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SAPINDACE^E. II. URVILLEA. III. SEHJANIA. 



neated at the base, smoothish beneath, as well as the branches 

 and petioles. Ij . . S. Native of St. Martha. Paullinia Ber- 

 teriana, Balb. mss. 



Berlero's Urvillea. Shrub cl. 



3 U. GLA'BRA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 353. t. 74.) stem smooth ; 

 leaflets ovate-oblong, acutish, vnucronulate, nearly entire, smooth. 



Jj . w . S. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Leaves ternate. 

 Racemes twin or solitary. 

 Smooth Urvillea. Shrub cl. 



4 U. RUFE'SCENS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 354.) stem tomentose ; 

 leaflets ovate, acutish, mucronulate, toothed, smoothish above, 

 but pubescently- tomentose beneath, and rufescent. fy . w . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Leaves ternate. Racemes solitary. 



Rufescent Urvillea. Shrub cl. 



5 U. FERRUGI'NEA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1077.) branches trique- 

 trous, with the angles covered with Jong rufous hairs ; leaflets 

 cordate, toothed, somewhat lobed, villous ; fruit villous. tj . 

 w . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves ternate. Racemes solitary. 

 Flowers white ; anthers reddish. 



Musty Urvillea. Fl. May. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Climbing shrubs hardly worth cultivating, except in 

 botanic gardens. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat, and large cuttings will strike root readily in sand under 

 a hand-glass, in heat. 



III. SERJANIA (in honour of Philip Serjeant, a French 

 friar, and botanist). Plum. gen. 34. t. 35. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 602. Seriana, Schum. act. soc. nat. hafn. 3. pt. 2. Cambess. in 

 mem. mus. 18. p. 20. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5 sepalled, 2 

 outer ones smallest. Petals 4, each furnished with a scale above 

 the base, the 2 lower ones remote from the stamens, the scales 

 of the lower petals ending in an inflexed appendage. Glands 

 2-4 on the disk at the base of the petals, the 2 upper ones usually 

 abortive. Stamens 8, inserted in the receptacle, connate around the 

 ovary at the base. Style trifid, with the segments longitudinally 

 stigmatose inside. Capsule 3-winged, or composed of 3 carpels, 

 adnate to the central, filiform axis. Carpels membranous, drawn 

 out into a wing at the base, 1-celled and 1-seeded at the apex. 

 Seeds fixed to the inner angle, with a very thick funicle, usually 

 dilated into a small 2 -lobed aril. Climbing or t wining- tendrilled 

 shrubs, with ternate, biternate, rarely triternate, or impari-pinnate, 

 stipulate leaves. Flowers white in racemes, with the common 

 peduncle usually furnished with 2 opposite tendrils beneatli the 

 flowers. 



* Leaves ternate. 



1 S. SINUA'TA (Schum. 1. c. p. 126. t. 12. f. 1.) leaves ternate; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, sinuately-toothed ; wings of carpels 



dilated behind. Jj . ^. S. Native of the Caribbee Islands 



Plum. icon. ed. Burm. t. 113. f. 2. Paullinia Seriana, Lin. spec. 

 524. Jacq. obs. 3. p. 11. t. 61. f. 2. Seriana Plumeriana, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 247. 



Sinuated-lea&etted Serjania. Shrub cl. 



2 S. MO'LLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 108.) 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, crenate-serrated, rounded at the 

 base, clothed with silky hairs above, but with silky tomentum 

 beneath, terminal one 3-lobed; fruit hairy. Tj . . S. Native 

 of Peru on the Andes between Querocotillo and Montan. 



Soft Serjania. Shrub cl. 



3 S. ACAPULCE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves ternate ; 

 leaflets oblong, rounded at the base, somewhat auricled on the 

 sides, obsoletely crenated at the apex. T? . ^. S. Native of 

 Mexico between Acapulca and La Venta del Exido. Perhaps 

 this plant is only a variety of S. emarginata. 



