1 SS- 
SS. Serjania paradoxa Radlk. 
Serjania elegans var. ß. Cambess. in St. Hil. Flor. Bras. I (1825) p. 359, n. 4! 
— — — Dietrich, Dav., Synops. Plant. II (1840) p. 1317, n, 25. 
Scandens, fruticosa, varie tecta (vide infra descriptionem formarum) ; rami teretes 
vel obtusissime angulati, levissime 5-striati; corpus lignosum in corpora partialia libera 5 
(rarius 6 vel 7) radiatim divisum ; folia biternata ; foliola ovato- ellipticove-lanceolata, 
sensiin longiuscule acuminata et raucronulata (rarius obtusiuscula), lateralia rapidius quam 
terminalia in petiolulos breves coarctata sessiliave, omnia bic illic obtuse 1 — '2-dentata, 
laete viridia (Warming), sicca e subfusco plus minus nigricantia, subtus paullo pallidiora, 
crassiuscule merabranacea , punctis pellucidis orbicularibus aequedistantibus eleganter 
densius laxiusve notata, epiderraide non mucigera; thyrsi solitarii ; flores majusculi, 
petalis glandulosis; fructus cordato-ovatus , totus glandulis subsessilibus nec non in margine 
(rarius et in loculis) pilis simplicibus brevibus adspersus, loculis compressiusculis dorso 
et apice insigniter alato-cristatis, endocarpio glaberrimo ; semen ellipsoideum, compressius- 
culum, badium, hilo ad basiu sublaterali macula arillosa pallida mediocri notato ; cotyle- 
don exterior curvata, interior biplicata. 
Ludit A : Älabastris pedicellisque glandulis breviter stipitatis obsitis : 
Forma 1. subglabra: Kami rhachisque inflorescentiae glabra, glandulis vis ullis obsita, 
rore violaceo adspersa (Martius); foliola supra subtusque glandulis sessilibus obsita, margine sub- 
cartilagineo minutim ciliolato ; petioli intermcdii submarginati. 
Forma 2. glanduligera : Kami rhachisque inflorescentiae glandulis breviter stipitatis 
induta; foliola supra subtusque glandulis sessilibus, subtus etiam pilis brevissimis laxius obsita, margine- 
subcartilagineo minutim ciliolato. 
B: Älabastris pedicellisque praeter glandulas stipitatas pilis brevissimis obsitis: 
Forma 3. molliuscula: Kami foliolaque ut in forma 2. 
Forma 4. subvelutina: Kami (saepius pruinosi) ut in forma 2; foliola glandulis et 
insuper subtus undique, supra in nervis, una cum petiolis omnibus pilis flavidulo-virescentibus dense 
obsita et inde velutino-pubescentia. 
C : Älabastris pedicellisque pilis setulosis patulis glandulas occultantibus obsitis , fructibus 
praeter glandulas pilis brevibus vestitis : 
Forma 5. pilosa: Kami foliolaque ut in forma 4. 
Forma 6. subtomentosa: Kami, pedunculus communis rhachisque inflorescentiae nec 
non petioli omnes aeque atque petioli formae 4. velutino-tomentosa ; foliola subtus velutino-tomentosa 
nec non supra undique pilis adspersa. 
In Brasiliae provinciis S.Paulo, Minas Geraes et Bahia: Forma 1: Martius! — 
Forma 2: Pohl! — Forma 3: St. Hilaire! Warming! — Forma 4: Burchell n. 5013! 
Claussen n. 508! 511! Kiedel n. 906! Regnell III, 349! Warming! — Forma 5: Lector 
ignotus, Hb. Paris ! — Forma 6 : Martius! S c h ü c h ! Cf. p. 98 , annot. 
Zusatz 1. Der Bau des Holzkörpers ist hier nicht wie bei den vier vorausgehenden Arten 
durch Kippung der Zweigoberfläche äusserlich schon angedeutet; vielmehr lässt die drehrunde, nur 
