60 XXXIX. SAPINDACEA. 
H. alata, B. and Z., the only species, is a resiniferous tree, with abruptly 
pinnate leaves, the common petiole winged. Panicles axillary, short; 
flower reddish, velvety. It is common in woods in the Eastern district and 
at Natal. 
5. SAPINDUS, Linn. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-parted or of 5 imbricating 
sepals. Petals 4, 5, 6, naked or bearded on the base inside, 
or having a scale above the claw. Stamens 8-10, rarely more, 
inside an annular disk. Ovary 2-4-lobed, 2-4-celled; style 
1; stigmas 3. Fruit fleshy or leathery, of 3 (or 1-2) oblong 
or globose, indehiscent cocci— Fl. Cap. i. p. 240. 
Trees, with pinnate or (rarely) simple, leathery leaves. Flowers in 
axillary racemes or terminal panicles.—3 Cape species, found in the Hastern 
district and at Natal. ; 
TripE 2. Doponrem. (Gen. 6-8.) 
6. DODONEA, Linn. 
Flowers deciduous. Sepals 2-5, imbricate or valvate. Pe- 
tals O. Disk in the male obsolete, in female small. Stamens 
5-8, central; filaments very short; anthers linear-oblong, 
bluntly 4-angled. Ovary sessile, 8-6-angled, 3—6-celled; style 
3-6-fid ; ovules in pairs. Capsules membranous or leathery, 
2-6-lobed, the lobes dorsally winged.— #7. Cap. 1. p. 241. 
A large genus, chiefly Australian.—2 South African species, one of them 
dispersed, the other at Natal. Leaves simple, obovateablong, lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, glabrous, often gummy. Flowers racemose, green. 
7. PTEROXYLON, E. and Z. 
Flowers polygamo-diccious. Sepals 4, short, obtuse. 
Petals 4, at first erect, slightly imbricate, then spreading, con- 
cave. Disk annular, 5-crenate. Stamens 4, at the base of the 
disk ; filaments glabrous; anthers oblong. Ovary compressed, 
obcordate, 2-celled ; ovules solitary ; styles 2 or connate in 1; 
stigma capitate. Capsules compressed, 2-lobed at apex, cor- 
date at base, 2-celled, 2-seeded, at length 4-parted. Seeds 
compressed, with a membranous wing.—/. Cap. i. p. 242; 
Thes. Cap. t. 17. 
P. utile, E. and Z., is a tree (Sneezewood) with pinnate leaves, the leaf- 
lets unequal-sided, in 5-8 pairs. Racemes panicled, axillary, shorter than 
the leaves. Woods in the Hastern district. 
8. AITONTIA, Linn. f. 
Calyx deeply 4-parted, slightly imbricate, deciduous. Pe- 
tals 4, much longer than the calyx, erect, oblong, sessile, con- 
volute-imbricate: Stamens 8, hypogynous, monadelphous, 
exserted ; filaments declinate, subulate, flat, their dilated bases 
