Seguieria. 95 



destitutis; axis subteres, levissime pubescens, cinerascens. Florum pedicelli ±: 5 mm 

 longi, subteretes, levissime pubescentes, cinerascentes, bracteis bracteoHsque triangulari- 

 bus paullo concavis dr \ mm longis basi adnatis suflfulti; tepala 5, membranacca, 

 concaya, obovata, apice rotundata, basi paullo angustata, it 5 mm longa et ifz 3 mm 

 lata, in fructu recurvata; stamina 00, ih 3 mm longa; filamenU filiformia it 2,5 mm 

 longa; antherae dorsifixae, zb <,8 mm longae, lineares, apice paullo, basi profunde 

 incisae, polline 3-sulcato; ovarium ovoideum e globoso compressum, laeve, dz 0,8 mm 

 longum; Stylus maxime compressus, foliosus, asymmetricus, zt 1,5 mm longus, margine 

 incrassatus, apicem versus stigmatosus. Fructus zb 23 mm longus, nucleo globoso, 

 laevi, ±: 5 mm longo, ala ± \s mm longa, margine incrassalo paullo convexa, apicem 

 versus dilatata, =b { mm lata. 



Südamerika: Paraguay, Asuncion (Gibert n. <024!), Rio Grande (Fox n. 587!) 

 ohne Slandortsangabe (Balansa n. 2414!). — Blüht im Dezember und Januar — 

 Herb. DC, Barbey-Boissier, Kew. 



15. S. americana L. Syst. ed. 10. (1759) 1074; Moq.! in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. 

 (1849) 7; Schmidt in Fl. brasil. XIV. 2. (1872) 330. — S. aculeaia J&cq. Select. sürp. 

 Am. (1763) 170. — Albertokuntzea americana 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. U. (1891) 550. — 

 Arbor vel frutex ramis gracilibus, subteretibus, lineis decurrenlibus praedilis, glaberri- 

 mis, novellis subochraceis, adultioribus fuscis vel brunneis. Foliorum peliolus ±: 3 mm 

 longus, angulatus, canaliculatus, glaberrimus, subochraceus, basi acutissime aculeis 

 2 stipularibus recurvatis subconicis subochraceis zb 2 mm longis aurlus; laiuina 

 lanceolato-ovata vel elliptica vel ovata, basi acuta, apice acuminata, demum paullo rolun- 

 data vel obtusa et nervo medio paullo incrassato prominente mucronulata, glaberrima, 

 integerrima, chartacea, subtus nervo medio costisque paullo prominentibus, aspcra, 

 zb 100 mm longa et zb 43 mm lata, punctis pellucidis minulissimis manifestis, Sed 

 non nisi sub lente reperiendis, zona marginali nulla. Inflorescentiae lale spiciformes, 

 suberectae, et terminales et e ramulorum foliis axillares, graciles, cylindricae vel conicae, 

 zb 200 mm longae, ramulis usque ad 30 mm longis, rarissimc prophyllis quam rolia 

 minoribus praeditae; axis lineatim angulatus, subochraceus, levissime pubescens; florum 

 pedicelli zb 5 mm longi, subteretes, levissime pubescentes, subochracei, bracteis brac- 

 teoHsque triangularibus paullo concavis db 1 mm longis sufTulti; tepala 5, membranacea, 

 concava, ovata, apice rotundata, basi angustata, alba, ib 5 mm longa et d: 3 mm 

 lata, in fructu recurvata; stamina 00 zb 2,5 mm longa; filamenta filiformia, ib 1 mm 

 longa; antherae dorsifixae, zb 1,2 mm longae, lineares, apice paullo, basi profunde 

 incisae, polline 3-sulcato; ovarium ovoideum, paullo compressum, laevc, zb 0,8 mm 

 longum, Stylus maxime compressus, foliosus, asymmelricus, apice paullo recurvalus, 

 margine incrassato stigmatosus, zb 1,5 mm longus. Fructus zb 35 mm longus, nucleo 

 e globoso compresso, laevi, zb 7 mm longo, ala zb 30 mm longa, margine incrassato 

 concava, basi angustata et zb 5 mm lata, apicem versus maxime dilatata zh 19 mm 

 lata; semen zb 5 mm longum, fuscum. 



Südamerika: Venezuelanisches Küstengebiet: Venezuela: Bei Caracas 

 (Gollmer!), bei Puerto Cabello (Karsten n. 38!), bei Mariara (Preuss n. <544!). — 

 Golumbien: Santa Marta, 30 m ü. M. (S. H. Smith n. 342!). — Brasilien: Baliia 

 (Blanchet n. 755!). — Blüht im August und September. 



16. S. macrophylla Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1839) 135; Moq. in 

 DC. Prodr. Xlll. 2. (1849) 6. — Albertokuntxca macrophjUa o. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. 

 (1891) 550. — Arbor vel frutex ramis gracilibus, sublerelibus vel slriolls decurrenli- 

 bus paullo angulatis glaberrimis, novellis viridibus, adultioribus caslaneis. Foliorum 

 petiolus zb 7 mm longus, angulatus, paullo canaliculatus, subochraceus, basi acutissime 

 aculeis 2 stipularibus recurvatis subconicis subochraceis zb 3 mm longis auctus; lamina 

 ovata, saepissime imprimis apicem versus complicata, basi rotundata, apicem versus 

 acuta, demum paullo rotundata et nervo medio incrassalo prominente mucronulata, 

 glaberrima, integerrima, coriacea, supra secus nervum medium profunde canaliculata, 