Acapulca Serjania. Shrub cl. 



4 S. CUSPIDA TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 356.) branches hairy ; 



leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, somewhat 3-lobed, cordate, grossly 

 and dentately serrated, cuspidate at the apex, densely clothed 

 with silky pili ; sepals 4 ; fruit pubescent, fy . w . S. Native of 

 Brazil near Rio Janeiro. 



Cuspidate-leaved Serjania. Shrub cl. 



5 S. LANCEOLA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 356.) branches 

 smoothish ; leaves ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, den- 

 tately-serrated, smooth ; sepals 5. f? . w . S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Lanceolate-lea\ed Serjania. Shrub cl. 



6 S. EMARGINA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves rather biter- 

 nate ; leaflets quite entire, smooth, rounded at the apex and 

 emarginate, with the sides somewhat auricled, intermediate one 

 3-lobed or 3-cut ; fruit smooth. Tj . ^. S. Native of Mexico 

 on the mountains. 



Emarginate-lea.ved Serjania. Shrub cl. 



* * Leaves biternate. 



7 S. DIVARICA'TA (Schum. 1. c. p. 126. t. 12. f. 2.) leaves bi- 

 ternate ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, rather acute, shining, stalk- 

 ed ; petioles naked ; wings of carpels dilated and rounded be- 

 hind, tj . . S. Native of Jamaica in woods. Paullinia diva- 

 ricata, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 696. 



Divaricate Serjania. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 



8 S. VELUTI'NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 357. t. 75.) branches 

 tomentose ; leaves biternate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, grossly and 

 deeply toothed, velvety above, and brownish tomentose beneath ; 

 sepals 5 ; fruit pubescent. 1? . w . S. Native of Brazil in the 

 province of Goyaz. 



Velvety Serjania. Shrub cl. 



9 S. CARACCASA'NA FIG. 111. 

 (Willd. spec. 3. p. 465.) 



leaves biternate ; leaf- 

 lets oblong, acute at 

 both ends, very remote- 

 ly toothed, very smooth ; 

 petioles naked ; wings 

 of carpels rounded be- 

 hind, fj . ^. S. Native 

 of New Spain in Carac- 

 cas, as well as of Gua- 

 daloupe. Paullinia Ca- 

 raccasana, Jacq. hort. 

 Schoenbr. 1. p. 52. t. 99. 



Caraccas Serjania. Clt. 1816. Shrub cl. 



10 S. GLABRA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 110.) 

 leaves biternate, smooth ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 

 cuneated at the base, coarsely crenate-serrated ; petioles naked ; 

 wings of carpels rounded behind. ^ . ^. S. Native of the 

 temperate parts of Peru. Very like the preceding species. 



Smoothish Serjania. Shrub cl. 



US. RACEMOSA (Schum. 1. c. p. 127. t. 12. f. 5.) leaves bi- 

 ternate; leaflets ovate, acute, profoundly serrated; petioles 

 nearly naked ; wings of carpels dilated behind, and somewhat 

 sinuated in front. lj . ^. S. Native of Vera Cruz. 



./facemose-flowered Serjania. Shrub cl. 



12 S. SPECTA'BILIS (Schum. 1. c. p. 127. 1. 12. f. 4.) leaves bi- 

 ternate ; leaflets obovate, entire, terminal one retusely emarginate ; 

 petioles winged ; wings of carpels dilated behind. ^ . / "\ S. 

 Native of South America. 



Shetvy Serjania. Shrub cl. 



13 S. CLEMATIDIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 361.) branches 

 puberulous ; leaves biternate ; leaflets oblong, narrowed at both 

 ends, acutish, deeply toothed, coriaceous, pale-green above and 

 scabrous, pale and puberulous beneath ; sepals 5 ; fruit densely- 

 puberulous at the apex, fj . w . S. Native of Brazil. 



