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Paullinia Vespertilio Don General Syst. I (1831) p. 661, n. 15. „Cult. 1823". Cf. Hist. 



spec. cult. in Radlk. Serj. p. 67. 



— Dietrich, Dav., Synops. PI. II (1840) p. 1314, n. 17. 



— Heynhold Nomencl. bot. hortens. I (1840) p. 591. Cf. Hist. spec. 



cult. in Radlk. Serj. p. 67. 



— — Steudel Nomencl. Ed. II, II (1841) p. 278. 



— — Donn Hort. Cantabrig. Ed. XIII (1845) p. 265. „Cult. 1823". Cf. 



Hist. spec. cult. in Radlk. Serj. p. 67. 



— Grisebach, Ueber die Vegetat. d. Caraiben, in Abhandl. d. Götting. 



Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. Bd. VII (1857) p. 187, n. 255. 



— Grisebach Flor. Brit. West Ind. Isl. (1859—64) p. 124, n. 11; „coli. 



Masson"!, „Anderson"! 



— Radlkofer in Monogr. Serj. (1874—75) p. 70 n. 18 etc. (v. indic). 

 Nomen vulgare: Liane persil blanc, Duss in scheda; cf. obs. n. 2. 



Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; rami subteretes, lenticellis crebris albopunctati , glabri, 

 juniores petiolique ferrugineo-pilosi; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola elliptico-lanceolata , in- 

 feriora ovata, apice acuminata, rarius acuta, basi acuta vel rotundata, supra medium remote 

 inciso-serrata, breviter petiolulata, e membranaceo chartacea, reticulato-venosa, supra subtusque 

 glabra, nee nisi circa articulationes pilis crispulis patulis hirtella, nitida, punetis pellucidis 

 lineolisque ramificatis crebris notata, glandulis microscopicis malleoliformibus adspersa, epider- 

 mide mucigera; stipulae lineari-subulatae ; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti, densius 

 cincinnigeri, tomentelli; cincinni sessiles, contracti, bracteis parvulis; flores sat robusti, pedi- 

 cellati, sepalis subcoriaeeis , 3. et 5. fere usque ad apicem connatis; Capsula apice trialata, 

 pyriformis, in stipitem longiorem attenuata, alis subaequalibus transversim oblongo-lanceolatis 

 patentibus striato-nervosis cartilagineis, glabrata, rubra, endocarpio juxta suturas parce piloso; 

 semen ovoideum, glabrum, subfuscum, infra medium arillo dorso fisso obtectum. 



Rami diametro 2 — 4 mm. Folia 10 — 30 cm longa, totidem lata; foliola 7 — 16 cm 

 longa, 3 — 7 cm lata, terminale paullo majus; petiolus communis puberulus, 2 — 9 cm longus, 

 rhachis plerumque brevior; petioluli 2 — 4 mm loDgi ; stipulae 4 — 6 mm longae. Thyrsi 

 2 — 10 cm longi, peduneulati vel ' sessiles; pedicelli circ. 2 mm longi. Sepala duo exteriora 

 tertiam interiorum partem aequantia, interiora ovata, omnia extus puberula. Petala ovalia, 

 circ. 4 mm longa, 2 mm lata; squamae petala dimidia aequantes, margine villosae, superiores 

 crista brevi emarginata appendiceque deflexa barbata, inferiores crista oblique adscendente 

 instruetae. Tori glandulae lanceolatae, basi puberulae. Staminum filamenta pilosa; antherae 

 glabrae. Capsula stipite circ. 5 mm longo incluso circ. 2,3 cm longa, alis exclusis 1,3 cm 

 lata; alae (sensu radiali) vix 1cm latae, (sensu verticali) 0,5 cm altae. Semen (submaturum) 

 1,2 cm longum, 1 cm latum. 



In Antillis: Surian! (S. Domingo? a. 1690, sine flor. et fruet.; Hb. Vaillant in Mus. 

 Paris, c. indicat. „Surian 115, 194, 864", non Hb. Surian, in quo sub his numeris aliae plantae 

 aliarum familiarum servantur, ut in Serj. Suppl. p. 48 indieavi; Hb. Jussieu n. 11358 c. indicat. 

 „Surian n. 864", ut in Hb. Vaillant) ; Masson! (in insula caribaea St. Kitts sive St. Christopher, 

 a. 1776 — 81, flor. et fruet. ; Hb. Banks, speeimen a Swartz descript., a Schumacher delineat., 

 cf. Lit.); Marter?! (Montserrat, si recte lego, a. 1784 — 5?; Hb. Schwägrichen, nunc Monac, 

 speeimen florigerum ex Hb. Schreber commun.?, confusum c. fragm. fruetig. Pauli, microsepalae 

 et fragm. fruetig. Roureae spec); Alex. Anderson ! (S. Lucia — S.Vincent quoque indicatur 

 a Griseb. 1. c. — , ca. 1786, flor. et fruet.; Hb. Banks; Hb. Delessert, sine fruet.); Ryan! 

 (S. Croix? ca. 1794, flor\ et fruet.; Hb. Schumacher, nunc Havn., a Schum. recte determ.); 

 Bertero! (Guadeloupe a. 1817 — 19; folium tantum sub nom. erroneo; Hb. Spreng., nunc 

 Berol.); Ramage! (Dominica, Castle Bruce, m. Febr. 1889, alab.; ex Hb. Kew. comm. c. Hb. 



