Paullinia. 329 



rhachis anguste marginata vel subnuda; stipulae conspicuae, lineari-subulatae; thyrsi 

 solitarii, graciles vel robustiores; flores mediocres, sepalis pulverulento-puberulis; 

 Capsula anguste trialata, ex elliptico obovata, alis apice connexis per totum valvarum 

 dorsum decurrentibus basi angustatis, extus glabra, intus dense pilosa; semen ellipsoi- 

 deum, testa deorsum pilosiuscula, arillo usque ad medium obtectum. 



Rami diametro 4 — 5 mm. Folia 15 — 25 cm longa, totidem lata; foliola 7 — 14 cm 

 longa, 4 — 7 cm lata; petiolus communis 4 — 8 cm longus, rhachis brevior; petioluli, 

 si adsunt, 1 — 3 mm longi, stipulae circ. 1 cm. longae, 2 mm latae. Thyrsi 4 — 15 cm 

 longi, pedunculati vel sessiles; cincinni longius breviusve stipitati, 3 — 10 mm longi; 

 bracteae bracteolaeque parvae; pedicelli circ. 3 mm longi, prope basin articulati. 

 Sepala duo exteriora dimidiam interiorum partem aequantia, interiora obovato-ovalia, 

 circ. 3—5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata. Petala suboblonga, plus minus unguiculata; squamao 

 petala dimidia aequantes, margine villosiusculae, superiores crista brevi emarginata 

 appendiceque deflexa brevi barbata instructae. Torus pilosus, glandulis superioribus 

 subulatis. Staminum filamenta complanata, glabra. Capsula stipite circ. 4 mm longo 

 adjecto 2,3 cm longa, alis 2 mm latis inclusis vix 1,2 — 2 cm lata. Semen circ. 1 cm 

 longum, 6 mm latum. 



In Guiana, Brasilia septentrionali, Panama et Gostarica: Collector ignotus 

 n. 216! (Guiana; Hb. DC); Martius! (Rio Negro, in sylvis ad Coari; Rio Japura, 

 a. 1819 — 20); F. G. Hoehne (Commissäo Rondon) n. 6038! (S. Manoel, Amazonas, 

 m. Mart. 1912, fr. juv.); Haenke! (Panama, a. 1789 — 94; Hb. Prag.); Scherzer! 

 (Costarica, Punta Arenas, m. Jan. 1859, fruct.). 



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

 f. 156/XII^, Monogr. Pauli. (1895-1896) 274 n. 100 f. XUA et in Fl. Bras. XIII. 

 3. (Fase. 122, 1897) 400 n. 48 t. 89. — »P. acutangulae affin.« Benth. in sched. coli. 

 Spruce n. 1488! (a. 1851?). — Scandens, fruticosa, plerumque glabra; rami inae- 

 qualiter 4 — 5-costati, glabri; corpus lignosum simplex; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; fo- 

 liola sublanceolata (interdum fere elliptica), apice longiuscule acutata vel acuminata, 

 basi terminale in petiolulum attenuatum, lateralia acutiuscula vel rotundata, breviter 

 petiolulata vel sessilia, omnia remote serrato-dentata vel subintegerrima, membranaceo- 

 chartacea, sicca fusca, glabra, rarius subtus puberula, glandulis microscopicis fuscis 

 cernuis subtus obsita, punetis pellucidis crebris notata, (reti utriculorum latieiferorum 

 obsoleto subtus instrueta), ^pidermide non mucigera; rhachis alata; stipulae con- 

 spicuae, lanceolato-subulatae; thyrsi solitarii, teneri, subglabri; flores mediocres, 

 glabriusculi; Capsula angustius trialata, obovata, subtruncata, longius stipitata, alis 

 apice altius connexis per totum valvarum dorsum decurrentibus basi angustatis, extus 

 glabra, intus dense pilosa; semen ellipsoideum, testa pilosa, arillo fere usque ad medium 

 obtectum. 



Rami rubri (Spruce), diametro 3 — 4 mm. Folia 10 — 20 cm longa, fere totidem 

 lata; foliola 6 — 9 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata, margine obsolete revoluta, nervis subtus 

 valde prominentibus; petiolus communis 1 — 6 cm longus, supra sulcis 1 — 2 exaratus, 

 puberulus; rhachis plerumque brevior, alis deorsum angustatis 1 — 2 mm latis; petioluli, 

 si adsunt, 1 — 3 mm longi; stipulae circ. 1cm longae, 2 mm latae, glabrae. Thyrsi 

 3 — 12 cm longi, sessiles vel pedunculati, rhachi diametro circ. 1 mm; cincinni stipitati 

 vel subsessiles, ciro. 5 mm longi; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae; pedicelli 3 — 4 mm 

 longi, prope basin articulati. Flores albi, suaveolentes (Spruce). Sepala duo exteriora 

 dimidiam interiorum partem aequantia, glabra vel puberula, interiora ovalia, mem- 

 branacea, 3 — 4 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Petala ovalia vel oblonga; squamae dimidiam 

 petalorum partem aequantes, margine villosae, superiores crista brevi bifida appen- 

 diceque deflexa brevi barbata instructae. Torus pubescens, glandulis superioribus 

 ovatis. Staminum filamenta complanata, glabra. Capsula coccinea vel viridis alis 

 scarlatinis (Spruce), stipite circ. 4 mm longo adjecto 1,5 — 2 cm longa, alis 3 mm latis 

 inclusis circ. 1,2cm lata. Semen circ. 8mm longum, 5 — 6mm latum. — Fig. 5 XII^4,p.221. 



