284 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Sapindus. 
from three to six inches long, (the exterior largest,) and 
from one to two inches broad. Petioles round, smooth, 
Stipules, or inferior pair of leaflets very remarkable, 
smooth, round cordate, inserted on opposite sides .of the 
base of the common petiole, Inflorescence for the most 
part axillary racemes, though sometimes terminal pa- 
nicles, composed of but few, expanding ramifications. 
Flowers small, with a ferruginous calyx, and white corol. 
Bractes solitary, one-flowered, subulate., Calyx of four - 
smooth, suborbicular, ferruginous leaflets. Petals four, 
suborbicular, rather larger than the calyx, near the base 
of each is a double tuft of wool. Filaments eight, shorter 
than the corol, inserted into a woolly receptacle, which 
also receives the base of the germ. Anthers ovate. 
Germ superior, two or three-lobed, from two to three 
celled, each containing one ovula attached to the bottom 
of the cell. Style none. Stigma large, glandular, two- 
lobed. Berry two or three-lobed, size of a small cherry, 
of a bright, smooth, shining black colour, the pulp isin 
large proportion, and of a pleasant sweetish astringent 
taste. Seeds one in each lobe of the berry. Embryo 
erect, without a perisperm. 
8. S. serratus. R. 
Leaflets numerous, alternate, lanceolate, serrate ; 74> 
chis simple. Panicles subterminal. Petals five, regulat, 
with two very hairy clavate scales near the base. 
A native of the Moluccas. 
