SAPINDACEAE. XIII. Movunista. XIV. CUPANIA. 
Disk incomplete, 4-lobed, with the lobes opposite the petals. 
Stamens 8, excentral, connate around the ovary at the base. Pistil 
excentral. Style crowned by a somewhat 5-lobed stigma, seated 
between the lobes of the ovary. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled; cells 
l-ovulate. Capsule 3, or from abortion only 2-lobed, 2-3- 
celled, opening at the cells into 2-3 valves.—T'rees with exsti- 
pulate? abruptly-pinnate leaves; leaflets alternate or opposite. 
Flowers racemose, white. 
1 M. Curanoipes (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 40. t. 2.) 
leaves with 5-7 pairs of oblong, somewhat acuminated, stalked, 
entire leaflets, which taper to both ends; racemes compound, 
terminal. h.S. Native of Timor and Java. Sapindus fraxi- 
nifdlius ? D, C. prod. 1. p. 608. 
Cupania-like Moulinsia. Tree. 
2 M. rusrernésa ; petioles villous; leaves with many pairs 
of opposite, nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, 
entire, nearly smooth leaflets; panicle terminal, composed of 
humerous simple racemes. h. S. Native of Pulo-Penang 
and Coromandel. Sapindus rubigindsus, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 44. 
t.62. Calyx of 5 unequal sepals. Petals 4, white, appendi- 
culate at the base ; appendages furnished with 2 transverse lines 
of white hairs. Stamens villous, 8, unequal, incumbent. ‘This 
tree is called Ishyrashy among the Telingas. The wood is very 
useful for various purposes, being large, straight, strong, and 
durable, towards the centre it is of a chocolate colour. 
Rusted Moulinsia. Clt. 1821. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit these 
nko and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, 
In heat. 
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XIV. CUPA'NIA (in memory of Father Francis Cupani, an 
Italian monk, author of Hortus Catholicus and other botanical 
works, died in 1710). Plum. gen. p. 49. t. 19. Pers. ench. 1. 
p. 413. D.C. prod. 1. p. 612.—Trigonis, Jacq. amer. 100. 
Molinæ'a, Juss. gen. 245.—-Guida, Cav. icon, 4. p. 49.—Dime- 
teza, Labill. nov. cal. t. 51.—Gelonium, Gertn. fruct. 2. p. 271. 
—Tina, Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 985.—Ratonia, D. C. prod. 
L. p. 618.—Mischocárpus, Blum. bijdr, 238. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft or 5- 
parted. Petals 5, each furnished with a small scale above 
the base (perhaps always) rarely wanting. Disk occupying the 
ttom of the calyx, regular, entire, or crenulated. Stamens 
10, or from abortion 9-5, inserted between the margin of the 
disk and the ovary. Style trifid or undivided. Capsule pear- 
shaped, 2-3-sided, 2-3-valved, 2-3-celled. Seeds erect, aril- 
te.—Trees or shrubs with exstipulate ? abruptly-pinnate leaves, 
or from abortion simple ; leaflets opposite and alternate. Flowers 
whitish, in racemose panicles or racemes. 
Secr. I. TRIcòNIS (from rpeic, treis, three, and yoria, gonia, 
‘n angle; the petals are of the form of a triangle). Jacq. 
amer, 100. Petals convolutely cucullate at the apex.—American 
Species, 
1 C. tomentosa (Swartz, fl. ind. oce. 2. p. 657.) leaflets 3-4- 
pairs, obovate, retuse, clothed with fine rusty tomentum beneath, 
‘errate-toothed at the top of the lateral nerves; outer leaflets 
procs h.S. Native of Hispaniola, Guadaloupe, and on the 
anks of the river Magdalena in woods. Trigonis tomentosa, 
scq. amer. 102.—Plum. ed Burm. t. 110. C. Americana, Lin. 
etals yellowish, triangular, and hairy on the inside. 
omentose-leaved Cupania. Clt. 1818. Tree 30 feet. 
leaflet. Excr'isa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 125.) 
eo ets usually 5 pairs, oblong, bluntish, remotely toothletted, 
Na smoothish above, but pubescent beneath. R.S. 
tive of Mexico on the mountains. 
