Molincea. octandria monogynia. 243 



round or oval, considerably flattened ; interior half 

 yellow, in the middle of \\ hich is a large whitish, flat 

 umbilicus ; exterior half of a smooth, shining-, chesnut 

 colour, across which is a trifling groove, marking the se- 

 paration of the transverse cotyledons. Perisperm none. 

 Embryo transverse. Cotyledons conform to the seed. The 

 Plumula and Radicle together form a minute, round spot 

 in the centre of the cotyledons, the former pointing to the 

 umbilicus, and the latter to the circumference, (centrifu- 

 gal.) 



MOLINjEA. Juss. 



Calyx five-parted. Corol tive-petalled, unequal. Fila- 

 ments woolly, ascending over the small petal. Capsule 

 three-celled, three-valved. Seed solitary. 



1. M. canescens. Willd. 2. 329. Corom. pi. I. N. 60. 



Leaves abruptly- pinnate ; leaflets two pair, obtuse. 

 Racemes on the leafless branchlets. Style single ; stigma 

 three-toothed, 



Teling. Korivee. 



Sapindus tetraphyllus. Vahl. Symb. 3. 54. 



A native of the Circar mountains, and flowers about 

 the time the Sapindus does. 



Trunk not straight, but thick. Bark ash-coloured, a 

 little scabrous. Branches numerous, spreading in every 

 direction. Leaves alternate, abruptly-pinnate, sometimes 

 ternate, about six or eight inches long. Leaflets opposite, 

 generally two-pair, oblong, entire, smooth, shining, firm, 

 five or six inches long, and two or three broad. Petioles 

 round, four or five inches long. Racemes many, simple, or 

 compound, from the extremities of the last, or two last 

 years' leafless branchlets round the base of the present 

 year's shoots. Flowers small, white, fascicled. Calyx in- 

 ferior, five-parted. Petals five, four large, and standing on 



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