

 culorum laticiferorum parum pellucido subtus instructa, epidermide non mucigera; 

 petiolus nudus, rhacheos segmentum superius sat late, interdum inferius quoque 

 angustius alatum; stipulae elongatae, lineares, imo filiformes; thyrsi in ramis juvenilibus 

 axillares, solitarii, perbreves, pubescentes, in ramis adultioribus truncisve glomeratim 

 congesti, glabri, omnes ecirrosi (eorum loco vero in ramorum apicibus novellis pedun- 

 culi steriles longi, apice elongate bicirrdsi|| flores parvi, glabriusculi ; fructus — (non 

 suppetebat). 



Trunci 1,4 cm, rami juniores 3 mm crassi. Folia ad 30 cm longa, 18 cm lata; 

 foliola 5 — 12 cm longa, 2,5 — 4,5 cm lata; petiolus communis 6 — 12 cm longus; rhacheos 

 segmentum superius ad 4 cm longum alis utrinque 5 mm latis, inferius ad 6 cm longum 

 alis (ubi sunt) utrinque 1 mm vix excedentibus; stipulae 7 — 10 mm longae, 0,5 — 2 mm 

 latae, puberulae vel hispidulae, mox glabratae. Thyrsi 1 — 2 cm longi, sat dense cin- 

 cinnos stipitatos 2 — 4-floros gerentes; bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, glabrae vel 

 puberulae; pedicelli 3 — 5 mm longi, supra basin articulati. Flores albi. Sepala duo 

 exteriora tertiam interiorum partem aequantia, glabra vel puberula, margine ciliolata, 

 interiora elliptica, 3 mm longa. Petala tenera obovato-spathulata, intus glandulis laxe 

 adspersa; squamae dimidiam petalorum partem vix superantes, margine ciliatae, 

 superiores crista brevi biloba appendiceque deflexa brevi obtusa barbata, inferiores 

 crista dimidiata dentiformi instructae. Tori glandulae ovatae, puberulae. Stamina 

 ima basi puberula. Germen (floris $) rudimentarium puberulum. 



In Panama: Pittier n. 3886! 4188! (along Rio Fatö, province of Colon, in 

 forests or thickets, alt. 10 — 100 m, m. Jul.— Aug. 1911, fl.; Hb. am. nat.), 5418! (between 

 Hato del Jobo and Cerro Yaca, above San Felix, eastern Ghiriqui, alt. 700 — 1000 m, 

 m. Dec. 1911, fl.; specimen paullo magis pubescens; id. Hb.). 



Obs. In sect. XII speciebus inter P. caulifloram Jacq. et P. hispidam Jacq. militantibus ad- 

 numeranda est, inter quas excellit caule profundissime 3-sulcato funiformi foliolisque creberrime 

 pellucido-punctulatis. 



107. P. apoda Radlk. Monogr. Pauli. (1895 — 1896) 258 n. 87. — P. hispida (non 

 Jacq.) Tr. et Planch. Prodr. Fl. Novo-Granat. in Ann. Sc. nat. 4. Ser. XVIII. (1862) 

 355 n. 10, quoad specim. a Triana ad ripas flum. Magdalena et a Goudot ad ripas flum. 

 Seco collect.! — Scandens, fruticosa, pilosiuscula ; rami striati, hirtello-puberuli ; 

 corpus lignosum simplex; folia impari-pinnata, 3-juga, jugo infimo partim ternato; 

 foliola oblonga vel elliptica, apice brevius acuminata, basi acuta vel (inferiora) rotun- 

 data, subsessilia vel petiolulata, terminale in petiolulum longiorem attenuatum, inte- 

 gerrima, chartacea, praeter nervös glabra, glandulis microscopicis geniculatis fuscis 

 obsita, utriculis laticiferis ramificatis pellucidis subtus instructa, epidermide non 

 mucigera; rhachis nuda; stipulae scariosae, flabellato-nervosae, magnae, latius ovatae, 

 acutae, basi contractae, crenulato-dentatae, setoso-ciliatae; thyrsi in axillis foliorum 

 glomeratim congesti, pilis flavis tomentelli; flores parvi, glabriusculi; Capsula angustius 

 trialata, ex angustius obovato cuneata, sessilis, apiculata, extus pubescens, intus 

 tomentosa; semen ellipsoideum, glabrum, arillo dimidiam seminis partem obtegente. 



Rami diametro 3—5 mm, cortice rufo-fusco. Folia circ. 20 cm longa, fere totidem 

 lata; foliola nitidula, sicca flavo- viridia, margine revoluta ciliolataque, 8 — 12 cm longa, 

 5,5-5cm lata, nervis subtus insignius prominentibus; petiolus communis 4 — 8 cm 

 longus, teretiusculus, striatus, hirtello-puberulus; petioluli terminales 1 — 1,5 cm longi, 

 laterales, si adsunt, 2 — 5 mm longi; stipulae 2 — 2,5 cm longae, circ. 1,5 cm latae. 

 Thyrsi 0,5 — 1 cm longi; pedicelli 4—5 mm longi, tomentelli, robustiores. Sepala duo 

 exteriora dimidiam interiorum partem aequantia, margine pilosula, ceterum glabrius- 