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Tall Cupania. Clt. 1824. Tree 60 feet. 
8 C. verna'tis (St. Hil, fl. bras. 1. p. 387.) leaves with 5-6 
pairs of oblong, sharply-serrated leaflets, which taper to the base, 
smooth above and puberulous beneath ; calyx tomentose. h. S. 
Native of Brazil in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, where it 
is called Cambuata. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled. Flowers decan- 
drous; filaments pilose. 
Spring Cupania. Tree 20 feet. 
4 C. rupnorrroria (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 388.) leaves with 
4-5 pairs of oblong, entire, smoothish leaflets, which are narrowed 
at the base; calyx permanent, puberulous; fruit pubescent. 
h. S. Native of Brazil. Capsule pear-shaped, 2-3-lobed, 
2-3-celled. 
Euphoria-leaved Cupania. Shrub. 
5 C. panicura’ra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 388. t. 80.) leaves 
with 5 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets, rounded at the base, 
dentately serrated, shining above but tomentose beneath; calyx 
tomentose. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes. ` Flowers octandrous. Filaments pilose. 
Panicled-flowered Cupania. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
6 C., rarironia (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 126.) 
leaflets 2 pairs, obovate-oblong, retuse, repandly toothed, smooth, 
but hairy on the veins beneath. 4.S. Native of an island in 
the river Magdalena, called Isla de Brugas. Fruit unknown. 
Broad-leaved Cupania. Tree 40 feet. 
7 C. scrosicuta'ta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
127.) leaflets 4 pairs, oblong, retuse, remotely and sharply 
toothed, somewhat membranaceous, smooth, scrobiculate at the 
origin of the veins beneath. h.S. Native of New Granada 
near Turbaco. This species comes very near C. glabra. 
Scrobiculate-leaved Cupania. ‘Tree 20 feet. 
8 C. reticuLa’ra (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 41.) leaves 
with 2-3 pairs of elliptical, short-acuminated or rounded at the 
apex, entire, stalked, reticulately veined, smooth leaflets ; calyx 
permanent, 5-parted, tomentose ; capsule obcordate, pear-shaped, 
3-lobed, tomentose. h.S. Native of Guiana. Flowers dis- 
posed in large, spreading, racemose panicles. 
Reticulated-leaved Cupania. Tree. 
9 C.cra‘pra (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 659.) leaflets 3-4 pairs, 
ovate, obtuse, crenated, smooth, acuminated at the base. h.S. 
Native of Jamaica, where it is called Loblolly-tree, and St. Do- 
mingo in the mountains. ; 
Smooth Cupania. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. Tree 14 feet. 
10 C. emareina'ta (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 386.) leaves with 
2-3 pairs of obovate, subcuneated, emarginate, entire, smooth 
leaflets; calyx deciduous; fruit smooth. h. S. Native of 
Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro. Capsule obcordate, 2- 
celled, 2-valved. 
Emarginate-leaved Cupania. Tree 15 feet. i 
11 C. zantuoxyxoipes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 386. t. 79.) 
leaves with 2-3 pairs of obovate-oblong, dentately-serrated, 
smooth leaflets, which are narrowed at the base, smooth above 
and tomentose beneath ; calyx permanent, tomentose ; fruit pu- 
bescent. h. S. Native of Brazil near the town of St. Paul. 
Capsule pear-shaped, 3-lobed, 3-valved. . 
Zanthoxylon-like Cupania. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
12 C. saroxa'ria (Pers. ench. 1. p. 413.) leaflets 5-6 pairs, 
oblong, tapering to both ends, entire, scabrous and pubescent 
beneath. .S. Native of the West Indies. C. saponarioides, 
Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2 p. 661. 
Saponaria-like Cupania. FI. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tr. 20 ft. 
13 C. Pore rtu (Kunth, ann. des scienc. nat. 1. p. 457.) 
leaflets usually 4 pairs, oblong, acute, coriaceous, smoothish, 
shining above; branches and panicled racemes covered with 
rusty tomentum, h. S. Native of Trinidad and Guadaloupe. 
Robinia rubiginòsa, Poir. syst. veg. 3. p. 247. 
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