SAPiyi)ACh\E. AMt'ELIDE.E. oGl 



Stigma linear, often twisted. Cajwilc didymously 2-lobed, chartacoous, not winged. 

 Seeds arillate. 



H. cui'.vxioiDKs, Koxb. Tropical forests of Chittagong and 



Sfreptuntigma riridijlonim, Thw. the Andamans. 



ir. imbrieuta, Thw. 



ZoLLixGKRi.i, Kurz. 



Petah with a woolly scale. Stigma 3-tootlied. Capsule l)y tlilimiug of tlie cell- 

 Trails often 1 -celled, 3- or rarely 2-winged, chartaceoiis. Seeds without arillus. 



Z. JiACROCAEPA, Kz. Trome District. 



The genus is named in honour of the late H. Zollinger, the author of so many 

 valuable botanical papers, which, owing to their being written in the Dutch language, 

 remain almost unknown to the majority of botanists. 



X X Capsule thick or feshy-coriaceous. Flowers irregular, the calgx tubular or 

 hell-shaped. Leaves digitate, opposite. 



^EscuLus, Liinitrus. 



Flowers rather showy. Stigma simple. 



.M. AssAMiCA, Grilf. Upper Tenasserim. 



The Order Saj/i/idiicere, or Soap-worts, is so named from the fruit of Sapindus 

 frothing witli warm water, and being considered a stronger detergent than a similar 

 quantity of soap. Foremost among its useful products may be reckoned tlie Litchi 

 {Nephctium litchi), the Longau (JV\ longanum), and the llambutan (i\^. lappacrum), 

 all delicious and wholesome fruits of China and the Malay countries. Other edible 

 fruits also are yielded by this Order, of less note. A few speci(!S yield valuable 

 timber, as the South African Pteronjlon utile and Sippodromus alata, and the Jio 

 of Burma [Schlcichera trijiiga) ; while coarse strong timber is afforded by Pancovia 

 rubiginosa and several other sjiecics. Isarcotic and poisonous (|ualities prevail in 

 some species, and Serjania hihalis is said to afford the Lecheuquana bee a poisonous 

 honey which causes nuulness, and even death, while Paullinia curaru yielils the 

 arrow poison curaru, used by the natives of Guiana. P. pinnata too is used to 

 stupify tish. Anotlier species, however {P. sorbilis), contains in its seeds a valuable 

 bitter principle named Guarana, and the powdered seeds arc used by the Brazilians 

 to make a refreshing and febrifuge diiuk. 



CELASTRALES. 

 Floioers hermaphrodite, regular. Corolla hypogynous or perigynous. Disk 

 tumid, adnate to the base of the calyx-tube or lining it. tiUimem as many as the 

 petals or fewer, rarely twice as many, perigynous, or inserted outside the disk, or 

 on its edge. Ovari/ usually entire. Ovules one or two on each cell, erect, raphe 

 ventral. Lea res undivided, except in Ampelidece and Stajihgleuccce. 



Order AMPELTDEJi. 

 Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual. Calgx entire, or -l-o-toothcd. 

 Petals 4-5, free, or cohering, valvatc. Stamens -l-o, opposite to the petals, inserted 

 outside of the disk. Pisk free, or adnate to the ovary. Ocarg more or less perfectly 

 2-6-celled, with 1-2 eafSct ovules in each cell. Fruit a berry, the dissepiments 

 frequently di>,;]ipe.iring. Seedf l-('. Albuiiicn ruminate. Leaves alternate, or ojjpo- 

 site, simple or compound, the petiole expanded in a mcmibranous stipule. Flowers 

 small, in leaf-opposed, or axillary inflorescences, never solitary or clustered. 



ViTis, Linnteus. 



Stamens free. Ocarg 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Tendril-bearing 

 climbers. Injlorescenccs branched in the usual way, not dilated and continent ( J'itis). 



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