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N. Ord. SAPINDACE^E. Lindl., Yeg. K., p. 382; Le Maout & Dec., 



p. 351; Baill., Hist., pi. v. 

 Tribe Sapindta. 



Genus Paullinia, Linn.* B. & H., Gen. i, p. 394 ; Baill., 1. c., 

 p. 516. Species over 80, natives of tropical America. 



67. Paullinia S0rbilis,t Martins in Spix fy Mart. Reise in 

 BrasiL, iii, p. 1098 (1831). 



Guarana-uva. Guarana. 



Figures. Schnitzlein, Iconographia, iv, t. 230, fig. 1 (from an unpub- 

 lished figure of Martius); Baill., Hist. PL, v, fig. 382, 3 (seed). 



Description. A woody climber (?), with an erect angular 

 smooth stem. Leaves alternate, on long stalks, pinnate, with two 

 pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, stipulate, petioles angular, 

 glabrous, leaflets oblong-oval, 5 or 6 inches long by 2^3 inches 

 broad, rather coriaceous, shortly stalked, the lateral ones rounded 

 at the base, the terminal one tapering, all suddenly contracted 

 into a shortly attenuated blunt point, the margin distantly, 

 coarsely, and irregularly sinuate-dentate, smooth on both surfaces, 

 rather strongly veined beneath. Inflorescence in erect, spicate, 

 narrow panicles, 4 inches or more in length, from the axils of the 

 leaves, pubescent, the flowers shortly stalked in small clusters, 

 laxly arranged on the thick rachis, small. Sepals 5 (or 4) 

 rounded, concave, imbricate. Petals 4, alternate with the sepals, 

 ovate- spathulate, each with a large appendage attached to the 

 upper surface near the base, pubescent on the front, and doubled 

 over in the form of a claw at the apex. Stamens and pistil 

 elevated on the summit of a wide column (gynophore), which 

 projects into the upper part of the flower ; in front of this, in the 

 lower part of the flower, are two large, oval, compressed glands, 

 and behind it two much smaller ones. Stamens 8, inserted on 



* Named in commemoration of Christ. Fred. Paullini, a German medico- 

 botanical writer, who died in 1712. 



f sorbilis, potable, from its use as a drink. 



