SAPINDACEA. XIV. Cuvanta. XV. Hareruia. 
allusion to the 2-parted appendages of the petals). Labill. nov. 
cal. t. 51. Petals 5, orbicular, furnished each with a bifid ap- 
pendage on the inside. Stamens 8. Capsules coriaceous, 3- 
valved, 3-seeded. 
31 C. etau’ca (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 29.) hairy ; 
leaflets 1-2 pairs, lanceolate, glaucous beneath; flowers panicled. 
h.G. Native of New Caledonia. Dimeréza glaúca, Labill. 
nov. caled. t. 51. Diplopétalum glaúcum, Spreng. syst. append. 
p. 150. Capsule triquetrous, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 
Glaucous-leaved Cupania. Shrub 9 feet. 
l Sect. VI. Tina (from ric, revoe, tis, tinos, who, what; at the 
time the name was given it was uncertain to what genus the 
plants belonged). Corolla of 5 hairy scales. Stamens 5, in- 
serted in the base of the pistil. Capsules 2-valved, narrowed at 
the base, pear-shaped. 
_ 82 C. cupantoiprs (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 28.) leaves 
Impari-pinnate ; panicles axillary ; capsules obcordate. h. S. 
Native of the Mauritius? Gelonium cupanioides, Geert. fruct, 
2. p.271. t. 139, Tina cupanioides, D.C. prod. 1. p. 614. 
Cupania-like Cupania. ‘Tree 20 feet. 
83 C. Mapagascartr’nsts (Pet. Th. gen. mad. no. 4. under 
Tina,) capsules acuminated ; leaves alternate, conjugate, or ab- 
ruptly and impari-pinnate, with woody petioles; flowers panicled. 
h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Cult. The species of Cupània will thrive well in a mixture 
of sandy loam and peat ; and ripened cuttings will root in sand 
under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 
XV. HARPULIA (Harpula is its vernacular name at Chit- 
tagong). Roxb, fl. ind. 2. p. 441. 
Lin, syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 
alternate with the stamina. Stamens 5. Style short. Stigma, 
?-lobed ; lobes reflexed. Capsule 2-celled; seeds solitary, 
arillate. Disk fleshy, villous. A small tree, with abruptly-pin- 
nate leaves, with from 4-6 pairs of entire, ovate-lanceolate, op- 
Posite, or alternate leaflets, and axillary, solitary panicles of small 
pale-yellow flowers. 
1 H. cupantoipes (Roxb. l.c¢.). k. S. Native of the hills 
hear Chittagong. 
Cupania-like Harpulia. Fl. April. Tree 20 feet. 
è ina A mixture of loam and sand will answer this tree well, 
ne ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Š XVI. BLI'GHIA (in honour of Captain William Bligh, R.N. 
© first carried the bread-fruit trees to the West Indies). 
nig, in ann. bot. 1806. 2. p. 571. D. C. prod. 1. p. 609.— 
fesia. Tuss. antill. (1808) p. 66.—Bonannia, Raf. specch. 
(1814) 15. p. 115. 
IN. Syst. Octándria, Monogýnia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
ve scarcely appendiculate on the inside? Stamens 8. Style 
he? Short. Stigmas 3. Carpels 3, connate, fleshy, opening at 
lar apex. Seeds solitary, seated on a large fleshy aril.—A 
pe with habit of Sapindus or Cupdnia. 
tive of G PDA (Koen. l.c. 2. t. 16. and 17.) h.S5S. Na- 
est I umea, from whence it has been introduced into the 
D. 66 ndies and South America. Akeèsia Africàna, Tuss. antil. 
'>> t3. Bonánnia nítida, Raf. specch. 15. p. 116. Akēe, 
Dube, hort: jam. 2. p. 335. 
A aa ent, Leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, veiny. ‘This 
tri esteemed African fruit-tree, with reddish or yellowish 
es, about the size of a hen’s egg, with the aril of the seed of 
p erateful subacid flavour. In the West Indies it is considered 
Olesome, 
ra ury Akee-tree. Fl. Mar. Clt. 1793. Tree 30 feet. 
his tree is greatly esteemed for the excellence of 
its frui . , 
fruit, both in Guinea and the West Indies. It will thrive 
XVI. Bucur. 
Rachis of leaves not winged, - 
XVII. Tausia. 669 
XVIII. STADMANNIA. 
well in a mixture of loam and peat. Ripened cuttings, not de- 
prived of any of their leaves, will strike root in sand under a 
hand-glass, in heat. The tree has never been brought to a 
flowering state in this country. 
