988 L. AMPELIDEZE, 
3. zeea, Linn. Mant. 194. (Aquilieia, Linn. Mant. 211. Ottilis, Gertn. Fruct. i. 275. 
t. 57.)—Calyx 5-dentatus. Petala 5, basi inter se et cum tubo stamineo connata, revoluta. 
Tubus stamineus conieus urceolaris v. subglobosus, subinteger v. 6-lobus v. 5-partitus, fauce 
nuda v. membrana annulari semi-clausa, filamentis inter lobos tubi insertis introflexis ; 
anthere v.libere exsertw, v. tubo incluse. Ovarium disco insertum, 3-6-loculare ; stylus 
brevis, stigmate incrassato; ovula in loculis solitaria. Bacca 3-6-locularis. Semina erecta, 
testa dura, tegmine inter plicas v. rugas albuminis cartilaginei immerso; embryo parvus, 
rectus v. lente eurvus, cotyledonibus ovatis v. subfoliaceis, radicula coniea.—A rbores parvi 
v. frutices, ramulis sepius striatis v. suleatis rarissime aculeatis. Folia alterna, pinnata 
v. 2-8-pinnata, foliolis integerrimis v. serratis, petiolis basi dilatatis vaginantibus stipul- 
formibus. Pedunculi oppositifolii, nunquam cirriferi, cymoso-decompositi. Flores parvi v. 
majusculi, rubri flavi v. virides. 
Species ad 20, Asiz et Africze tropieze et ins. Masearensium incole, in Australia rare. DC. Prod. 
i.635. Walp. Rep. i. 44; v. 378: Ann.i. 187. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars ii. 610, e£ Suppl. i. 518. 
Wight, Ill. t. 58: Ic. t. 78, 1194. — Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5299. 
Onpo LI. SAPINDACEZ. 
Sari nAcE x, Endl. Gen. 1066; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 382.  AcrniNxz, Lindl. Gen. 1055; Lindl. Veg. 
Kingd.387. SrAPmvrEACE, Endl. Gen. 1084; Lindl, Veg. Kingd. 381. MerrNTHEE, Endl. 
Gen. 1165.  Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 479. 
Flores stepissime polygamo-dioici, regulares v. irregulares. Sepala 4-5, rarissime 0 v. 
plura, libera v. plus minus connata, szepe inzqualia, imbricata, rarius valvata. Petala O v. 
3-5, rarissime plura, eequalia v. insequalia, postico non raro minore v. deficiente, intus sepe 
squamata v. barbata, imbricata. Discus varius, completus v. incompletus, non raro uni- 
lateralis, rarissime deficiens. Stamina 8, rarius 5-10 (rarissime 2, 4 v. 19-oc), sepissime 
hypogyna et intra discum inserta, unilateralia v. circa ovarium disposita, recta v. declinata; 
rarius supra discum v. circa basin disci inserta; filamenta sepissime elongata, filiformia v. 
subulata, sepe villosa. 4nfhere oblong:», didym:e, v. lineari-A-gonre, basifixce v. versatiles, 
Ovarium centricum v. excentrieum, integrum lobatum v. ad basin fere partitum, 1—4- scepius 
3-loeulare. Stylus terminalis v. inter lobos ovarii basilaris (rarissime styli 2-4), simplex 
v. divisus, rectus v. declinatus, nune tortus; stigma smpissime simplex.  Ovwla anatropa, 
campylotropa v. amphitropa, in loculis 1, 2 v. rarius plura, axi affixa, adscendentia, raphe 
stepissime ventrali cum micropyle infera, rarissime horizontalia v. inversa, funiculo spe 
tumido. uctus capsularis v. indehiscens, drupaceus baccatus v. coriaceus, integer v. 
lobatus, rarius e samaris 2-3 compositus, rarissime achsznium siccum, indehiscens v. varie: 
dehiscens, septis valvisque inter se v. cum axi centrali varie coh:erentibus v. solutis. Semina 
globosa v. compressa, arillata v. nuda; testa varia, interdum ossea; exalbuminosa, v. in 
AMeliantheis Staphyleisque albuminosa. Embryo swpissime crassus, non raro plicatus v. 
spiraliter convolutus; cotyledones swpissime plano-convexse, inzquales, maximse, interdum - 
conferruminatz, collaterales v. superposite ; radieula brevis, inflexa, infera, descendens v. 
ad hilum readscendens. 
Arbores swpe elatz, rarissime suffrutices v. subherbacese, interdum scandentes v. volu- 
biles et cirriferze, succo sepissime aqueo, rarissime amaro. Folia sepius sempervirentia, 
alterna, exstipulata v. rarius stipulata, composita, abrupte pinnata, petiolo nune excres- 
cente; foliola varia, in paucis pellucido-punetulata. Inflorescentia varia. Flores swepissime 
pro plantis parvi, inodori, coloribus inconspicuis. Fructus in paucis edulis. 
Species adhue eognitz inter 600 et 700 enumeravimus, sed plurimsm adhue indescripte v. no-- 
mine tantum notz v. pessime limitatz. Ordo per totum fere orbem dispersus, inter regiones tropicas 
copiosissimus, inter temperatas rarior et generibus paucis tantum notus, e frigidis omnino exsul. 
Sapindacez proxime affines sunt Celastrineis, eum quibus mediantibus Staphyleis arcte junctee 
sunt, differunt pro maxima parte foliis szepissime compositis, floribus ssepe irregularibus, staminibus 
ráro eum petalis isomeris intra discum insertis, calyce sepe amplo e sepalis liberis, filamentis longi- 
oribus, embryoneque ssepe eurvo: ab 4nacardiaceis differunt floribus irregularibus, ovario rarissime 
