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Uisi. (J. PI. V (1 8 7 4 ) p . 3 7 7 annot. (inter genera ditbin);
Miers in Journ. Linn. Soc. X V I I (Febr. 1 8 79) p . 343, 343
(„MeJiocea") ; Talisiae seclio Radik. U. siqira cc. (1878, 1895). —
Acl.ad o d k a R u iz et Pav. Prodr. P'l. Pernv. (1 794) p . 133, I. 30,
E d . I I (17.97) p . J31, i. 30, ei in Sgsl. Fl. Peruv. I (1 7 9 8 )p . 26 3 ;
Talisia sp. Poir. in Lam. Enc. Suppl. V (1 8 1 7 ) p . 2 8 1 ; Talisiae
sitbseclio Radlk. II. supra cc. (1878, 1805). — Mei-eagrinex
Arriid a Disserl. (1 8 1 0 ; nomen nudum; cfr. T. esculenta). —
Las ian th em um Klotzsch cd. Schonib. in Reisen inB rit. Guiana I I I
(1 848) p . 1181, sp. excl. (nomen nudum; cjr. T. squarrosa).
Co.MATOGEOSSEM ICarst. et Tlian a in Triana Nuevos Jeneros
i Espec. etc. (Bogota 1 864) p . 1 0 ; K a rst. P I Colitmbianae
in Linnaea X X V I I I (1 856) p . 4 3 0 ; Walp. Ann. V l l , 4
(1SG9) p. 638. — Sapindus spec., Cupania sp., Mslicocca sp.,
Stadmanuia sp., Toulicia sp., Tlieoplirasia sp., Browuea sp.
Giiaiea sj). nut. var., cf. lit. spec.
Flores spurie po ly g am i, re g u la re s , mediocres.
Calyx peutamcrus, ad medium vol fcrc ad ba sin usque
flissectus, segmentis angustius (cutopicc) imbrie a tis ovatis
obtnsis vcl (praesertim iiiterioribus) acutatis, subcoriaceis,
saepius obtuse ca rina tis, exte rio rib u s duobus iute rdum
(iu sect. 1.) brevioribus, omuibus puberulis, ra riu s (in
sect. 1. iuterdum) p ra e te r margines glabriusculis. P etai.a 5,
uuuc (in sect. 1. e t 2. e t iu sectionis 3. subscct. 1.)
calycem v ix vol parum su p e ran tia e t simul cum calycc
expansa caque (iu sect. I.) supra unguem brevem
iiuvieulato-inflcxa (inde quasi bisqunnmlata) e t barbata
vcl (iu sect. 2.) squama p e rbrevi bi- vcl subtrifida
margine villosa in tu s aucta, vel (in sect. 3.) squama
subnlato-lancoolata petalum ipsmn subaequante integra
vel apice bifida in lu s dense villoso-pilosa in struc ta ,
uu u c (in sect. 3. subsect. 2.) Cidyce 2— 4-plo longiora
c t scrius e sp a n s a (intus supra unguem squama sub-
aequilouga u t iu sect. 3, subscct. 1. aueta), pra c tc r
margincnr deorsum ciliolutum glabra vcl cx tu s basi
vel to ta pube va ria in d u ta , ucc noti in tu s glandulis
brevite r c lavatis aclsporsn. D iscus auuuluris vel b re v
ite r cupularis, crassiusculus, in te r petala iu lobos vel
costas plus minus promincute s productus, peutagonus,
glaber vel pilosus. S tamina 8 (raro 5 tautum) iu tra
discum cirea pistillum vel pis tilli rudimcutum c entrale
inse rta , floris masculi longiora, p e ta la subaequantia, c
basi fusiformi subula ta vel filiformia, g lab ra vel supra
ba siu in te r discum c t gyuooccum in tru sam h irsuta ;
autiic ra e elonga ta e , apiculatae v c l (in sect. 1. c t 2.)