XVIIL TALI'SIA (Toulichi is the name of T. Guianénsis in 
Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 349. D.C. prod. 1. p. 609. 
Lin. syst. Octándria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. 
Petals 5, each furnished with a densely pilose scale above the 
base, nearly equalling the limb. Disk very fleshy, occupying 
the whole bottom of the calyx, regular, crenulated. Stamens 8, 
inserted between the margin of the disk and the ovary. Stigma 
sessile, obsoletely 3-toothed. Ovary 3-4-celled, with the ovulæ 
fixed to the bottom of the cells.—Trees or shrubs with exstipu- 
late, abruptly pinnate leaves, with alternate leaflets. Flowers 
disposed in racemose panicles. | 
1 T. wexapny’txa (Vahl. ecl. 2. p. 29.) racemes simple; calyx 
equal in length to the petals ; leaflets 2-3 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, 
shining, smooth on both surfaces. h. S. Native of South 
America. 
Six-leaved Talisia. Tree 20 feet. 
2 T. Morus (Kunth, mss. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 48.) 
racemes decompound, panicled; calyx shorter than the petals ; 
leaflets 5 pairs, oval-oblong, acuminated, with the nerves and 
nervelets hairy beneath. h.S. Native of South America. T. 
Guianénsis, D. C. prod. 1. p. 609. exclusive of the synonymes. 
Soft Talisia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 feet. 
3 T. Gurane'nsis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 340. t. 136.) racemes 
decompound ; calyx shorter than the petals; leaflets many 
pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, quite smooth on 
both surfaces. h. S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne. G. 
glabra, D. C. prod. 1. p. 609. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Guiana Talisia. Shrub 4 feet. 
4 T.? actapopea (D. C. prod. 1. p. 609.) trunk simple ; 
racemes terminal; leaves abruptly pinnate; leaflets oblong- 
linear, acuminated. h.S. Native of Peru in groves. Acla- 
dodea pinnata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 133. t. 29. syst. p. 
262. Tree with the habit of a palm. Female flowers unknown. 
Unbranched Talisia. Tree 40 feet. 
Cult. These trees will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and large cuttings, not deprived of any of their leaves, 
will strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XVIII. STADMA’NNIA (in honour of Stadmann, a Ger- 
man botanical traveller). Lam. ill. t. 312. D.C. prod. 1. p. 615. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-toothed. Pe- 
tals wanting. Stamens 8. Ovary oblong. Style very short. 
Stigma trigonal. Berry globose, 1-celled, 1-seeded from abor- 
tion.—Trees with impari-pinnate leaves, and elongated, spike- 
formed racemes of small whitish flowers. 
1 S. smero’xyton (D.C. prod. 1. p. 615.) leaves alternate, 
with 3 or 5 pairs of ‘alternate, large, oval, oblong, coriaceous, 
emarginate, smooth, shining leaflets ; racemes panicled, elon- 
gated, terminal. R. S. Native of the island of Bourbon, 
it is called Bois de fer, as well as of Amboyna. Arbor 
where 1 
paldrum alba, Rumph. amb. 3. t. 65. The wood of this tree 
It is very knotty, 
is very hard and heavy, of a reddish colour. 
and is therefore very difficult to cut. It 1s commonly used for 
stakes or pales. Cupania sideréxylon, Cambess. 
Tron-wooded Stadmannia. Tree 66 feet. 
2 S. AUsTRA' LIS ; leaves alternate, with 2 or 3 pairs of large, 
oblong, retuse, rather coriaceous, opposite leaflets, with an odd 
one; young leaves and branches covered with rusty down ; ra- 
cemes terminal? h.G. Native of New Holland. 
Southern Stadmannia. Cult. 1820. Tree 60 feet. 
Cult. Trees with very shewy, large, pinnate leaves. They 
will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, or a light, loamy 
