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SAPINDACEAE : DODONAE A. 



640 



in apiculum producto; pollinis granula subglobosa, 

 3- (4-)porosa. Germen (floris tf rudimentarium, per- 

 parvum) in floris centro carpophoro brevi insidens, 

 orbiculare vel obcordatum, rarius transverse ellipticum, 

 plerumquc 3- vel 2 — 4-gonum, rarius 5— 6-gonum, 

 3_ yd 2 — 4-loculare, rarius 5 -6-loculare, plerumque 

 glandulis resiniparis dense obsitum et materia resinoso- 

 viscosa obductum; stylus apicalis, filiformis, brevius- 

 culus vel elongatus, 2 — pluri-sulcatus, apice 2 — 6-fidus; 

 gemmulae in loculis binae, funiculis basi crassioribus 

 ad medium axem collateraliter insertis oblique trans- 

 versalibus affixae, superpositae, campylotropae, superiore 

 adscendenteapotropa, inferiorependulaepitropa. Capsula 

 membranacea vel coriacea, 2 — 6-gona vel -alato-lobata, 

 2 — 6-locularis, loculis plerumque lateraliter compressis 

 aliformibus et secus angulum dorsalem in alam latiorem 

 vel angustiorem productis, rarius apteris vel apice 

 tantum cornutis, septifraga, rarius septicida Semina 

 in loculis bina vel abortu singula, subglobosa vel 

 lenticularia, interdum funiculo incrassato appendiculata, 

 arillo vero nullo, testa Crustacea vel coriacea, laevi, 

 opaca vel in paucis splendente. Embkyo circinatus, 

 oleo et alcuro nee non substantia quadam saponino 

 affini foetus, cotyledonibus linearibus, radicula longius- 

 cula plica testae excepta. 



Arbores vel frutices fridiculive saepius ericoidei, 

 plerumque materia resinoso-viscosa obducti. Folia sparsa, 

 exstipulata, petiolatd vel subsessilia, simplicia vel (inter- 

 dum abrupte) pinnata, plerumque glandulis resiniparis 

 pulvinato-lepidoideis inordinate mill fieri I ularibus breviter 

 stipitatis obsita, + viscosa, quoad structuram nunc bi- 

 facialia nunc concentrica, cellulis secretoriis parvis vix 

 puncta pellucida efficientibus in plerisque instructa, 

 epidermide -f mucigera, paginae superioris quoque saepius 

 stomatophora. F lores inconspicui, pedicellate axillares 

 vel terminates, solitarii, vel in thyrsos racemiformes 

 corymbiformesve dispositi, vel paniculati. 



Species 40, fere omnes australienses, quarum una sola — 

 Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. — per totius orbis regiones tropica* 

 et subtropicas divulgata est, Brasiliam quoque inhabitans. 



1. DODONAEA VISCOSA Jacq. arbor vel frntex 

 glaber, viscosus; rami virgati vel internodiis abbreviatis sub- 

 tlexuoso-tortuosi, interne teretiusculi , superne compressi, an- 

 gulati, sub foliis costa elevata notati, cortice rubro-fusco, 

 glandulis adspeM, ceteruni glabri; folia nunc ex oblongo 

 lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa et subobovato-cuneata, nmcionulo 

