124 SAPINDACEiE. 



* Leaves biternate. 



9. P. barbadensis, Jacq. Leaves biternate, not dotted: leaflets spathulate or 

 elliptical-lanceolate, subentire or crenate-repand above, glabrous : petiole lined by a narrow 

 margin, naked below the division ; capsule Z-winged nearly to the axis, tapering very 

 shortly at the base, puberulous or glabrate: wings semi-oval. — Jacq. Obs. t. 62./. 9. etl : 

 the leaf. — P. caribaea, Jacq. : a form with the petiole muricate below. — Leaflets 2"-l" 

 long ; racemes simple, peduncled : capsule 6'" long, 4"'-5"' broad : cells lanceolate ; seeds 

 somewhat compressed, semiobovate, 2'" long, black, half-covered with the brown arillus. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Wils., March; Caribbean Islands {Jacq.). 



10. P. curassavica, Jacq. ! Leaves biternate, dotted with pellucid hoes : leaflets 

 rhomboid or elliptical-oblong, with distant, large, blunt serratures above the middle, gla- 

 brous : petiole lined by a narrow wing, naked below the division ; capsule wingless, 

 pyriform, glabrous : upper part subglobose, obsoletely 3-furrowed, tapering abruptly into 

 the carpophore. — Jacq. Obs. t. 61./. 8 : the leaf. — P. jamaicensis, Mac/. — Leaflets 4"-H 

 long, membranaceous; capsule 5 '"-6"' long, 4"' broad above, cylindrical and V diam. at 

 the base : cells hemispherical-convex ; seeds globose, black, more than half-covered with the 

 brown, bipartite, foliaceous arillus. — Hab Jamaica !, all coll., in the limestone districts ; 

 [New Granada!]. 



P. curassavica, Gr. {PI. Carib., and probably L. Cliff. " ob fruct. triquetrum"), of Gua- 

 deloupe (and Brazil !), is another species, with a winged capsule and opaque leaves : but I 

 have reformed the names from the original specimens of P. curassavica, Jacq. ! and Sw. ., 

 in the Banksian collection. 



** Leaves impari-pinnate, with the lowest division ternate. 



11. P. in gifolia, Rich. Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted: lowest division ternate : 

 leaflets 3-jugal, ovate-oblong, glabrous, subentire or with some distant serratures: petiole 

 lined by a narrow wing below the uppermost division, naked from the middle one to the 

 base ; capsule Z-winged nearly to the axis, pyriform, tapering gradually into the carpophore^ 

 glabrous : wings thickened towards the cell. — Leaflets 5"-2" long ; capsule 9'" long, 6 

 broad above •. cells lanceolate ; carpophore 3'" long, filiform, and dilated : triquetrous at the 

 top. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



*** Leaves simply impari-pinnate. 



12. P. Vespertilio, Sw. ! Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted : leaflets 2-jngal, glabrous, 

 ovate-oblong, with distant serratures above : petiole naked ; capsule ovoid-globose, stipitate, 

 Z-winged at the top: wings oblong-linear, blunt, horizontally spreading. —Racemes exceeded 

 by the leaf; capsule 4 , "-6 / " long, 3"'-4"' broad; wings 6"' long, \'" broad.— Hab. S. 

 Kitts!, Masson; S. Lucia!, S. Vincent !, Anders. 



13. P. pinnata, L. Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted: leaflets 2-jugal, glabrous, ovate- 

 oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, with distant, coarse serratures : petiole winged to the base ; 

 capsule pyriform, wingless. — Plum. Descr. t. 91. Gcertn. Carp. t. 79. — P. diversifoha, 

 Miq.l; nitida, Steud. ; Hostmanni, Steud.— A high climber ; leaflets 3"-6'Mong; racemes 

 as long as or exceeded by the leaves ; capsule variable in its longitudinal diameter. " A ^ - 

 Dominica !, Finl. ; S.Lucia!, Anders.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Panama!, Venezuela!, Guiana., 

 Brazil !, Peru !, Senegambia !, Niger ! : the only Paullinia which has migrated from America 

 across the Atlantic]. 



14. P. leiocarpa, Gr. (». sp.). Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted: leaflets 2-jugal, pu- 

 berulous or glabrate, ovate or ovate-oblong, with a few blunt or obsolete serratures towards 

 the top : petiole winged to the base; capsule globose, smooth, subsessile. — Stem angular : 

 branchlets and racemes pilose; leaflets 3"-4" long, penninerved: petiole foliaceous, 4 

 broad, tapering towards the divisions : stipules minute, roundish ; racemes spiciform, sub- 

 sessile, exceeded by the petiole ; flower . . . ; capsule brown, polished, with three obsolete, 

 filiform, longitudinal keels, 12'" long, 10'" broad, 3(-l)-spermous; seeds crustaceous, 

 purple-black, obovoid, 3 times as long as the whitish, bipartite arillus : cotyledons fleshy, 

 semiglobose, contiguous, scarcely incurved at the top. — Hab. Trinidad !, Gr. 



15. P. sphaerocarpa, Rich. Leaves impari-pinnate, dotted with pellucid, branched 



