48 , (114) 



valde approxiraatis (P. pterophylla, marginata, grandifolia, ingaefolia, pachycarpa, xesto- 

 phylla, venosa) vel supra testae areolam et ipsam strato arilloso teniii obtectam plicatim conni- 

 ventibus et contiguis (P. carpopoäea)\ embryo oleosus vel oleoso-farinosus, cotj'ledonibus 

 crassis, parum curvatis, superpositis (cf. Fig. IV); flores sat robusti, sepalis subcoriaceis, 

 3. et 5. usque ad medium vel altius (in P. pferopJiylla interdum — forsan in P. xesto- 

 phylla quoque — basi tantum) connatis; thyrsi solitarii vel paniculatim congesti; corpus 

 lignosum simplex; folia imparipinnata, raro bijuga (P. platyniisca, xestopliylla, venoso), 

 plerumque 3-(4-)juga, tumque jugo infimo plerumque (excepta P. pterophylla) utrinque 

 ternato, rarissime depauperato (P. marginata, carpopoäea), petiolo rhachique saepius in- 

 signiter alatis, stipulis plerumque conspicuis; foliola nunc (in sp. 48 — 51) glandulis malleoli- 

 formibus, nunc glandulis subscutatis immersis tumque prope paginam superiorem fibris 

 sclerenchymaticis instructa (sp. 52 — 56); epidermis non mucigera. (Species plures brasi- 

 lienses, 2 guianensi-brasilienses — P. ingaefolia, venosa — , 1 peruviana — P. linearis — 

 1 a Peruvia per Novo-Granatam usque ad Nicaraguam divulgata — P. pterophylla). 



A. Foliola glandulis stipitatis malleoliformibus obsita, fibris sclerenchymaticis prope paginam 

 superiorem nullis 



a. Folia pinnatim composita, 3 — 4-juga, rarius bijuga, foliola dentata; Capsula tomen- 

 tella; sp. nicaraguensi-novogranatensi-peruviana) 48. P. pterophylla Tr. & PI. 



b. Folia pinnatim decomposita (subbipinnata), 3 — 6-juga, jugo infimo utrinque ternato 

 (in P. marginata band raro depauperato simplici), foliola integerrima 



aa. Folia 5 — 6-juga, foliola anguste linearia, impunctata (fructus ignotus; sp. 



peruviana) 49. P. linearis Radlk. 



bb. Folia 3 — 4-juga, pellucide punctata et lineolata; Capsula glabra 



a. Foliola lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata , nervis lateralibus paten- 

 tissimis numerosis instructa, petiolis rhacheosque segmentis alato- 



marginatis 50. P. marginata Cäsar. 



ß. Foliola elliptico-lanceolata, nervis lateralibus curvatis paucis instructa, 

 glabra vel varie tecta, petiolis rhacbeosque segmentis nunc alato-margi- 

 natis, nunc petiolis, nunc segmentis inferioribus vel Omnibus nudis 



51. P. carpopodea Camb. 



B. Foliola glandulis immersis scutatis ornata, fibris sclerenchymaticis prope paginam su- 

 periorem (in P. xestopliylla et venosa raris) instructa 



a. Folia 3-juga, jugo infimo utrinque ternato; Capsula tomentella 



aa. Ehachis foliorum nuda vel vix apice marginata; cincinni stipitati 



52. P. grandifolia Benth. 

 bb. Ehachis foliorum alata; cincinni sessiles (sp. guianensi-brasiliensis) 



53. P. ingaefolia Eich, ed Juss. 

 cc. Ehachis foliorum petiolusque alatus . . . 54. P. pachycarpa Benth. 



b. Folia 2-juga 



aa. Ehachis foliorum petiolusque lata, immo latissime alatus (fructus ignotus) 



55. P. platymisca Eadlk. 

 bb. Ehachis foliorum petiolusque nudus 



a. Capsula tomentosa; foliola reticulato-venosa, integerrima 



56. P. xestophylla Eadlk. 

 ß. Capsula glabra; foliola arcte reticulato-venosa, basi lateralia plerum- 

 que dente uno alterove obsoleto calloso notata (sp. guianensi-brasi- 

 liensis) 57. P. venosa Radlk. 



