Paullinia. 335 



obscuro subtus instructa, epidermide mucigera; rhachis (petiolus partialis intermedius) 

 marginata vel subalata; stipulae minimae; thyrsi solitarii, puberuli; flores parvi, 

 pulverulento-puberuli; Capsula trialata, e late obovato elliptica vel suborbicularis, 

 brevissime vel vix brevissime stipitata, extus puberula, intus tomentella; semen 

 (immaturum tantum suppetebat) glabrum, arillo usque ad medium obtectum. 



Rami diametro 1 — 2 mm, lenticellis notati, cortice griseo-fusco. Folia 6 — 8 cm 

 longa, totidem lata; foliola superiora 3 — 5 cm longa, 1,3 — 2 cm lata, inferiora vix 

 1-centimetralia, sicca fusca vel plumbeo-nigra; petiolus communis circ. 1 — 2 cm longus, 

 supra sulcatus, glaber, rhachis nunc paullo longior, nunc brevior. Thyrsi 3 — 15 cm 

 longi, pedunculati vel sessiles, parum dense cincinnigeri; cincinni sessiles vel sub- 

 sessiles, contracti; bracteae bracteolaeque minimae; pedicelli 1 — 2 mm longi. Sepala 

 duo exteriora duas interiorum tertias aequantia, extus puberula, interiora late ovalia, 

 circ. 2 mm longa. Petala ovalia; squamae duas petalorum tertias aequantes, margine 

 villosae, crista breviore emarginata appendiceque deflexa barbata instructae. Tori glan- 

 dulae suborbiculares, glabrae. Staminum filamenta pilosa ; antherae glabrae. Germen den- 

 sius laxiusve tomentellum. Capsula 1,4— 1,7 cm longa, 1,2 — 1,5 cm lata, rubro-fusca. 



In Jamaica (nee in Barbados, quam insulam Jacquin in prooemio ad Enum. 

 PI. Carib. patriam esse judieavit et in plantae nomine perperam pronunciavit): Sloane! 

 (a.1696); Houstoun! (a.1730); idem( ?)! (specim.a Jacquin descriptum originarium 

 in Hb. Mygind., nunc Pestino servatum, nee non alterum in Hb. Jacquin, nunc Banks, 

 translat.); Shakspear! (Hb. Banks; fruetus steriles a Gaertner sub nom. »Pauli. 

 Seriana« delin., cf. Lit.); Dr. W. Wright! ; Patrick Browne! (Hb. Linne sub n. 4 

 »Pauli, mexicana«, a Smith nomine »Pauli, barbadensis? « insignit.); Bertero! (a. 1821 

 »e Jamaica«; Hb. Taurin, a Balbis altero nomine non edendo insignit.); Macfadyen! 

 (Hb. Hook., flor.; a Griseb. recte definit.); March n. 660! 1791! (a. 1857, 1858); 

 Wilson n. 669!; W.Harris n. 6883! (near Wareka, alt. 400 ped., m. Jan. 1897, 

 fr.; Hb. Krug et Urb.), n. 10795! (Windward Road near Hope River, m. Febr. 1909, 

 fr.; id. Hb.). 



? Culta in Horto Kewensi ab Alex. Anderson (ex Horto ins. S. Vincent) a. 1786 

 introdueta teste Aiton 1. c, nisi hoc loco Pauli, fuscescens intelligenda. 



126. P. navicularis Radlk. in Sodiro, PI. Ecuador, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXVI. 

 4. (1905) 382. — Scandens, fruticosa, pubescens; rami subteretes, sufferrugineo-tomen- 

 telli; corpus lignosum simplex; folia biternata; foliola ovalia vel terminalia sub- 

 rhombea, lateralia obtusa, omhia a medio remotiuscule serrato-dentata, basi -}- attenuata 

 sessilia, coriaceo-chartacea, supra puberula, subtus molliter pubescentia, glandulis 

 microscopicis geniculatis supra subtusque obsita, impunetata, reti utriculorum latici- 

 ferorum interrupto subpellucido subtus instructa, epidermide mucigera; rhachis 

 (petiolus partialis intermedius) submarginata; stipulae parvae, subulatae; thyrsi 

 solitarii, tomentelli; flores medioeres; Capsula major, trialata, rotundato-rhombea, 

 basi in stipitem conspieuum coaretata, alis angustis infra apicem in carinam abeuntibus, 

 valvis inde navicularibus, extus puberula, intus sordide tomentella; semen breviter 

 ellipsoideum, trigonum, ventre complanatum, dorso obtuse carinatum, glabrum, arillo 

 basi fisso ab imo dorso oblique adscendente ventre fere totum obtectum. 



Rami diametro 4 mm. Folia 10 — 12 cm longa, fere totidem lata; foliola lateralia 

 superiora 4 — 5 cm longa, 2 — 2,5 cm lata, terminalia majora, lateralia inferiora saepius 

 vix 1,5 cm longa, 1cm lata, sicca subfusca; petiolus communis 1,5 — 2 cm longus, 

 supra sulcatus, tomentellus, rhachis circ. 2 cm longa; stipulae vix 2 mm longae. Thyrsi 

 3,5 — 9 cm longi, brevius longiusve pedunculati, dense cincinnigeri; cincinni sessiles, 

 contracti; bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae, parvae; pedicelli fruetigeri 4 mm longi, 

 Sepala sub fruetu relicta tomentella; tori tomentelli glandulae ovatae apice glabrae. 

 Capsula cum stipite 3 mm longo 3 cm longa, 2,5 cm lata, subfusca. Semen 12 mm 

 longum, 8 mm (in dir. tang.) latum, 10 mm (in dir. rad.) crassum, spadieeo-nigrum, 

 arillo cinnamomeo sicco subcorticoso-farinoso friabili. 



