Staphylee.] . LI. SAPINDACEZE. : 418 
natus. Stamina 5, basi disci extus inserta, filamentis basi dilatatis. Ovarium ad basin 
2-8-partitum, lobis discretis liberis 1-locularibus sessilibus; styli totidem, conniventes, 
stigmatibus capitatis; ovula juxta suturam ventralem l v. 2 superposita. Follieuli 1-3, 
basi calycis persistentis cincti, patuli, coriacei intus 2-valves, l-spermi. Semina arillata, 
testa ossea, albumine carnoso; cotyledones orbieulares, plans, radicula infera.—Frutices 
glaberrimi, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita, stipulata, stipulis deciduis, imparipinnata, 
foliolis coriaceis serrulatis stipellatis. Panicule terminales, ramis oppositis alternisque. 
Flores parvi. 
Species 2, Japoniee. —Walp. Rep. ii. 826. : 
73. 'Purpinia, Vent. Choiv, Pl. t. 81. (Dalrymplea, Rozb. PI. Corom. iii. 75. t. 279. 
Lacepedea, JH. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 142. t. 144. Ochranthe, Lóindl. Bot. Heg. 
t. 1819. Eyrea, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 331.)—Flores regulares, hermaphro- 
diti. Calyx 5-fidus, imbrieatus, persistens. — Petala 5, orbieularia, sessilia, imbricata. 
Discus elevatus, crenatus v. lobatus. Stamina 5, basi disci extus inter lobos disci inserta, 
filamentis complanatis. Ovarium sessile, 3-lobum, 3-loculare; styli 3, coaliti v. liberi, 
stigmatibus subcapitatis; ovula in loculis pauca v. plurima et 2-seriata, adscendentia, 
anatropa. Fructus subglobosus, cicatricibus stylorum discretis coronatus, indehiscens, 
dense carnosus v. coriaceus, -locularis, loculis oligo- v. polyspermis. Semina pendula v. 
axi horizontaliter affixa, angulata, compressa, testa crustacea v. ossea, hilo magno, endo- 
pleura membranacea, albumine carnoso; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis.— 
Arbores v. frutices glabrs, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, exstipulata, imparipinnata 
v. rarissime simplicia, petiolo ad nodos contracto, foliolis oppositis serrulatis interdum 
stipellatis coriaceis. Panieulz patentes, terminales et axillares, ramulis oppositis, Flores 
parvi, albi. 
Species ad 8, montium Indiw orientalis et Archipelagi Indiei, Chine, Indis occidentalis Ame- 
riezque australis provineiarum borealium incole. DC. Prod.ii.3. Walp. Hep.i. 028; ii. 826; v. 
401: Ann.i. 188. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat.i. pars ii. 593. Wight, Ic. t. 912. 
Onpo LII. SABIACEZ. 
Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 167 a. —MxL10SMEX, Endl. Gen. Pl. 1075; Planch. in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 4. iii. 296, 
Flores hermaphroditi v. polygamo-dioici Calyx 4-b-partitus, imbricatus. Petala 4-5, 
sequalia v. inzqualia, petalis alterna v. opposita, imbricata. Discus parvus, annularis, 
lobatus, rarius elevatus. Stamina 4—5, basi disci v. supra torum imposita, petalis opposita, 
libera v. eum petalis cohzrentia, rarius omnia zqualia et fertilia filamentis crassiusculis, 
smpius 2 perfecta petalis interioribus minoribus opposita, et 9 ananthera sepe squamz- 
formia, filamentis perfectorum clavatis v. obeuneatis. 4ntÀere didymse, loculis connectivo 
Crasso diseretis et rima transversa v. calyptra decidua dehiscentibus, polline minuto glo- 
boso. Ovarium sessile, 2-3-loculare, compressum v. 2-9-lobum ; styli laxe v. arcte cohze- 
rentes apice stigmatosi v. stigmata punctiformia apicibus loborum ovarii sessilia subdisci- 
formia. Ovula in loculis l v. 2, superposita v. collateralia, horizontalia v. pendula, raphe 
ventrali, micropyle infera v. ab hilo remota, — Fructus carpella 1-2, drupacea v. sicca, inde- 
hiscentia, swpius subglobosa, apicibus sepissime deflexis, in Sabia compresso-reniformia, 
endocarpio crustaceo v. osseo l-spermo. Semina compressa v. globosa, hilo lato basi loculi 
affixa, testa membranacea v. coriacea. Embryo exalbuminosus v. strato tenuissimo albuminis 
test adhsrente indutus; cotyledones crassiusculee, rugoste v. membranaces, complicato- 
contortuplicat:e ; radicula infera, deflexa, apice versus hilum adscendente. 
Frutices arbores v. arbusculm glabrz v. pilosm. Pili si adsint simplices. Folia alterna, 
exstipulata, simplicia v. pinnata, integerrima v. serrata, penninervia, Inflorescentia varia, 
issi aniculata. Flores parvi v. minimi, rarissime majusculi, 
P P 
Species ad 32, regiones tropieas et subtropicas precipue hemispheerii borealis incolentes. Sabiacese 
ab affinibus omnibus discrepant inibus- petalis i is et iis oppositis. JMeliosma Anacar- 
diaceis et Sapindaceis relata est, sed ab utrisque differt non solum staminum positione sed 
