sapindacej:. 12B 



lines •. leaflets 2-jugal, glabrous, ovate or ovate-oblong, with distant, blunt or obsolete ser- 

 ratures above tbe middle : petiole naked below, and with a narrow margin towards the top 

 only ; " capsule globose, smooth" — Leaflets 5 "-3" long, pointleted with a blunt point : 

 petiolar margin tapering downwards, and disappearing above the inferior division ; racemes 

 pubemlous, nearly sessile, as long as the leaves. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guiana : the 

 African habitat in DC. Prodr. being a misprint]. 



Of other Paullinia, said to be West Indian, P. Cururu, L., has ternate leaves ; P. tomen- 

 tosa, Jacq. (Observ. t. 10), has tomentose leaves and capsules. 



5. CUPANIA, L. 



Sepals 5, imbricative. Petals 5. Stamens 8 (-10) : disc complete. Capsule 3(-l)- 

 celled, loculicidal: seeds crustaceous, arillate. — Trees or erect shrubs; leaves pinnate ; 

 racemes axillary. 



16. C. glabra, Sw. Branchlets glabrate; leaflets abruptly 2-5(-8)-jugal, glabrous, 

 alternate, oblong or elliptical, quite entire, or crenate-repand : principal veins 6-10 on each 

 side ; racemes tomentose j petals roundish, naked, as long as the sepals ; stamens 8, ex- 

 serted ; style shortly 3-fid ; capsule glabrous, trigonal-turbinate or subglobose, 3-keeled : 

 cells as long as the carpophore ; seeds globose-subcompressed, semi-immersed within the 

 arillus. — Rich. Cub. t. 31. — C. multijuga, Rich.: a variety with the leaflets 5-8-jugal. 

 C. laevigata, Mia., Seem. !.- the form with the leaflets entire. Sapindus glabrescens, Hook. ! : 

 a form with the leaflets puberulous beneath. — A tree ; "axils of primary leaflet-veins tufted 

 with hairs, or glabrous ; capsule 9'"-10"' long, 8"' broad at the mucronate top . carpophore 

 cylindrical, sometimes dilated above ; seeds brown. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Dist., AL, 

 March, common in the lower hills; [Cuba !, Mexico !, Panama!, Guiana], 



16. C. Americana, L. Branchlets tomentose ; leaflets abruptly 2-4(-6)-jugal, 

 scabrous -pubescent beneath (or glabrate), alternate, obovate-oblong, blunt, serrate or 

 repand : principal veins 10-16 on each side, equidistant; racemes paniculate, tomentose; 

 petals cucullate-cuneate, naked, as long as the sepals ; stamens 8, exserted ; style 3-fid j 

 capsule tomentose, trigonal-subglobose, obtusely 3-keeled : cells much larger than the short 

 carpophore ; seeds ovoid-globose, shining, arillate at the base. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, t. 110; 

 Desc. Fl. 2. t. 89. — C. tomentosa, Sw. -. the form with serrate leaflets. C. saponarioides, 

 Sw. : the form with repaud-entire leaflets. — A tree; leaflets 3 "-7" long, usually with 

 sinuate, mucronulate serratures ; capsule 10'" long and broad : carpophore thickish, cylin- 

 drical, 2"'-3" long ; seeds nearly black, 3 times as long as the yellowish arillus. — Hab, 

 Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr. ; [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!, Venezuela!]. 



C.fulva, Mart. (C. triquetra, Rich. Cub.), is a similar species, ranging from Cuba and the 

 "Virgin Islands to Guiana ! and Pernambuco ! : it is well distinguished by having a sharply 

 3-angular, turbinate capsule. 



6*. BLIGHIA, Keen. 



Sepals 5, imbricative. Petals 5, bearing scales. Stamens 8 : disc complete. Pericarp 

 fleshy, dehiscent, 3-celled : seeds crustaceous, with a large fleshy arillus. — A tree ; leaves 

 pinnate ; racemes axillary. 



18*. B. sapida, Koen.—Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 3 ; Besc. Fl. 8. t. 560.— Cupania, Camb. 

 Akeesia africana, Tuss. — Leaflets 3-4-jugal, obovate-oblong, quite entire, 3" long; flowers 

 pubescent ; petals white, oblong : scale large, bilobed ; stamens exserted, hairy below, in- 

 serted within the entire disc; style 3-fid; fruit red, obovate-oblong, obtnsely 3-gonal, 

 blunt at both ends, about 4" long : seeds black, \ longer than the white, eatable arillus. — 

 Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Dist.; [introduced from Western Africa]. 1^ 



7. RATONIA, DC. emend. 

 (Arytaea, Bl.) 

 Calyx 5-fid, valvar. Petals (-5). Stamens 8 (-10), inserted within the complete disc. 

 Capsule 3 (-1) -celled, 3(-2)-lobed to the middle: lobes subcompressed, cymbiform, dehis- 

 cent above along the dorsal line i seeds crustaceous, arillate.— Trees ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; 

 racemes paniculate. 



