263 
Serjania acapulcensis Cambess, in Mem. Mu?. d'Hist. nat. XVIII (1829) p, 21, 
— — Don General Syst. I (1831) p. G58, n. 3, incl. obs. : „Perhaps this plant 
is only a variety of S. emarginata". 
— — Dietricli, Dav., Synops. PI. II (1840) p. 131(3, n. 3. 
— Steudel Nomencl. P]d. II, II (1841) p. 567, incl. obs.: „S. eniarg. H. B. K. 
var.? Kunth". 
Scandens, fruticosa, praeter thyrsos petiolosque glabra; rami levius 5— 6-canalicu- 
lato-sulcati, obtusanguli, cortice viridi; corpus lignosum simplex, leviter sulcatum; folia 
ternata, interdum foliolorum terminalium lobis basilaribus in foliola parva libera evo- 
lutis 5-foliolato-pinnata; foliola ovata, terminalia obtusa et nervo prominente mucronulata, 
lateralia apice rotundata et retuso-emarginata , omnia basi truncata petiolis partialibus 
insidentia, supra basin utrinque dente grossiusculo obtuso subauriculata , ceterum inte- 
gerrima, terminalia interdum triloba vel in triadem foliolorum basi attenuata in petiolo 
partiali intermedio sessiliura valde inaequalium (lateralium intermedio plus duplo 
minorum) evoluta, glabra, circa petiolorura insertiones tantum et subtus in axillis ner- 
vorum inferiorum pilosa nec non in margine liuea subcartilaginea translucente circum- 
vallato pilis minutis adspersa, insuper glandulis microscopicis supra subtusque obsita, 
subcoriacea, viridia, punctis lineolisque pellucidis parvis crebris aequidistantibus ornata, 
epidermide mucigera; petiolus, communis nudus, supra crispato-pilosus, partiales sub- 
glabri, intermedius submarginatus ; thyrsi solitarii vel in ramulis lateralibus accessoriis 
juxta thyrsos orientibus pauci congesti, minus longi, rhachi breviuscula cano-tomentosa; 
cincinni subsessiles; flores parvi; sepala omnia tomento brevi cano induta; fructus 
sectionis breviter ovatus, glaber, loculis sat insigniter reticulato-nervosis; semen ad 
medium loculura insertum, transverse obovoideum; cotyledones curvatae. 
Kami thyrsigeri diametro 2mm. Folia circ. 6 cm. longa, fere totidem lata; foliola termi- 
nalia circ, 4 cm. longa, 2,5 cm. lata, lateralia (inferiora) 8 cm. longa, 1,8 cm. lata, superiora (si adsunt) 
1,8cm. longa, 1cm. lata; petiolus communis 1cm., partiales laterales 0,4cm., intermedius 1,5cm. 
longi; stipulae minutae, ovato-triangulares. Thyrsi 4 — 12cm. longi, rhachi 4cm. vix excedente; 
cincinni abbreviati, pauciflori; pedicelli 1mm. vix excedentes, ima basi articulati; alabastra obovoidea, 
circ. 1,4mm. longa et lata. Flores h ermaphroditi: Sepala interiora 2 mm. longa, tertium et 
quintum interdum infra medium coalita. Petala 1,8 mm. longa, vix 1mm. lata, ex obovato cuneata, 
intus glandulis paucis obsita; squamae (cristis exclusis) petalis fere dimidio breviores, margine villo- 
siusculae, superiores crista squamam dimidiara aequante bifida (laciniis acutiusculis erectis) appen- 
diceque deflexa brevi longe villoso-barbata , inferiores crista cornuta erecta squamam dimidiam sub- 
aequante instructae. Tori glandulae superiores parvae, rotundatae, inferiores minores, elliptico- 
annulares. Stamina germen aequantia; filamenta tota pilosa, antherae glabrae. Germen pyri- 
forme, 1mm. vix excedens, glandulis obsitum, ceterum glabruni; stylus brevis, Stigmata stylo 
longiora. Flores masculi praeter stamina paullo longiora pistillumque rudimentarium femineis 
conformes. Fructus 1,5 cm. longus, totidem latus, basi apiceque excisus, infra loculos vix constrictus, 
glaber. loculis ventricosis transverse obovoideis a latere paullulum compressis ecristatis insignius 
reticulato-nervosis , dissepimentis basi angustis superne latioribus, alis basin versus paullum dilatatis, 
pericarpio tenui, endocarpio tenuiter papyraceo nitide albo glabro circa seminis insertionem tantum 
pilis adsperso ab epicarpio solubili. Semen ad loculum medium vel paullum infra insertum, e 
globoso transverse obovoideum, badium, hiloj infra medium laterali macula arillosa pallidiore parva 
