SchmideHa.] XLIV . sapindacej! (baker). 421 



Central leaflet 4-6 in. long, distantly and bluntly toothed . 1. S. africana. 



InflT. - Ct near , ly 1 ft ,0ng ' Subentlre 2. S. grandifo/ia. 



inflorescence in simple or slightly branched racemes. 



leaflets obovate, blunt, subentire g. 8 . alnifolia. 



MeXiytn^ ' ' ' *•*'*"•*• 



powers principally in a copious terminal panicle 5. & affinis. 



'lowers in axillary simple or slightly branched racemes. 



j-eaves obovate-cuneate, pubescence short 6. S. ruhifolia. 



I«fl B t„ i M n • g " cuneate > Pubescence long and spreading . . . 7. 8. magica. 



SsitpTe JUgate S.S. thyreoid*. 



Calyx erect, 

 leaves membranous, with tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins 



U™ 11 . Q.S.hirtella. 



^aves coriaceous, both sides quite glabrous. 



Base of leaves cuneate 10. S. monophylla. 



(Vl« I of eaves prided 11. S. oblongifolia. 



"*t reflexed after expansion 12. & reflexa. 



wood 8 l' africana > DC - Prod - »• 61 °- A tree, 3 °- 40 ft - hi g n > with stron g 

 foo / i nc ! ies » glabrous or slightly grey-downy when young. Petioles firm, 

 one 4~fi ~ m " '° n ®' I jCa fl cts 3, nearly sessile, oblong-cuneate, the central 

 tooth 1 n,' ' 0ng ^ v al>0Ut half as Droa d> tne u PP er P art distantly and bluntly 

 ^- ' tne cuneate base entire, the point bluntish or subacute, texture sub- 

 y**op3, both surfaces quite glabrous when mature, lower with the main 



coDio Tk am * W *^ 1 a tu ^ °^ bairs * n ^" r ax ^ s w ^ en y° un £* ^ lowers m 

 facein^ [ ancliet, > short-stalked, axillary and terminal panicles, the branches 

 to ose > tae lower ones 3-4 in. long, the flowers densely crowded upon 

 <W r a ?? re " atec ^ * n clusters of 3-4 each, the axils and pedicels finely grey- 

 thef V ' * atter a ^ out equalling the flowers, which are from |-| line long, 

 Wd° n ^ e r Se P a ^ s quailing the petals, the stamens twice as long. Capsule 

 > solitary, blackish, glabrous, globose-turbinate, with a distinct neck, 

 I 27 nnes lon g-— Guill. et Perr. PI. Seneg. i. 120. A. Rich., PI. Abyss, i. 120. 

 finicu 4 U ° philus a f ricanus > P- Beauv. PI. Oware, ii. p. 54. t. 107. S. abys- 

 B AK chst - in Flor a» 1843, 80. Jzamara trifoliata, Hochst. in Schimp. 

 188 D " 377, Ornitrophe tristachyos, Schum. et Thonn. PL Guin. 



K2i% 0,l »nea. Seneirambia, Perottet ! Guinea proper, Beauvois, Thonning ! T. 



g» Barter! Irving ! Mann ! Sierra Leone, T. Vogel! 

 fide IFeii nd ' Ab y ssinia > Schimper I Roth ! Dillon and Petit ! Kordofan, Figart, 



The's!" 3 " 168 " Aza mara " and " Sonaria." 

 of Ihi, v.^ gamblan s - senegalensis, Keichb. in Sieb. Exsicc. n. 29, is apparently a variety 

 •pikes' Tk su,)entire leaflets, 1£ in. long, and nearly sessile, simple or 1-2-forked, short 

 specie! «_ S - African S. melanocarpa and S. leucocarpa, are either varieties of the same 

 W or very near to it. 



s troli Srandifolia, Baker. A tree 40 ft. high, with glabrous, terete, 

 smootl' Smootb > ash-coloured, woody branches. Petiole 4 in. long, quite 

 ^tral aUd WOod - v like tne branches. Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, oblong, the 

 "aiddl ? ne , near, y 1 ft. long, 4-5 inches broad, narrowed gradually from the 

 e t0 both ends, the point acute, the edge faintly and remotely denticu- 



