126 - SAPINDACEiE. 



Arytaa, Bl., is not sufficiently distinguished by having minute petals. 



19. R. apetala, Gr. Leaves opposite: leaflets 3-8-jugal, obliquely opposite, not 

 dotted, lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, glabrous ; panicles terminal and axillary, puberulous, 

 polygamous ; petals ; stamens 8, exserted : anthers subglobose ; style 3-fid at the top ; 

 capsule 3-lobed, stipitate, coriaceous. — Rich. Cub. I. 32. — Cupania, Mac/. I C. oppositifolia, 

 Rich. C. juglandifolia, Rich, (except the leaves). — A middle-sized tree ; leaves exstipulate : 

 leaflets 3"-2" long ; flowers minute, %'" long ; disc and pistil villous ; capsule glabrous, 

 reddish, 8"' long, 6'" broad above : cells obovate-compressed, 4'" long, as long as the cylin- 

 drical carpophore, with the lobes divergent and dehiscent above the contracted, septiferous 

 axis : seeds compressed, roundish, black, with a yellowish-white arillus at the base. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Mac/., Wils., Al., in mountain- woods ; [Cuba] . 



8. SAPINDUS, L. 



Sepals 5 (-4), imbricative. Petals as many. Stamens 8 (4-1 0) : disc complete. Peri- 

 carp fleshy, 3 (-4)-coccous, or usually by abortion 2-1-coccous : carpids indehisceut : seeds 

 bony, not arillate. — Trees ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; racemes paniculate. 



20. S. Saponaria, L. Leaflets alternate, 5-4-jugal, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, 

 pubescent beneath : rhachis broadly ivinged ; panicle pubescent ; petals...; carpids globose, 

 1 (-4). — Carpids black. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., common ; [Venezuela!]. 



21. S. inaequalis, DC. Leaflets alternate, 5-3(-l)-jugal, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 or lower ones elliptical, glabrous : rhachis marginate, or naked ; panicle pubescent ; petals 

 ciliate, bearing a minute scale ; carpids globose, usually solitary by abortion. — Desc. FL 4. 



• t. 261. — S. Saponaria, Lane, Rich. Cub. S. Forsythii, DC. ? — Carpids 8'" diam., shining- 

 brown. — Hab. Antigua!, Nichols.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba, Venezuela!, Brazil!]. 



9. SCHMIDELIA, Sw. 

 (Allopbylus, L., Bl.) 



Sepals 4. Petals 4. Glands 4, opposite the petals. Stamens 8. Pericarp 2(-3)- 

 coccous, or usually by abortion 1-coccous : carpid indehiscent or opened by rupture, 

 crustaceous within : seeds with a membranaceous testa, not arillate. — Trees or erect shrubs ; 

 leaves ternate {or \-foliolate) ; racemes axillary, often divided ; flowers fasciculate. 



" 22. Schm. Cominia, Sw. Branchlets, petioles, leaf-nerves, and racemes rusty- 

 velutinous ; leaflets 3, petiolulate, elliptical, serrulate with accumbeut serratures above the 

 middle, glabrous between the ribs above, pubescent or glabrate beneath ; racemes divided, 

 twice as long as the petiole ; petals naked ; style bifid at the top ; carpids globose-obovoid, 

 orange-coloured. — Si. t. 208./. 1. — Rhus, L. Rh. arborea, DC. {ex syn. SI., non Macf.) 

 — A low or middle-sized tree, or a shrub ; leaflets variable in the number and size of the 

 serratures ; carpids somewhat dry, sessile, 2'" long, 1^'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica ! : all 

 coll., common in the lower hills ; [Cuba !, Haiti !] . 



23. Schm. glabrata, Kth. Glabrous ; leaflets 3, petiolulate, elliptical, quite entire, 

 or repand ; racemes divided, nearly as long as the petiole ; petals naked ; style . . . ; carpids 

 obovoid. — A tree ; leaflets 5"-3" long, bluntish, or pointleted with a blunt point ; carpids 

 somewhat dry, subsessile, 4"'-3'" long, 2'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, Al., Wils.; [New 

 Granada]. 



24. Schm. occidentals, Sw. Branchlets, petioles, and racemes pubescent ; leaflets 

 3, subsessile, elliptical, sinuate-serrate with spreading serratures, glabrous above, pubescent 

 beneath ; racemes simple, or divided below, as long as or exceeded by the petiole ; petals 

 naked ; style bifid at the top ; carpids obovoid, red. — A shrub ; lateral leaflets oblique ; car- 

 pids somewhat dry, subsessile, 4"'-3'" long, 2'" broad. — Hab. S. Lucia!, S. Vincent!, 

 Anders.; [Cuba! to Minas Geraes!]. 



10. THOUINIA, Poit. 



Sepals 4-5. Petals as many, naked. Stamens 8-10: disc complete. Samara 3, at 

 length separating from each other : wing dorsal. Seeds with a membranaceous testa, not 

 arillate. — Trees or shrubs ; racemes axillary. 



