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structa, glabra, nec nisi glandulis microscopicis adspersa, 
punctis pellucidis conspicuis iisque prominentibus insignita, 
epidermide mucigera; petiolus communis nudus, partialium 
intermedius (in foliis inferioribus certe) superne marginatus; 
thyrsi solitarii, dense cincinniferi; cincinni stipitati, pedicellis 
prope basin articulatis; flores minores; sepala exteriora minu- 
tim puberula interioribus tomentellis dimidio breviora; fruct- 
us 
Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3". Folia circ. 10o™ longa, 8™ 
lata; foliola terminalia 4.5™ longa, 2.5™ lata, lateralia su- 
periora 4™ longa, 2™ lata, inferiora dimidio minora; petiolus 
communis circ. 4™ longus, partialium intermedius 2™, later- 
ales 8™" longi; stipule parve, ovato-triangulares. Thyrsi 
folia superantes, rhachi quam pedunculus communis paullo 
longiore; cincinni circ. 8-flori, stipite 3-4™ longo suffulti, 
pedicelli 2™ longi. Flores masculi: sepala exteriora 1.5", 
interiora vix 3™ longa. Petala angustiora, ex oblongo attenu- 
ata, 3.5™™ longa, 1.5" lata, intus laxe glanduligera; squame 
ciliolatz, superiores crista bifida (laciniis acutis apice patulis) 
appendiceque brevi barbata, inferiores crista inaequaliter bi- 
cruri instructe. Tori glandule superiores ovate, obtuse, 
glabrz, laterales minores orbiculares. Stamina basi pilosius- 
cula. Germinits rudimentum ad angulos pilosiusculum. 
ffinis S. mucronulate (in sect. XI, PHYSOCOCCUS), aqua 
differt costis ramorum obtusissimis, petiolo intermedio su- 
perne marginato, foliolorum punctis pellucidis majoribus. 
* Cuajiniquilapa, Depart. S. Rosa, Guat., alt. 2,500%, Oct. 
1894, Heyde & Lux, no. 6,001. 
Paullinia hymenobracteata Radlk.—Scandens, fruticosa, 
hirsuta; rami trigoni vel subteretes, striato-sulcati, pilis pa- 
tentibus e sufferugineo pallescentibus vestiti; corpus lignosum 
compositum e centrali majore et periphericis 3 minoribus par- 
tim quodammodo complanatis in centrale plus minus immer- 
sis; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola terminalia rhombea, in 
acumen acutum angustata, supra medium grossiuscule inae- 
qualiter dentata, lateralia superiora ovalia, basi acuta, infer- 
iora ovata, basi inaequilatera rotundata, apice acuta vel ob- 
tusata, a basi remotiuscule dentata, breviter petiolulata, 
membranacea, supra pilis setulosis adpressis laxe adspersa Ve 
praeter nervos glabra, subtus subhirsuta necnon glandulis mi- 
croscopicis curvatis vel geniculatis obsita, minutim pellucide 
punctata retique utriculorum lacticiferorum subtus instructa, 
