660 



pubescent beneath, 

 of Minas Geraes. 

 Marsh Serjania. 



SAPINDACE^E. III. SERJANIA. IV. PAULLINIA. 



. S. Native of Brazil in the province * Capsules pear-shaped, with wingless valves. Leaves ternate. 



Shrub cl. 



* * * Leaves triternate. 



36 S. TRITERNA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 466.) leaves triternate ; 

 leaflets ovate, obtuse, repand ; petioles winged ; racemes pa- 

 nicled ; wings of carpels rounded and dilated. T? . w . S. Na- 

 tive of South America. Plum. icon. ed. Burm. t. 112. Paul- 

 linia triternata, Lin. mant. 236. Jacq. amer. p. 110. t. 180. f. 32. 

 pict. p. 56. t. 260. f. 29. Paullinia polyphylla, Lin. spec. 525. 

 Jacq. obs. 3. p. 11. t. 61. f. 10? andf. 11. 



Triternate-leaved Serjania or Supple-Jack. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1739. Shrub cl. 



* * * * Leaves impari-pinnate. 



37 S. PARVIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. S. p. 

 113.) leaves pinnate, with 3 pairs of leaflets and an odd one ; the 

 lower pair trifoliate, ovate-oblong, crenate-serrated, sharply- 

 mucronate at the apex, smooth above, puberulous beneath ; fruit 

 smooth. Tj . '~ > . S. Native of South America on the banks of 

 the river Amazon. 



Small-flowered Serjania. Shrub cl. 



38 S. CAMBESSEDIA NA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 

 214.) stem smooth, 6-furrowed ; leaves bipinnate or somewhat 

 tripinnate, 4 pairs, upper pinnae ternate ; leaflets nearly sessile, 

 tapering into the petiole, mucronate, acuminate, grossly and un- 

 equally toothed, rather pilose on the nerves beneath, and with 

 hairs in the axils of the veins ; panicle raceme-formed, destitute 

 of tendrils, pubescent ; branches short, usually 5-flowered ; 

 flowers pedicellate, furnished with bracteas ; wings of fruit di- 

 lated. Tj . w . S. Native of Mexico. 



Cambessedes Serjania. Shrub cl. 



39 S. HETEROPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 604.) lower leaves 

 pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets, upper ones biternate ; leaflets 

 ovate, somewhat toothed, smooth, terminal one cuneated at the 

 base ; petioles subalate at the apex ; racemes stalked ; wings of 

 carpels rounded behind. Tj . / ~ > . S. Native of St. Martha. 



Variable-leaved Serjania. Shrub cl. 



Cult, Climbing shrubs hardly worth cultivating unless in 

 general collections. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat. Large cuttings root more freely than small ones. 

 These should be planted in a pot of sand and placed under a 

 hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 



IV. PAULLI'NIA (in honour of Simon Paulli, a Danish 

 naturalist, author of Quadripartitum Botanicum ; died in 1680). 

 Schum. act. soc. hist. nat. hafn. 3. pt. 2. mss. ann. mus. 4. p. 

 340. D. C. prod. 1. p. 604. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 22. 

 Caruru, Plum. gen. p. 34. t. 35. Paullinia, spec. Lin. Se- 

 marillaria, Ruiz et Pav. fl. peru, vol. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Octandria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4-5 sepals, 2 

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

 the inside above the base, the 2 lower ones remote from the 

 stamens, the scales of the lower petals ending in an inflexed ap- 

 pendage. Glands 2-4 on the disk, opposite the petals, the 2 

 superior ones usually abortive. Stamens 8, inserted in the recep- 

 tacle and connate around the ovary at the base. Style trifid, with 

 the segments longitudinally stigmatose on the inside. Capsule 

 pear-shaped, trigonal, usually with 3 short wings at the apex, 3- 

 celled, 3-valved ; dissepiments membranous, adnate to the cen- 

 tral axis. Seeds fixed to the inner angle at the base of the cells, 

 half covered by a 2-lobed aril. Climbing or twining-tendrilled 

 shrubs, with ternate, biternate, triternate, pinnate, bipinnate, or 

 decompound stipulate leaves, and axillary racemes of flowers, 

 with the common peduncle usually furnished with 2 opposite 

 twisted tendrils below the flowers. Flowers white. 



