488 XLii. SAPINDACE.E. [CardiospermuM. 



Fruit unknown ; sepals and petals 4 ; stamens 



outside disc ; stigma discoid . . • i3- Napeodendron 



Fruit dehiscent. 



Sepals imbricate in 2 rows; fruit 3-winged 



or lobed 14. Guioa 



Calyx gamosepalous toothed ; fruit pear- 

 shaped, 3-anglcd, large . . .15- Trigonachras 

 Calyx cup-shaped; fruit cocci separate 

 divaricate. 

 Aril enclosing seed . . . . .16. Arytera 

 Aril with 2 spurs at base; fruit 3-lobcd . 17. Mischocarpus 

 Leaves unequally pinnate ; fruit globose, woody, 



tubercled spiny; no aril , . .18. Paranephelium 



Ovules 2 or more in ovary-cell. 



Leaves simple ; capsule membranous . . 19. Dodon^ea 



Leaves pinnate; petals large; fruit inflated; 



seeds arillate . . . . .20. Harpullia 



1. CARDIOSPERMUM, Linn. 



Slender climbing herbs. Leaves thin alternate, biternate; 

 leaflets coarsely toothed. Racemes axillary, on a long slender 

 peduncle; flowers small white. Sepals 4, imbricate, 2 outer ones 

 small. Petals 4, in unequal pairs, with scales at base. Disc 

 unilateral. Stamens 8, excentric, 4 nearest to disc glands the 

 shortest. Ovary 3-celled; style short trifid; ovules solitary. 

 Capsule membranous, 3-celled and valved inflated. Seeds globose, 

 arillate. Species 30, chiefly tropical America and Africa. 



(i) C. HalicacabTim Linn. Sp. PI. 366; King, I.e. 421. 



Two or 3 ft. or more long. Leaflets deltoid, acuminate, i"5 to 

 2 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide with 5 acute lobes, glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent. Racemes i'5 to 3-5 in. long with a few flowers at the 

 tip and below them, 2 tendrils. Flowers 'ii in. wide. Fruit 

 I in. long and wide. Hah. Common in cultivated ground and near 

 the sea, whole peninsula, from Singapore to Lankawi. Native 

 names : Peria bulan ; Uban Kayu. Use : As a pot-herb. 



2. ALLOPHYLUS, Linn. 



Shrubs, or small trees, rarely climbers. Leaves 3-foliate rarely 

 simple; leaflets serrate rarely entire. Racemes axillary simple 

 or branched. Flowers small numerous globose irregular white. 

 Sepals 4 in opposite pairs hooded imbricate, inner ones larger. 

 Petals 4 small naked or \\dth a shaggy scale above the claw. Disc 

 one-sided with 4 glands opposite the petals. Stamens 8 within the 

 disc. Ovary 2-lobed, 2-celled ; ovules solitary. Fruit a red drupe 

 often bilobed. Species many, all the tropics. All our species 

 have been reduced to A. Cobbe Bl. by Hooker and King, but 

 though very similar in the flower, the habits of the plants are so 

 totally different that it is advisable to separate at least the most 

 distinct forms. Radlkofer Sitzung der Math. Phys. Klasse Kgl. 



