8d, SAPINDACEAE. 131. 



Stamens 4 — 5. Ovary superior. 1 celled. Ovules 2, pendulous, 

 inverted, with a dorsal raphe. Style 1 or 0. Fruit a drupe. Seed 

 1. 3 genera 4 species. 



1. Flowers in spikes, unisexual. Perianth 4 parted. Climber. 



1 PYRENACANTHA. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx and corolla 



present. Trees or shrubs. 2. 



2. Petals free. Sepals usually united high up. 2 APODYTES. 



Petals united. Sepals united only at base. 



3 CASSINOPSIS. 



1. PYRENACANTHA Hook. "umSekelo." 



scandens Planch. Coastbelt bush. Climber. 



2. APODYTES E.M. "umDakane." 



dimidiata E.M. Tree. Common all over. 



3. CASSINOPSIS Sond. (Shrubs.) 



capensis Sond. Midlands. Fairly common. "Hlazane." 

 tinifolia Harv. Coastbelt. Rarer. "Mamba-eli-hlaza." 



FAMILY 89— SAPINDACEAE 



Trees, shrubs or rarely herbs. Leaves alternate, usually com- 

 pound. Flowers polygamous or unisexual. Calyx 4 — 5 parted. 

 Petals 4 — 5 or 0. Stamens 4 — 24, usually 8, inserted within the 

 disc. Ovary superior, 2 — 8 usually 3 celled, sometimes only 1 fer- 

 tile. Ovules ,1 — 2 in each ovary cell. Curved. Style 1. Seeds 

 exendospermic. 6 genera 10 species. 



1. Ovules 2 or 3 in each cell of ovary. 2. 



Ovules 1 in each cell of ovary. 3. 



2. Petals present. 3 HIPPOBROMUS. 

 Petals absent. Fruit a winged capsule. 6 DODONAEA. 



3. Herbaceous climber. Fruit a winged capsule. 



1 CARDIOSPERMUM. 



Trees or shrubs. 4- 



4. Leaves pinnate. 4 SAPINDUS. 

 Leaves simple or trifoliolate. 5. 



5. Sepals 4. 2 ALLOPHYLUS. 

 Calyx 5 lobed. 5 PAPPEA. 



L CARDIOSPERMUM L. 



halicacabum L. Coastbelt herb. "iKambileziduli." 

 2. ALLOPHYLUS L. (Schmidelia L., Allophyllus Gleditsch.) 



1. decipens Radkl. Coast and Midlands. "umCandotambo." 



2. erosus Radkl. Sand dune shrub. Abundant. 



3. melanocarpus Radkl. (S. africana DC). Coast and 



Midlands. "umHloshazana." 



4. monophyllus Radkl. Coast and Midlands. "Hlaguti." 



"maTandazana." 