ab b rcv ia ta e , p a rtim obtusae (in sect. 2.), in emar-
g ina turii b a sila ri affixae, levitc r iu tro rs a e ; polliuis
gran u la tiiangula ri-pla c entiformia , triporosa. G ermen
in medio disci fuudo iusertum, ovoideiiin, 3-loculare,
glabrum vel adpresse pilo sum , in s tylum subulatum
a tte n u a tum ; sty lu s germen v ix aequans, apice certe
glab rum , iu stigma obsolete trilobum intumesceus;
gemmulae in loculis solitariao, campyloti opac, apotropae,
adsccndoutes. F kuctus bacca corticosa, g ran u la ta , ovoidea
vel ellipsoidea, magnitudine inieis Avclluuac ad uiicis
Juglandis, plerumque abortu 1-locularis e t monosperma,
pericarpio trabeculis crebris sclcrcucliymaticis (vasa
iucludcutibus) c x tu s (rarius intus) crassioribus c t punc ta
elevata (granula) effleientibus radia tim percurso, puberula
vel g la b r a ta , ra re (trabeculis cx tu s plauis contiguis)
subla eviga ta , in tu s glabra vcl raro pilosiuscula, sty li
residuis brev ite r apiculata. S emina ellipsoidea, te sta
succoso-driipacea, p a rte ¡mtaminosa lucvi pel praesertim
apice scrobiculato-verruL-ulosa. E mdryo curvatus. cotyledonibus
crassis carnosis amylo (ct tannino, iute rdum
cellulis secretoriis quoque — cfr. T. subaibens, T. Ja-
parensis) footis trausve rsim vcl oblique superpositis,
ra ro subcrectis; radicula p a rv a incumbens, in fra medium
semiuis dorsum desceudens vel subbasilaris, plica testae
basilari excepta.
A r d o r e s vel a r b u s c u l a e , inlerdum Fuìmarum
■more eramosae (sect. 3., subs. 3 : Acladodcaj et fo lia ad
trunci apicem congesta gerentes, anlecedeniíbus kalophyUis
(peridis) vel simplicibus subulatis (spinas menliendbus,
ad gemmas laterales quoque obviis) vel pinnatis. P 'o l i a
sqiarsa, exstipulala, petiolata, abrupte p in n a ta , 2 - -co-juga,
inlerdum late expansa, petiolo basi saepius tumido rhachi-
que teretiusculis vel subtrigonis, laevibus vel slrialis;
foiiola opposila vel praesertim superiora alterna, petiolulis
brevibus interdum bulboso-lumidis suffu lta , nunc hrevia
elliptica, nunc elongata oblonga vel sublinearia, acuta
vel acuminata, integerrima, penninervia, submembranacea
cliarlacea vel coriacea, fibris sclerencligmaiicis in speciebus
pluribus section 3., subscct. 2. a nervis in diachgma
aberrantibus (praesertim in T. molli, hoiiiidasya, pilosula,
aciitifolia, cupulari, pacbycarpa, m egaphylla l, plerumque
glabra nec nisi p ilis minutissimis subulatis praeserlim
suhtus vel p ilis brevibus setulosis adpressis adspersa,
rarius pube molli vel hirsuta praeserlim subtus induta,
glandulis microscopicis aegrius perspiciendis sat raris
el fugac ibus, in pluribus vero speciehus (sect. 3. sub-
sect. 2 : n. 3 3— 35, exceptis fo r sa n n. 2 3 et 33) stipite
elongato articuìato (nrliculis saepe vario modo compresses)
insignibus et ad petiolulos vel rhachin crebrioribus (prope
ñervos) adspersa, plerumque saturale et sicca obscure
viridia (aquain Harpnìliarum more mox colore sordide
aeruginoso iingentia, u t el fioris partes), cellulis secretoriis
p a rum conspicuis non nisi in paucis speciebus
(sect. 2. n. 5, sect. 3. subs. 2. ii. 7— 72, 13 ct U )
ohviis, epidermidis (paginae superioris) nunquam mucigerae
nec n isi in una sola specie (T. squarrosa) hgpo-
dermate suffuUae cellulis plerumque sinuatis et inter
sinus pimelo notatis. INFLORESCENTIAE nunc parvae,
quam fo lia saepius multo breviores, ad ap/ices ramorum
laterales vel in ramulis lateralibus terminales, racemifo
rm e s vel thyrsos dichasia gerentes simplices vel p a n iculatim
ramosos exhibentes, nunc paniculae magnae
terminales divaricato-ramosae multiflorae ereetae, fructi-
gerae defiexae; pedicelli hreves, minutim hracteati et
bibracteolati, articulali; alabastra ellipsoidea vel (corolla
cìaiisa arcte eutopice imbricata calycem p h is duplo
superante) conica. F l o r e s in ordine mediocres, albi
vel rosei, cellulis secretoriis nullis instructi, petalis exlus
interdum stomatophoris. F r u c t u s ólivarum fo rm a et
magniludine vel subduplo mayores, (sicei) spadicei vel n igricantes,
nonnuììarum (ob seminis testam extus carnosam)
eduies (T. esculenta aìiaeque, s i recte confido, quarum
fru c tu s a Brasiliensibus nomine P i t o m b a salutantur).