1 P. TURBACE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 114.) capsules obtuse, densely clothed with hairs; leaflets acu- 

 minated, coarsely serrate-toothed, smooth, shining ; petioles 

 naked. ^ . ^. S. Native of New Granada in temperate places 

 at Turbaco. 



Turbaco Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



2 P. CURU'RU (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 365.) capsules obtuse; 

 leaflets oblong, serrate-toothed, somewhat acuminated ; petioles 

 winged. ^ . ^. S. Native of the Antilles. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 111. f. 2. Jacq. obs. 3. p. ] 1. t. 61. f. 4. Cururu is a Carib- 

 bean name. 



Cururu Paullinia. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 



3 P. NI'TIDA (H. B. et Kunth, I.e.) capsule pear-shaped; 

 leaflets oblong, rather acuminated, coarsely serrate-crenate, 

 smooth, shining ; petioles naked. ^ . / "\ S. Native of South 

 America on the banks of the river Orinoco, and in Peru. Sema- 

 rillaria nitida, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 339. 



Shining-leaved Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



4 P. RIPA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets oblong, acute, 

 coarsely-serrated, shining, smooth ; petioles winged ; racemes 

 about equal in length with the leaves. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 South America on the banks of the river Magdalena. 



River-bank Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



f Capsules unknown ; leaves ternate. 



5 P. NODOSA (Jacq. enum. 35. obs. t. 61. f. 3.) petioles naked; 

 leaflets ovate, a little toothed, smooth, middle one obovate ; ra- 

 cemes knotted or thickened. Tj . rv . S. Native of the Antilles. 



Knotted-racemed Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



6 P. DENSIFLORA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 3.) petioles 

 winged ; leaflets obscurely serrated ; racemes aggregate, much- 

 branched, 4-times shorter than the petioles. T? . r> . S. Native 

 of New Granada. 



Dense-flowered Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



* Capsules pear-shaped, wingless. Leaves pinnate. 



7 P. PINNA'TA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 366.) young capsules with 

 3 tubercles at the apex ; leaflets 5, ovate-lanceolate, sessile, 

 crenated ; petioles winged. Tj . '"*. S. Native of Brazil, Mex- 

 ico, Guiana, Antilles, and equinoctial Africa. Jacq. obs. 3. p. 

 12. t. 62. f. 12. Plum. ed. Burm. 76. t. 91. 



Pinnate-leaved Paullinia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1752. Sh. cl. 



8 P. MACROPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets 5, oblong, 

 obtuse, remotely and obsoletely toothed, membranaceous, smooth, 

 but with the nerve and veins hairy ; petioles and rachis winged. 



ty. / ^ > . S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 

 Magdalena. 



Long-leaved Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



9 P. ALA'TA ; leaflets 5, oblong, distantly and deeply toothed, 

 with winged petioles ; branches quadrangular ; tendrils axillary, 

 twisted and bifid ; racemes short, crowded on the old wood. 

 fy . ^. S. Native of Peru. Semarillaria alata, Ruiz et Pav. 

 fl. per. 4. t. 340. 



JFznged-petioled Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



10 P. CARPOPODEA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 376. t. 78. B.) 

 leaves with 3 pairs of oblong or oblong-lanceolate leaflets, which 

 are narrowed at the base and puberulous beneath, acuminated, 

 and mucronulate ; lower pair trifoliate ; petioles and rachis 

 naked ; capsule rather clavate, wingless. T? . ^_,. S. Native of 

 Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Fruit-footed Paullinia. Shrub cl. 



11 P. AFFINIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 377. t. 78. A.) leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, mu- 

 cronulate leaflets, which are narrowed at the base, and silky 

 tomentose beneath, lower pair trifolate ; petioles naked ; capsule 



