328 
(1819) n. 8, partim, nenipo quoail ilescriptioncm speciminis in Hb. 
Linnaeano asservati et a Liniiaeo ipso nomine „Pauli. pol3'pliylla" et 
,,No. 6" insi^niti (cf. obs, n. 3), exclusis vero synonymis „L. Sp.", 
„L. Hort. Cliff. " et „Pluck. 1. 168, f, 5" (partim ad Scrj. polyphyllam Eadlk , 
partim ad Serj. diversifoliani Radlk. referendis, cf. ibid. et infra obs. 
n. 3), nec non exclusis observationibus omnibus haec Synonyma spec- 
tantibus (cf- obs. n. 3) ! 
Serjania triternata (non Willd. etc.; cfr. Scrj. polypbylla Radlk.) Seemann Bot. Voy. Herald I 
(1852 -57) p. 92, n. 146. Collect. Seem. n. 599! Cfr. obs. n. 4. 
„Paullinia?" Triana & Planch. Prodr. Novo-Granat., Ann. Scienc. nat., IV. Ser., XVIII (1862) 
p. 363, n. 18, ex syn. ,,Serj. triternata Seem." Cf. obs. n. 5. 
Scaiidens, fruticosa, hirtella; rami acute G-augulaves, caualiculato-6-sulcati , sulcis 
glabris, angulis pilis crispatis setulosis birtis, cortice subfnsco; corpus lignosum ad basin 
ramorum simpIex (in speciiniuibus ab Houston collectis, cf. obs. n. 1), ad medios 
ramos compositum e ceutrali magno et peripbericis 3 parvis teretiusculis centralis super- 
ficiei impositis (in speciminibus a Wagner et Seemann collectis, cf. obs. n. 1); 
folia ambitu ovata vel deltoidea, decrescentim bi— tripinnata , cum impari 4 — G-juga, 
pinnis suramis simplicibus, reliquis ipsis pinnatis , nec non pinnulis infimis pinnarum 
inferiorum saepius ö- vel 5-foliolato-pinnatis, reliquis simplicibus ; foliola lateralia ex ovato 
oblonga, obtusa, sessilia vel inferiora in petioluhim abruptius attenuata, terminalia in 
petiolulum cuneato-attenuata et inde elougate rbombea, in acumen obtusum protracta, 
omnia inciso- vel sublobato-dentata, dentibus utrinque 2 obtusis vel in foliolis minoribus 
1 tantum sub apicem posito, e membranaceo subcoriacea, supra subtasque vix nisi in 
nervis et ad marginem pilis setulosis obsita, inde interdum subciliata, undique glandulis 
raicroscopicis laxe adspersa, fuscescentia, supra nitidula, subtus opaca et pallidiora, punctis 
pellucidis minutis sub dentium apice coacervatis (in foliolis crassioribus speciminum ab 
Houston coUectorum evanidis, cf. obs. n. 1) notata, epidermide mucigera; petiolus 
communis nudus, sulcato-angulosus , in angulis setuloso-birtus , rhacbeos primariae alia- 
ruraque segmenta inferiora angustius, superiora latius alata, alis basin versus angu- 
statis; tbyrsi solitarii; flores (specim. ab Houston coli., cf. obs. n. 1) inter minores; 
sepala exteriora birtella, interioia sordide tomentella; frnctus (speciminis a Seemann 
coli., cf. obs. n. Ij sectionis ad loculos pilis retrorsis laxius pubescens. 
Rami tbyrsigeri diametro 1,5 — 2 mm. Folia 6 — 16 cm. longa, 4— 14 cm. lata; foliola termi- 
nalia 2— 3.5 cm. longa, 0,8 — lern, lata, lateralia decrescentim minora, saepius 6mm. tantum longa, 
4 mm. lata; petiolus communis 1 — 3,5 cm. longus, partialium segmenta 1-2,5 cm. longa, superne 
cum alis 1 — 2mm. lata; stipulae parvac, rotundato-ovatae. Tliyrsi inferiores 6 — 12cm. longi, 
pedunculo communi quam rhachis longiore 5-angulari ad angulos hirto, superiores breviores, rhachi 
-quam pedunculus longiore striata undique hirto-pubescente ; cincinni subsessiles. Flores herma- 
phroditi: Sepala interiora 2 — 2,5 mm. longa. Petala 8^5— 4mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata, ex oblonge 
cuneata, apice breviter apiculata, intus dense glanduligera; squamae superiores crista ovali integra 
vel incisa appendiceque deflexa triangulari brevi barbata, inferiores crista brevi e dentiformi subali- 
formi instructae, Tori glandulae superiores ovatae, inferiores minores, subannulares. Stamina basi 
pilosa. Germen 1,5mm. longum, 0,S mm. latum, obverse pyramidatum, trigonum, pubescens; Stylus 