Species 36, omues Americae tropicae meridionalis cou-
tineiitalis et insiilae proxiiiie adjaceiitis „Tiinita tis“ (T .h e x a -
qihylla) incolae, pliirimae proprie brasilienses, aliae circa Brasiliae
confines óissitae ; una sola (T. olivaeformis) ad peniiisalam
Yucatan advecta invenitur.
Obs. Gcuus fi-ucliis iudolc vaUle affine generi MAicocca, a quo
differt genuine totnplele scplalo, stylo conspicuo, sLigiualo parvo, aullieris
plus miuus iiitrorsis, pelaloiiim et sepalorum uuiuero illoruiuque fabrica^
peiiiceUig Inlirncleolntia,
CONSl’ECJ'US SPECIERUM,
Sectio 1. UAO A UiA Kadlk. in Silz. k. hayer. Ac. V i l i ,
1 8 7 8 , p . 371, in Durami Ind. Gen., 1SS7, p . 75 et in Engl.
e t P r. Pfl.-Fmn. I l i , ' 5, 1895, p . 3 2 3 , fig. 16 6 A —D (Geims
Racaria Aubl. l. c ) : Pelala sn pia unguem auriculato-inflexa
(discus anmilaris, convexus, crenatus, glaber; stamina filiformia,
praeter basin pilosiuscula; autberae subroliiiKlae, apiculatae;
fruclus glabri, pericarpio tenuiore; foliola impunctata).
A. PriietuR acuti
a, Foliola clliptica, utriuque sub.acutn vel apice breviter
.aeuiiiiaata, subglabra, peliolulis basi inerassalis iu-
sideiitia (sp. gui.aueusls)....................I. T. syi.vatica Kadlk.
b. FuUola cx ovato oblouga, .iculc aeuiniiiala, subtns
pili.s miuulissimis rectiuscuiis vel ctirv.ilis adspersa et
ad iierviiui uiediaiiiiiu hirsuta, petiolulis gineilibus
(sp. guianeusis)...................................2. T. fsuicKUl.aius Kadlk.
1!. Fiuclus ol)lusi ; loliola ox ovato breviler clliptien, :vcu-
luiuata, subius pilis luiiiulis liaiiuitatis pulvcruleulo-pubea-
ceiitin, pctiolulis brevibus erassiiisculis (sp. giiiaucLSis)
Seclio II, COTOPAIS Kablk. in Silz. k. h. Ac. V II I,
1S7S, p . 3 4 3 , in Diiraml Ind. Gen., 1SS7, p . 75 et in Engl.
cl Pr. Pjl.-Fam. I t i , 5 (1 805) p . 3 2 3 (Melicocca part. Kunlh
in H .B .K . Nov. Gon. et Sq). V. 1821, p . 1 00 — E d . in 4°
p . 13 0 — quoad M. o lw a efo rm ): Petala intus su pia unguem
squama perbrevi bi- vel subtrifida margine villosa interdum
Sapiud.
ad lineas b.ìvbatas reduela aucta (discus lobatus, interdura
inter petala iu glándulas lumens, glaber; stamina e basi fusiformi
subulata, infra medium dense birta; antlierae ovatae,
obtusae),
A. Foliolasiipra laevigata, rari iia olisoiete reticulata,diacby mate
tnto staiireunhyiualico, cellnlig seereloriis nullis (.sp. ve-
iicziiclaQO-DOvograiinlausi-yneaieusis) 4. T. olivahfobmis Badlk.
