Matayba. 1093 



bus, reti venarum subtus prominulo; petiolus 4 — 5 cm longus, sufferrugineo-hirsutus, 

 supra complanatus. Gymulae sessiles, subhirsutae ; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae ; pedi- 

 celli fruetigeri 5 mm longi. Galyx 2 mm longus, 5-lobatus, lobis triangularibus acutis, 

 subhirsutus. Petala (su-b fructu relicta) calycem aequantia, elliptica, unguiculata, pubes- 

 centia; squamae petala paullo superantes, obovatae, villosae. Stamina 3 mm longa, 

 inferne villosa. Capsula 1,5 cm longa et lata. Semen 9 mm longum, 5 mm latum. 



In Costarica: Tonduz n. 14876! (Collines de Zent, versant atlantique, alt. 100 m, 

 m. Aug. 1901, fruct.; Hb. Berol.). 



Obs. Species in sectione III. Apiomatayba sat affinis Mataybae eleganti Radlk., quae inter 

 alia differt foliolorum epidermide (praesertim paginae superioris) punctata. 



24. M. adenanthera Radlk. in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 124, 1900) 615 n. 14; 

 Glaziou, Liste etc. (1906) 122 part., i. e. quoad coli. n. 9709!, excl. n. 10422!, speeim. 

 nimis maneum, Cupaniae rugosae Radlk. affine, nisi sp. eadem. — Arbor magna; rami 

 teretes, juveniles pulverulento-puberuli, mox glabrati; folia abrupte pinnata, magna; 

 foliola 8 — 10, alterna, elliptico-lanceolata, sat larga, apice acuminata, basi acuta, 

 petiolulata, integerrima, chartacea, sat multinervia, clathrato-venosa, efoveolata, 

 utrinque nitidula, pilis obverse clavelliformibus rectis glandulisque microscopicis obsita, 

 ceterum praeter nervös utrinque pulverulento-puberulos glabra, punetis pellucidis 

 lineolisque ramificatis laxe notata, hypodermate nullo; paniculae ad apices ramorum 

 axillares, folia dimidia aequantes, tomentellae; flores insignes antheris apice glandula 

 sessili notatis; discus velutinus. 



Rami paniculas gerentes 4 mm crassi, cortice sordide subfusco, lenticellosi. Folia 

 usque 50 cm longa; foliola superiora 20 cm longa, 7,5 cm lata, inferiora dimidio breviora, 

 nervis utrinque 12 — 13 oblique adscendentibus ante marginem arcuato-anastomosahti- 

 bus venisque supra impressis, subtus prominentibus, e viridi pallide subfusca; petiolus 

 supra complanatus, basi sulcatus, subtus convexus striatus, minutim puberulus, lenti- 

 cellosus. Cymulae sessiles, contraetae, puberulae; bracteae bracteolaeque minimae; 

 pedicelli 1,5 mm longi, supra medium articulati. Calyxl mm longus, submembranaceus, 

 5-lobatus, lobis ovatis acutis, tomentellus. Petala calycem vix aequantia, e late ovato 

 orbicularia vel transversim elliptica, vix unguiculata, pubescentia; squamae petala 

 aequantes, obovatae, densissime lanosae. Stamina brevia; filamenta fusiformia, dense 

 lanoso-pilosa; antherae puberulae, connectivo apice cellularum laticigerarum (in aliis 

 speciebus rariorum) copia in glandulam sessilem diaphano-cerinam produeto. Germen 

 obovoideo-trigonum, adpresse tomentellum, 1,5 mm longum, stylo aequilongo puberulo 

 apice subtrilobo coronatum. 



In Brasiliae civ. Alto Amazonas (?): Glaziou n. 9709! 



25. M. camptoneura Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 535 n. 464, 

 p. 629 n. 19 et in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 124, 1900) 616 n. 15. — Lamprospermum 

 Schomburgkii Klotzsch ed. Rieh. Schomb. Reisen in Brit. Guiana III. (1848) 1181, 

 coli. Schomb. n. 348!; nomen nudum. — Vulgo: Koenatjeppi in Surinam t. Pulle 

 in Bull. Kol. Mus. Haarlem Nr. 38, seors impr. (1907) 39. — Arbor magna; rami teretius- 

 culi, saepius leviter sulcati, glabrescentes ; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 3 — 5, plerumque 

 alterna, magna, late elliptica et obtuse acuminata, vel subovato-lanceolata et sensim 

 acutata, basi acutiuscula acutave, integerrima, petiolulata, chartacea, paucinervia, 

 efoveolata, discoloria, subtus fuscescentia, supra plerumque livescentia, pilis obverse 

 clavelliformibus crebris subtus glandulisque microscopicis obsita ceterum glabriuscula, 

 dense pellucido-punctata, hypodermate nullo, staurenehymatis cellulis partim paehy- 

 dermicis, epidermide superiore punctata inferioreque crystallophora insignia; paniculae 

 axillares, ramosae, solitariae vel paucae fasciculatae, fusco-tomentellae, foliis multoties 

 breviores; discus tomentosus; Capsula triangulari-pyriformis, sensim in stipitem 

 breviorem attenuata, extus glabrescens, endocarpio praesertim margine et circa seminis 

 insertionem piloso; semen ellipsoideum, fere usque ad apicem arillo obtectum, testa 

 nigro-fusca, splendidissima. 