 apieulata, nunc exacte vel elongate angusteve lanceolata, basi 

 longius breviusve attenuata, nunc sublinearia, rarius sub- 

 spathulata, in petiolum brevem longioremve extenuata, margine 



integerrima vel quodaminodo inaequalia et subj epanda, inter- 

 dum revoluta, nervo mediano sat valido subtus prominente 

 convexo, nervis lateralibus subtilibus numerosis approximatis 

 parallele oblique patentibus, subchartacea, laete viridia, subtus 

 vix pallidiora, nitida, viscosa, glandulis adspersa, ceterum 

 glabra, diachymate plerumque cellulis secretoriis parvis pei>ito, 

 epidermide + mucigera, paginae superioris quoque praesertim 

 juxta nervum medianum baud raro stomatopbora; thyrsi in 

 paniculas transeuntes ad ramorum et ramulorum axillarium 

 apices racemiformes vel subcorymbiformes , densius laxiusve 

 dichasia et cincinnos paucifloros vel apice ad flores singulos 

 reductos gerentes, cincinnis breviter stipitatis, floribus longius- 

 cule pedicellatis, bracteolis parvis subulatis suffultis; flores 

 plerumque 4-sepali, saepius hermapbrodiLi ; capsula orbiculai-is, 

 apice et basi excisa vel subobcordata, basi subintegra, plerum- 

 que 3-quetra, 3-locularis, rarius 2- vel 4-locularis, loculis 

 subchartaceis dorso ala subaequilata membi'anacea radiatim 

 reticulato-venosa cinctis, septifraga,; valvae naviculares, 

 alatae, a septis cum axe relictis membranaceis solutae, glabrae, 

 cum alis glandulis adspersae; semina lenticularia, nigra, opaca. 



Dodonaea viscosa*) Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. (1760) p. 19 

 n. 1 et Stirp. Amer. Hist. (1763) p. 109 n. 1, Ed. pict. (1780) 

 p. 56 n. 1 (sine Jig., id jam Lam. indie, et ut vidi in Bibl. 

 Mus. Brit.), Ed. Mannhem. (1788) p. 137 n. 1; Linn. Mant. II 

 (1771) p. 228 [et Syst. Veg. Ed. XIII (cur. Murray 1774) 

 p. 299 n. 1; Lam. Encycl. II (1790) p. 292 n. 1; Gcirtn. 

 Fruct. II (1791) p. 134, t. Ill; Sw. Obs. hot. (1791) p. 151; 

 Cavan. Ic. IV (1797) p. 14, t. 327 (var. angustifol.); Willd. 

 Spec. PI. II, 1 (1799) p. 343 n. 1; Pers. Synops. I (1805) 

 p. 415 n. 1; Smith in Bees Cyclop. XII (1809) n. 1; Willd. 

 Enum. PL Hort. Berol. (1809) p. 413 n. 1; Poir. in Lam. 

 Enc. Supp. II (1811) p. 494 et in 111. Gen. II (ca. 1817) 

 p. 439 n. 786, t. 304 f. 1; G. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. (1818) 

 p. 157 n. 1; Kunth in H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sj). V (1821) 

 p. 103 n. 1 (Ed. in 4° p. 133, 134), VII (1825) Distrib. 

 geogr. p. 287 et 362 (Ed. in 4° p. 366, N.-Granata in ripa 

 fluvii Mayo, p. 460, prope Guanaxuato Meoiicanorum) et 

 Synops. PI. Aequin. Ill (1824) p. 167 n. 1, IV (1825) 

 Distrib. geogr. p. 384 et 501; Link Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. I 

 (1821) p. 381 n. 3835; DC. Prodr. I (1824) p. 616 n. 1; 

 Spreng. Syst. II (1825) p. 242 n. 1; Camb. in St. Hit. FL 

 Bras. I (1825) p. 392 et in Mem. Mus. d'Hist. nat. XV 111 

 (1829) p. 35; Wikstr. Primit. FL Guadal. in h. VelensL Ac. 

 Handl. (1828) p. 63; Schlecht. Florid, ins. S. Thorn, in Linnaea 

 IV (1829) p. 83 n. 44; Don Gen. Syst. I (1831) p. 673 n. 1; 

 Spach Hist. nat. d. Veget., Phanerog. Ill (1834) p. 68; 

 Schlecht. PL Mex. a Schiede coll. in Linnaea X (1835—36) 

 p. 240 n. 307; Mart. Hb. Fl. bras, in Flora XXII, 1 (1839) 

 Beibl. No. 4, p. 57 n. 397 (seors. impr. p. 233); Benth. PL 

 Hartw. (1839) p. 6 n. 19; Torr. et Gray Fl. North-Amer. I 

 (1838—40) p. 255 n. 1; Walp. Bep. I (1842) p. 421 n. 4; 

 Schlecht. PL Mex. a Schiede, Ehrenb. etc. coll. in Linnaea XVII 

 (1843) p. 639 (sphalm. 739) et XVIII (1844) p. 34 (sphalm. 

 50); Schnizl. Iconogr. IV (1843—70) t. 230 f. 2; Schomb. 



* Literatura ad stirpes extra-americanas soluraraodo spectans, nee 

 non ante-Linnaeana praeter synonyma ipsa hie omissa est. 



