Matayba. 1075 



bb. Foliola 5 — 7, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque livida, 

 subtus laxe pilosula, diachymatis cellulis partim 

 pachydermicis, epidermide impunctata, superiore 

 crebrius, inferiore perparce crystallophora; fructus 

 2-locularis pulverulento-puberulus simulque laxe sub- 

 hirsutus, endocarpio dense villoso-tomentoso (sp. 



costaricensis) 23. M. livida. 



cc. Foliola 8 — 10, elliptico-lanceolata, sat larga, multi- 

 nervia, clathrato-venosa; antherae apice glandula 



sessili notata (sp. amazonica?) 24. M. adenanthera. 



dd. Foliola 3 — 5, late elliptica, larga, nervis remotiusculis. 

 a. Foliola discoloria , subtus fuscescentia, supra 

 plerumque livescentia, staurenchymatis cellulis 

 partim pachydermicis, epidermide superiore punc- 

 tata inferioreque crystallophora (sp. guianensis) . 25. M. camptoneura. 

 ß. Foliola concoloria, utrinque viridia, insignia epider- 

 midis utriusque cellulis ^ sclerenchymatico-pachy- 



dermicis (sp. brasiliensi-peruviana) 26. M. purgans. 



Sect. IV. Eumatayba Radlk. 11. cc: Capsula brevissime stipitata, trigono-sub- 

 globosa vel -ellipsoidea, plerumque lignosa, saepe verrucosa, sarcocarpio saepius cellulis 

 pachydermicis coacervatis foeto, endocarpio dense tomentoso; petala bisquamata; 

 discus omnium glaber; foliola glandulis microscopicis clavatis ornata vel subeglandulosa 

 saepe foveolata. (Species praeter 1 bolivianam — M. boliviana — brasilienses, 1 in 

 Guiana et Peruvia quoque nee non in Antillis obvia — M. guianensis — 1 usque ad 

 Argentinam divulgata — M. elaeagnoides — ). 

 A. Foliola supra laevia reti venarum minorum (diaehymate 

 circumfusarum) vix prominente. 



a. Foliola (sicca) utrinque vel subtus certe (rufo-)fuscescentia, 

 supra saepius livescentia, vel utrinque livescentia ; foliorum 

 rhachis nuda. 

 aa. Foliola utrinque subglabra. 



a. Foliola multinervia, nervis intermediis inter laterales 

 proprios rectiusculos vel obliquos interjeetis et cum 

 iis prope foliolorum marginem reticulatim anasto- 

 mosantibus. 



aa. Foliola hypodermate nullo, utrinque fusces- 

 centia. 



* Foliola coriacea, elliptica, ^ conduplicata et 

 recurvata, subtus purpurascenti-fuscescentia, 

 staurenehymate partim paehydermico . . . 27. M. atropurpurea. 



** Foliola chartaeeo-membranacea, ex oblongo 

 lanceolata, utrinque subacuminata, apice 

 obtusiuscula vel subemarginata, plerumque 



1 — 2-foveolata 28. M. sylvatica. 



*** Foliola submembranacea, linearia, in acumen 

 obtusum sensim angustata, basi oblique 

 ovata, subtus puberula, plurifoveolata ... 29. M. talisioides. 

 ßß. Foliola hypodermate instrueta, plerumque 

 supra vel utrinque livescentia. 



* Foliola ex oblongo vel obovato euneata, in 

 petiolulos longiusculos attenuata, submem- 

 branacea, adultiora supra plerumque lives- 

 centia 30. M. intermedia. 



