454 XXXVIII. sAPiNDACEiE, [^Dijjloglottis. 



arillus. — A tree, witli large pinnate leaves, more or less villons-tomcntose. 

 Mowers not very small, iu large axillary panicles. 



The genus is limited to a single species, endemic iu Australia. 



1. D. Cunninghamii^ Ilooh.f. in BentTi. and HooJc, Gen. Fl. 395. A 

 tree of 30 to 40 ft., the yoifng branches, petioles and inflorescence densely 

 clothed with a soft rust-coloured tomentuni. Leaves veiy large, sometimes 

 exceeding 2 ft.; leaflets 8 to 12, opposite or irregularly alternate, oblong- 

 elliptical to ovate-lauccolate, acute or obtuse, usually 6 to 8 in., but some- 

 times above 1 ft. long, glabrous above, pubescent underneath, with raised 

 parallel pinnate veins. Flowers numerous, on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines, 

 clustered along the branches of the ample panicle. Calyx about 1^ lines 

 long, rusty-tomentose. Petals about as long as the calyx, orbicular, thin, 

 ciliate, the two inner scales not united, about as long as the petal itself, but 

 thicker, and very hairy. Stamens exserted in some specimens, shorter than 

 the petals in others. Fruit about ^ in. diameter, tomentose. — Catania Cim- 

 ningltamii^ Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4470. 



Queensland. Brisbane river. A, Canninglmm ; also in Zeic/i/mrd^'s collection. 



N. S. MTales. Hunter's River, H. Brown ; Hastings river, A. Cunningham^ Fraser^ 

 Beckler ; Clarence river, Wiicoa: ; Illawarra, Ralston. With the habit and fruit of a Cu- 

 jiania, this plant has the ilowers of a Paullmia. 



3. EEIOGLOSSUM, Blume. 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals 5, broadly imbricate, the two outer ones 

 smaller. Petals 4, the place of the fifth vacant, the scale hirsute with a 

 terminal lobed appendage. Disk one-sided, lobed. Stamens 8, turned to 

 one side, unequal. Ovary S-lobed, 3-cclled ; style slender, obscurely 3-lobed ; 

 ovules solitary in each cell. Fruit divided to the base into 3 ob loner indehis- 

 cent lobes. Seeds without any arillus; testa membranous, embryo straight; 

 cotyledons thick, — Trees with phuiate leaves, more or less toiuentose. 

 Flowers not very small, in cymes or clusters along the branches of terminal 

 panicles. 



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The genns contains very few species, natives of tropical Asia and Africa ; one of the most 

 widely spread extending into Australia, It differs from Sapindus, us Bij'^logloiiis from 

 Cupanla, m the irregular ilowers, 



1. £• edule. Blame, Bijdr. and RninjMa^ iii. 119, /. 166, A tall tree, 

 the young shoots, petioles and inflorescence more or less hoary or rusty with 

 a close tonieutum. Leaflets 8 to 12, elliptical-oblong or rarely ovate- 

 lanceolate, more or less aciuninate, 3 to 4 or rarely 5 iu. long, glabrous above, 

 pubescent undcTnrath, with prominent parallel pinnate veins. Flowers 

 numerous. Sepals orbicular, rather thick, pubescent outside, the inner larger 

 ones about Ij lines diameter. Petals rather longer, the scale shorter than the 

 petal, very haiiy in the lower part, the terminal glal)rous appendage expanded 

 either into 2 lobes or in a broad fringed erect crest, but very vanable. Fruit 

 not seen in the Australian specimens, — Sapindus ntbiginosus, Eoxb. Pl- 

 Corom. i. 44, t. 62 ; W. and Am. Prod. 112, with the synonyms quoted. 



N- Australia. Brunswick Bay, N.W. coast, J, Cunu'wgham, The species is widely 

 spread over iropical Asia and the ludiau Archipelugo. 



