sapindacEjE. 155 



yellow glandulose thickening at the dupHcature. Glandules 2, 

 hypogynous, short, thick. Stamens 8 ; filaments monadelphous 

 at the base, nearly as long as the petals. Rudiments of the 

 pistil consisting of a small villous ovary, and short style, con- 

 cealed in the centre of the stamens. ^ Flowers persistent. 

 Calyx and corolla as in the barren flowers. Stamens shorter 

 than the styles ; anthers ovate, white, apparently abortive. 

 Ovary 3-gonal, 6-lineated, villous : styles 3, erect, shorter than 

 the petals : stigmata obtuse. Fruit pedicelled, subglobose, 

 inflated, sub-3-alate, 6-lineated, hispidulous, 3-celled : cells 1- 

 seeded. 



This species is nearly allied to C. Molle, but is distinguished 

 from it by the leaves not being sharply serrato-incised, and by 

 the hairs not being appressed. It is very diff"erent from C. 

 HALicACABUM, with which it has hitherto been confounded. 

 According to Barham the seeds are narcotic ; bruised in water 

 and applied externally, they relieve the pain in gout, and are 

 useful in chronic afi^ections of the joints ; and mixed with sugar 

 they may be given for cough. The decoction of the root is 

 mucilaginous and somewhat nauseous, and has the reputation of 

 being lithontriptic. 



2. Cardiospermiim graiidiflorum. Large-Flowered 



Heart-Pea. 



Stem frutescent at the base, petioles and leaves 

 pubescent, leaves triternately divided, glandules 2 

 hypogynous elongated linear, capsules acuminate very 

 large tomentose. 



Swartz, Prod. 64.— FL Ind. Occ. 698. 



HAB. Common in thickets, especially on the lower hills. 



FL. June — October. 



Stem frutescent at the base, subscandent : branches angulose, 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate, petiolate, triternate : leaflets pe- 

 tiolulated, ovate, slightly acuminate at the base, very much so 

 at the apex, deeply serrated with the teeth bluntish, nerved, 

 pubescent : petioles subterete, striated, pubescent. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, elongated, usually longer than the leaf, an- 

 guloso-striated, pubescent, bearing at the apex a compound ra- 

 ceme : branchlets about an inch in length, the 2 lower ones 

 abortive and cirrhose, the others somewhat crowded and 

 whorled, each furnished with a small lanceolate bractea at 

 the insertion, bearing a number of pedicelled white flowers. 

 Flowers polygamous. $ Flowers : deciduous. Calyx with 

 the 2 outer sepals small, roundish : the 2 inner several times 

 larger, oval, concave. Petals 4, subequal, obovate, rounded at 

 the apex : the appendices petaloid, ^ the length of the petals, 

 slightly incrassated at the apex and tipt with yellow, obliquely 



