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munis 1-1.5 cm. longus; stipulae minutae, ovatae. Thyrsi ad 8 cm. 

 longi ; cincinnorum stipes 1 mm. vix superans ; bracteae bracteolaeque 

 parvae, lineares, pilosae. Fructus toro glabro insidens ad. 1.5 cm. 

 longus et latus. 



Panama: Ancon Hill, Canal Zone, fr. Feb. 20, 1908, R. S. Wil- 

 liams Xo. 31 (Type, U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 677877). 



Obs. — This species belongs in Sect. XII (Syncoccus) and is nearly 

 related to Scrjania rhomb ca Radlk., which differs in its larger leaf- 

 lets and fruits, the rhomboidal shape of the terminal leaflet, and in 

 the cells of the fruit, which manifestly exceed the wings. 



PAULLINIA FIBRIGERA Radlk., sp. no v. 



. Scandens, fruticosa, subglabra ; rami teretes, juveniles 3-goni, sul- 

 cati, cano-tomentelli ; corpus lignosum simplex ; folia 5-foliolato-pin- 

 nata ; foliola superiora longius, inferiora brevius oblongo-lanceolata, 

 in acumen curvatum obtusiusculum terminata, basi obtusiuscula, nunc 

 integerrima, nunc latere exteriore vel utrinque supra medium dente 

 singulo obtuso notata, rarius repando-bidentata, subsessilia, mem- 

 branaceo-chartacea, nervis lateralibus procurvis, supra glabra, subtus 

 in nervorum axillis parce barbulata, glandulis microscopicis malleoli- 

 formibus (praesertim supra subimmersis) ornata, insignia diachymate 

 fibris sclerenchymaticis a venulis aberrantibus crebris percurso nee 

 non pneumatenchymatis strato subepidermali secundo crystalla nu- 

 merosissima fovente, reti utriculorum laticigerorum laxo subtus in- 

 structa, epidermide non mucigera, pagine inferioris sparsim crystal- 

 lophora ; petiolus rhachisque mediocriter alata ; stipulae parvae, ova- 

 tae, acutae, cano-tomentellae ; thyrsi ad apices ramorum axillares, sor- 

 dide tomentelli, a basi sat dense cincinnigeri ; cincinni sessiles, con- 

 tract ; bracteae parvae, subulatae, tomentellae ; flores mediocres, sub- 

 sessiles, sepalis (sub fructu relictis) tomentellis ; fructus sectionis 

 I (X T eurotoechus) e globoso breviter pyriformis, in stipitem brevem 

 attenuatus, apiculatus, pilis brevibus laxe adspersus ; semen ellipsoi- 

 deum. a lateralibus compressiusculum, testa fusco-spadicea glabra 

 splendida, tota longitudine arillo (sicco) brunneo dorso ventreque 

 usque ad basin fisso obtectum. 



Frutex cirrosus, alte scandens, truncis 1.8 cm., ramis 5 mm. crassis. 

 Folia petiolo 8-12 cm. longo adjecto ca. 30 cm. longa, 12-20 cm. lata; 

 foliola superiora 12-16 cm. longa, 3.5-6 cm. lata; petioli alae utrinque 

 2-4 mm. latae ; stipulae 3 mm. longae. Thyrsi 5-8 cm. longi ; brac- 

 teae 2-3 mm. longae. Sepala interiora 3 mm. longa. Capsula stipite 



