325 
Scandens, fruticosa (Bredemeyer, Fendler, Sutton Hayes), hirta; rarai 
6-angulares (angulis tribus acutioribus), G-sulcati, undique pilis crispulis subfuscis sub- 
adpressis birti; corpus lignosum compositum e ceutrali magno et peripliericis tribus 
parvis e triangulari subteretibus centralis superficiei iinpositis; folia biteruata; foliola 
lateralia ovata, obtusiuscula, sessilia, terminalia ex ovato-triangulari in petiolulum longius 
breviusve attenuata, inde rbombea, acuta, rarius obtusa, omuia inaequaliter et subdupli- 
catim inciso-serrata vel levius serrato-crenatove-dentata, subcoriacea, utrinque fpraesertim 
in nervis) pilis brevibus crebrioribus rarioribusve plus minus hirto-pubescentia glaodu- 
lisque microscopicis obsita, fuscescentia, snpra nitidula vel opaca, subtus pallidiora et 
opaca, punctis pellucidis parvis notata, epideimide mucigera; petiolus communis nudus, 
striatus , hirto-pubescens, partialium praesertim intermedius nunc latiuscule nunc angu- 
stissime marginatus; tbyrsi solitarii vel in apice ramorum ramulorumque paniculatim 
congesti, sat giaciles, breviores densius, longiores interrupte cincinniferi, rufescenti-pilosi; 
cincinni subsessiles , glomeruliforraes ; Acres minores; sepala exteriora quam interiora 
laxius sordido-tomentella; fructus sectionis mediocris , cordato-ovatus vel suboblongus, 
ad loculos trigouus et pilis retrorsis subvilloso-pubescens, ceterum subglaber, apice 
retusus, infra loculos vix coiistrictus, pericarpio chaitaceo obscurius reticulato-nervoso, 
endocarpio laxius fuscescenti-floccoso; seraen ad basin loculi insertum, ex obovoideo 
breviter clavatum. 
Ra:ni tliyvsigeri diainetro 2 — '3 mm. Folia 10 — ICi cm. longa, 8 — 14 cm. lata; foliola termi- 
nalia 5 — 7 cm. longa, 2,5 — 4cm. lata, lateralia dccrescentim minora; petiolus communis 4 — Gem. 
longus, partialium intermedius !, 5 — 2,5cm., laterales 0,5 — 1 cm. longi; stipulae parvae, ovato-trian- 
gulares, liirtae. Thyrsi 4— 20cm. longi, superiorum rhaclii quam pedunculus longiore rufescenti- 
pilosa; cincinni 5 — 7-flori, fructiferi inferiores stipitc ! — 1,5 mm. longo suflFulti ; bracteae bracteolaeque 
parvae, subulatae , rufescenti-pilosae ; iiedicelli 1,5 (fructiferi 2) mm. non excedentes, basi articulati; 
alabastra obovoidea, 2 iiim. longa, 1,5 mm. lata. Flores herm aphroditi: Sepala interiora 2 mm. 
longa, tertium et quintum saepissime a basi ad medium coalita. Petala 2 mm. longa, 1mm. lata, 
ex obovato-oblongo cuneata, intus perlaxe glanduligera ; squamae superiores crista brevi emarginata 
nppendiceque barbata mcdiocri, inferiores crista subaliformi instructae. Tori glandulae superiores 
ovatae, inferiores minores, subannulares. Stamina pilosa. G armen obovato-oblongum , trigonum, 
jiilis brevibus retrorsis indutum ; Stylus brevis; stigmata stylum acquantia. Flores masculi praeter 
stamina longiora et germen rudimentarium glabrum ut feniinei. Fructus circ. 2cni. longus. 1,5cm. 
(ad loculos 6 mm.) latus, infra loculos plus minus constrictus, luculis 5 mm. longis trigonis carinatis 
basi oblique cuneatis, dissepimontis 2mm. latis semi-obovatis . alis basin versus dilatatis. Semen 
fusco-badium, glabrum — (immaturum tanlum su])petebat). 
In Venezuela. Panama, Costa-Rica et in Mexico: In Venezuela: Bredemeyer! 
(„ad Caracas, m. Decemb." circa 1788, flor. ; Hb. Jacq. til. , nunc Vindob. ; Hb. Willd. n, 7715, 
Plagula 1); Moritz n. 102! („Caracas"; Hb. Mus. Brit.); Karsten n. 126! („Puerto Cabello"; Hb. 
Berol.; in aliis Hb. sine No., cum indicatione „Columbia"); Fendler n. 202! („Plantae Venczuelanac, 
prope coloniam Tovar, ao. 1854—55", fruct. ; Hb. DC, Boiss., Ucless., Hook.); — in Panama: 
Haenke! (Hb. Prag.l; Seemann n. 599/1! („Cape Corrientes, Darien" ex Seem. Bot. Herald, circa 
ann. 1847, fruct.; cf. obs. n. 3); Fendler n. 43! (,,Chagres, Istbraus of Panama, Febr. 1850, foot 
of hüls'', fruct.; Hb. Benth., Hook.); Duchassaing! (., Panama, ao. 1851"; Hb. Paris.); Sutton 
