[I. SAPINDrS. 



FlM. 33. SAPINDACEA. 



Trees or sb?»bs rarely herbs -with alternate exstipnlate 

 BimDle or compound leaves. Fls. small usually polygamous, 

 regular or usually more or less irregular. Calyx 4-8-lobed 

 or sepalous, val\ ate or imbricate in bud. Petals aa many 

 as, or fewer than, the calyx lobes or 0, often bearded or 

 squamate at the base. Stamens 4-10, very commonly 8, 

 inserted inside rarely outside the disc, often decimate ; 

 anthers 2-celled basifixed or versatile. Disc sometimes 

 ■unilateral, rarefy in male flowers. Ovary entire or lobed, 

 often excentric usually 3- (4-2) celled ; cells 1-2- rarely more- 

 ovuled. Ovules axile ascending. F%uii capsular or indehi- 

 8cent, sometimes bladdery, entire, febed or winged. Seeds 

 often arillate, usually exalbuminous. Embryo stout, some- 

 times spiral or plicate. 



St. insetfM inside the disc. L. compound. 



Trees. Pet. 4-5. St. 8-10 . . . 1. Sapindus. 

 Tree. Pet 0. St. 4-8 .... ' 2. Schleichera. 

 Climbing herb ... .3. Cardiospermum. 



St. inserted outside the disc in Herm. H. Disc 



OinM. L. simple A shrub 4. Dodonma. 



To this family also belongs the Litchi (Nephelium Litchi, Comb.), in 

 which only 1 lobe of the ovary usually develops fruit. The part eaten it 

 the aril. 



1. Sapindus, Plum. 



Trees with pari-pinnate leaves and entire leaflets. Fls. 

 Bub-regular with 4-5 imbricate sepals and 4-5 petals which 

 are furnished with a scale at the base. St. 8-10. Filaments 

 usually pilose. Ovary 2-4-angled or lobed, 2-4-celled. Style 

 with a 2-4-lobed stigma. Ovule 1 in each cell. Fruit fleshy 

 or coriaceous, of 1-3 more or less distinct indehiscent carpels. 

 Seed wit bout arillus. 



Neither of the following two species are indigenous. A saponaceous 

 principle is contained in the pulp of the fruit which is largely used in the 



?lace of soap, and to which it is preferred for the washing of certain 

 abrics. 



Ovary tofentose. Leaflets 2-3 pair . . 1. trifoliatus. 

 Ovary glabrous. Lflts. 5-8 pair ... 2. M ukoroiai. 



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