134- SAPINDACEAE 337 



mucilage, oil, poison, and medicaments ; the seeds serve as ornaments 

 and lor making buttons and rosaries. (Including Dittelasma Hook.) 



Sapindus T.. 



Sepals more or less united, narrowly imbricate or valvate in bud. Fruit 



furrowed or lobed, indehiscent lo 



10. Calyx shortly bell- or top-shaped ; sepals united at the base only. Petals 



with a 2-crested scale. Stamens 6 — 8. Pericarp crustaceous or leathery. 



II 



Calyx deeply urn-shaped or almost globular ; sepals united high up. 



Pericarp more or less fleshy 12 



11. Disc obliquely cupular. Ovary 2-celled. Sepals imbricate in bud. Petals 



with a very broad scale. Shrubs. Leaflets 10. — Species i. Madagas- 

 car Plagioscyphus Radlk. 



Disc not cupular. Ovary 3-celled. Leaflets 4 — 8. — Species 7. West 

 Africa. (Under Erioglossum Blume) Pancovia Willd. 



12. Stamens 12 — 15. Petals sessile ; scale adnate below by the margin, 



bearing a short crest. Ovary 6 — 8-celled. Trees. Leaflets lo — 12. 



— Species i. West Africa (Cameroons). . . . Glossolepis Gilg 



Stamens 6 — 8. Petals clawed 13 



13. Scales of the petals adnate below by the margins, bearing an incurved 



crest ; claws elongate. Calyx subglobose, shortly toothed. Ovary 

 7-celled. Trees. Leaflets numerous. — Species i. West Africa 



(Cameroons) Radlkofera Gilg 



Scales of the petals adnate by a ridge, more rarely free. Ovary 3 — 4- 

 celled, rarely 7 — 8-celled, but then petals with a free and crestless scale. 

 Species 10. West Africa. Some have edible fruits. Chytranthus Hook. fil. 



14. (4.) Petals absent 15 



Petals present 23 



15. Sepals 4 — 6, united at the base only, valvate or almo.st valvate in bud , 16 

 Sepals 5, united high up 19 



16. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. Sepals 4. Leaves with 4 — 6 leaflets. — 



Species i. Madagascar Crossonephelis Baill. 



Stamens 5 — 8. Ovary 3-celled 17 



17. Flowers in racemes or panicles. Sepals 4 — 5, hairy outside. Stamens 



7 — 8. Seeds without an aril. Leaves with 4 — 6 leaflets. — Species 2. 



Central Africa Melanodiscus Radlk. 



Flowers in clusters. Stamens 5, rarely 6^7, but then seeds with an 

 aril 18 



18. Stamens inserted inside the disc ; filaments short, not exceeding the 



calyx ; anthers hnear. Sepals 5 — 6, hairy above. Seed i, with an 

 aril. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 4 — 10 leaflets. — • Species 2. East 



Africa Haplocoelum Radlk. 



Stamens inserted at the edge of the disc, 5 ; filaments long, much exceeding 

 the calyx ; anthers oblong or oval. Sepals 5. Leaves with a narrowly 

 winged rachis. — Species 4. Central Africa. . Pistaciopsis Engl. 



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