21ß 
66. Serjania equestris Mac fad. 
Serjania equestris Macfadyen Flor. Jamaic. I (1837) p. 156, n. 1! 
— — Walpers Rep. Bot. I (1842) p. 412. 
Serjania paniculata (non Kuntb) Grisebach Flor. Brit. West Ind. Isl. (1859 — 64) p. 123, n. 5, 
partim, nempe quoad syn. „Serj. equestris Macf. " et quoad specimina 
a Macf. in insula Jamaica lecta!, forsan et quoad specimina Wilsoniana, 
quae non vidi, reliquis omnibus exclusis ; cfr. Serj. paniculata K. , prae- 
sertiin obs. n. 3, et Serj. subdentata Juss. , praesertim obs. n. 8. 
Serjania divaricata (non Schura.) Grisebach Flor. Brit. West Ind. Isl. (1859—64) p. 128, n. 7, 
partim, nempe quoad specimina a Marsh in ins. Jainaica lecta!, reliquis 
exclusis; cfr. Serj. niexicana Willd. sub syn. Serj. divaricata Schum. 
Nomen vulgare: Mountain Supple-jack Macfad. 1. c; cfr. S. polyphylla R., obs. n. 8, ad calc. 
Perperam citatur Serjania equestris Macf. ad Serj. lucidam Schum. in Griseb. Veget. d. Caraib., 
Abh. Gotting. Ges. d. Wissensch. VII (1857) p. 187, n. 253; cfr. S. poly- 
phylla R. 
Scandens, fruticosa (Macfadyen), subglabra; rami juniores puberuli, adultiores 
glabrati, laete subfusci, trigoni, juxta angulos utrinque stria impressa notati; corpus 
lignosum compositum e centrali majore et periphericis 1 — 3 teretiusculis ; folia biter- 
nata; foliola lateralia ovata, terminalia majora, sub-rhombea, basi attenuata, apice sub- 
acuminata, acumine obtusiusculo, interdum retuso, noduloso-mucrouulato, supra medium 
remote et obtuse dentata, sessilia, membranacea, supra glaberrima, laevigata ac niti- 
dissima, subtus opaca et in axillis nervorum paulltüum barbata, punctis pellucidis raris 
juxta nervös et ad dentes densius cougestis notata, epidermide mucigera ; petioli nudi ; 
flores mediocres, sepalis omnibus pube brevi cana indutis; fructas mediocris, cordato- 
ovatus, loculis (semiue vix semimaturo foetis) corapressis, reticulato-nervosis et sub- 
scrobiculatis, dense et breviter pubescentibus, eudocarpio rufescenti-villoso ; semen obo- 
voideum, prope basin loculi insertum, erectum, bilo parvo basilari instructura. 
In insula Jamaica, frequens, teste Macfadyen (floret m. Octobr., Macfad.):Macfadyen! 
(fruct. ; Hb. Kew.); Marsh n. 658! (ao. 1857; Hb. Hook. „S. divaricata S?«." manu Griseb.; ad- 
jectus est ramus fructifer, qui an re vera huc pertineat, accuratius est inquirendum). 
Zusatz 1. Es erscheint angemessen, für diese Pflanze, welche mir gegenwärtig nicht mehr 
vorliegt, zunächst die Beschreibung aus dem wenig verbreiteten Werke Macfadyen 's unverkürzt zu 
wiederholen und daran erst die nöthigen eigenen Bemerkungen zu knüpfen. 
Diese Beschreibung lautet : Stern shrubby , climbing to considerable height on neighbouring 
shrubs and trees: branches long, virgate, 3-goual, some-what sulcated and puberulous towards their 
extremities. Leaves alternate, biternate; leaflets about 2 inches long, ovate, retuse, apiculated. 
attenuated (the middle leaflet wedge-shaped) at the base, bluntly serrated for the terminal half, 
nerved, shining on the upper surface, glabrous except a minute villous tuft in the axils of the nerves 
beneath, thin, membranaceous : common and partial petioles naked, 3-gonal, bisulcated above. Tendrils 
axillary, bifid. Racemes axillary and terminal, solitary, longer than the leaf, divaricating, Compound, 
many-flowcred: common peduncle 3-gonal , minutely puberulous: branchelets an inch or more in length, 
with a small lanceolate bractea at the Insertion of each, bearing about 10 pedicelled white flowers: 
