on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IV. 175 
error came into so excellent a work I cannot say; but that it is an error there 
is no doubt, as Rheede neither mentions spines in his description, nor repre- 
sents them in his figure. 
I shall here annex a full description of the Sapindus above alluded to, as 
probably being a plant described by Plukenet (Phyt. t. 14. f. 6.). This will 
besides show the real structure of its fructification, so as to render evident the 
distinction between it and Euphoria, Scytalia, Molinea, Schleichera, and other 
kindred plants. : : 
SAPINDUS EMARGINATUS. Willd. Sp. Pl. 11.469 ; Hort. Beng. 29; Enc. Méth. vi. 
664. 
Arbor prunifera sphzerulas saponarias ferens tetraphylla, ex India Orientali. 
Pluk. Alm. 47. 
Ritha Hindice. 
Habitat ad Magadhe pagos. 
Arbor mediocris ramulis teretibus, pubescentibus. Folia alterna, abrupte pin- 
nata, bi- seu tri-juga. Foliola opposita, oblonga, utrinque obtusa, apice 
subretusa, integerrima, costata, venis minute reticulata, supra pilis bre- 
vissimis raris, subtus densis longis pubescentia ; inferiora breviora. Rachis 
teres. Petiolus communis brevissimus, pubescens, basi incrassato teres : 
partiales brevissimi, rachi crassiores. Stipule nulle. 
Panicula terminalis, erecta, foliis brevior, conferta, ovata, constans e racemis 
pluribus multifloris, sparsis. Pedicelli sparsi, uniflori, ad medium squa- 
mula una vel altera bracteati. Flores albidi, parvi. 
Calyx pubescens, ultra medium quinquefidus laciniis obtusis, concavis, in- 
aequalibus, fundo tectus disco hypogyno, quinquecrenato, plano. Petala 
quinque, obovata, crenis disci inserta, calyce breviora, simplicia, utrinque 
pilis intus longioribus crinita. Filamenta octo, pilosa, petalis breviora. Ger- 
men trilobum, tomentosum. Stylus trisulcus. Stigma acutum, simplex. 
Drupe carnose, tres (una vel altera nonnunquam abortiva), obovate, tomen- 
tose, absque receptaculo sibi parietibus intus membranaceis coadunate, 
supra mucrone communi brevi instructz, luteæ. Caro crassus, spongio- 
sus, saponaceus, e putamine facile secedens. Putamen nigrum, politum, 
subrotundum, compressum, ad latus interius derasum, crassum, corneum, 
