252 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
semi-unciam longa, extus tomentosa et in vivo (ex Vogel) 
lutea, pericarpio tenuiter carnosa, endocarpio tenui. Semen 
cavitatem fructus implens, arillo mucoso (cujus rudimentum 
jam sub ovulo ante anthesin apparet) involutum. 
The apetalous flowers, and the remains of the stigmate at the 
summit of the fruit, and not lateral, distinguish this genus from 
Sapindus, and bring it nearer to Schleichera, from which it is 
readily distinguished by the calyx, the anthers, and the embryo. . 
l. Dodonza viscosa, Linn.—On the Gambia, Don; Senegal, 
Sieber. 
Don’s specimens, in excellent fruit, are undoubtedly identical 
with the Jamaica plant, which Schlechtendahl, with reason, 
considers as the best entitled to retain the Linnean specific 
name. Sieber’s specimens, which the same botanist establishes 
as a distinct species, under the name of D. Kohautiana, appear 
to be only a slight variety, partly accidental, from the manner 
in which the resinous exudation has dried, so as to give them 
scaly appearance. D. repanda, of Schum. and Thonn., from 
Guinea, is evidently closely allied, but may be distinct. 
The Erioglossum cauliflorum, Guill. et Perr., from Senegam- 
bia, referred by Arnott to the Cupania canescens, Pers., is the 
only other W. African Sapindacea known to me besides the 
following, considered by Planchon as forming with Melianthus 
and Bersama, a distinct Order, Melianthee, but which undoubt- 
edly bears considerable affinity to, if it be not a mere tribe of, 
Sapindacee. ; . 
1. Natalia paullinioides, Planch. (Tas. XXIX) ; foliis cum impari 
7-10-jugis, foliolis oppositis v. passim alternis petiolatis lan- 
ceolatis breviter cuspidatis utrinque acutis glabriusculis 
(nervis subtus tantum pilosulis) remote serrulatis serratus 
incurvis, supra siccitate nigrescentibus subtus pallidis, racemo 
oppositifolio pedunculato plurifloro, bracteis parvis subulatis, 
pedicellis calyce brevioribus v. eum subequantibus, petalorum 
lamina lineari-oblonga cristulis parvulis basi ornata v. nuda, 
ungue pro parte sericeo-albido, stylo inferne piloso stammi- 
busque exsertis.—Sierra Leone, Vogel. 
Frutex (verosimiliter scandens) facie Paullinie. Ramuli pe- 