B. Foliula ulriuque reliculata, diauliymnte iusigniter in sUiii-
reuehyma el pueumiiteucliyina distiiicto, celluUs secretoriis
pellucide puuctata (sp. venezueliuio-brRsilieusis)
5. T. iSTKiiuiiDiA RiiiUk.
Sectio III, E U TA L I3 IA R adlk. in Silz. k. h. Ac. V II I,
1878, p . 3 44, in Durand Ind. Gen., 1887, p . 75 el in Engl,
el Pr. Pfl.-Fam. IH , 5, 1305. p . 3 23, fig. 1 Ü 6 E - I I : Petala
intus supra unguem squama subulato-lancoolata petalum ipsum
subaequante integra vel apice bifida intus dense villoso-
pilosa aucta (discus profunJiiis leviiisve cupularis, in terp élala
ill lobos productus, glaber vel pilosus; stamina filiformia,
glabra vel pilosa; autberae o v a to -vel liiieari-oblongae, plerumque
breviter apicnlatae).
Subsectio 1. PrroMHAiirA Radlk. II. cc. (a nomine vulgaii
T. esculenlae P it o in b e r a , cujus fructus ut et ii aliarum
Eulalisiae specierum P it om b a audiiuii): Petala simul cum
calyce expausa, calycem denitpie plus minus superantia (calyx
fere usque ad basin partitus, pilis crispis ineaiuis; discus
oaniosulus, concavus, minus altus, siiblobatus, glaber vel birsutus;
antlierae ovato-oblongae, sagitiatae, breviler apiculatae;
fuUola plerumque minora, oinniura praeter T. esculenlam,
T. midlinei-vcni et T. claihratam cellulis secretoriis instructa;
stomata rima longiore insignia).
A. Discus glaber, slniuiua pilosiuscula; foliola 2—4-jugu, cx
ovalo vel oblongo suManceolala, membranacea, teuuiter
reticulalo-vciiosn, glabra (sp. brasilieiisi-boliviaua)
e, T, KSCOI.ESTA Radlk.
B. Discus bireutiis, slauiiiia liirsula
a. Foliola 4-7-juga
aa. Fuliola 4-6-jugn, cx ovali anguste ovala vel sul>-
lauceolat.i, acula vel obtusa, breviter peliolnlata,
■Kiorincca, subtus albo-sericca, snpra pilis niiuu-
tissimls imlverulcuto-puberiila, opara (sp. brasilieusi
«) 7. T. suB.vLBf.xa Radlk.
bb. Fuliola circiter 14, inferiora allenia, supcriora
opposita, auguste lauceolala, obtuse acumiuala,
in peliolulo.? brevissimos attenuata, cori.ice.a, siipr.a
glaberrima uitida, subtus pilis brevibus adpressis
la.xe adspersa (sp, brasilieusis) . 8. T. asqostikoi.ia Radlk.
b. Foliola 2—1-juga, elliptico-obluiiga vel suliobovatn,
subacumiuata, iu peiiolulos basi cr;issiores allcuuato,
utrinque nitidula (sp. guianensis) . 9. T. i'bakalta Radlk.
C. Discus birsutus, stamina glabra
a, Foliola 1-juga, (solai) supra liypodermate iustrucla, ovalia
vel suboblouea, ulrinquo subacnin, breviter crnssius-
culc petiolulata, ulriuque nitidula (ap, guiaiieusi.s)
10. T. squAUBOSA Radlk.
b. Foliola 2-juga (liypodermate nullo)
aa. Folíola ovaia, iu aeumeu ncutissimum «culata, in
petiolulos basi vix crassiores inaequaliter contracta,
ulrinque uilidula, pauciuetvia (sp. brasiliensis)
11. T. ÜOBIACEA Radlk.
bb, Folíola oblonga, breviuscule acuiniuaia, iu peiiolulos
couspicuos alteuuat.a, supra iii.ixime splen-
dcolin, subtns opaca, muUiuervia (sp. brasiliensi.?)
12. T, M
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