340 134- SAPINDACEAE 



35. Leaves twice pinnate. Petals small. Fruit i-cellcd, indehiscent, witli 



a crustaceous pericarp. Seeds with a membranous aril and a rrustaccous 



testa. — Species 10. Madagascar and East .\frica. Macphersonia Hlume 



Leaves once pinnate 36 



36. Petals with i scale. Seeds without an aril ; testa membranous, leathery, 



or crustaceous 37 



Petals with 2 scales, usually formed by the inflexion of their edges, rarely 

 {'Molinaea) without scales. Seeds with an aril, rarely {Sapindus) without, 

 but then with a bony testa 3 ■ 



37. Leaflets prickly toothed, in several pairs. Stem shrubby. Inflorescences 



springing from the older parts of the stem. Petals with a hooded scale. 

 Disc cup-shaped, crenate. — Species i. Madagascar. 



Cotylodiscus Radlk. 

 Leaflets entire. Stem tree-like. Fruit lobed. 38 



38. Leaflets in 2 pairs. Fruit drupaceous, not separating into mericarps. 



Seeds with a thin testa ; embryo nearly straight. — Species i {A . 

 senc'^alensis Kadlk.). Central Africa. It yields timber and edible 

 fruits which arc also used as a substitute for soap ; the seeds are poison- 

 ous. (Under Sapindus L.) Aphania Blume 



Leaflets in 3 or more pairs. Fruit separating into 2 — 3 berry-like meri- 

 carps. Seeds with a leathery testa. — Species 20. Tropical and 

 South Africa. Some have edible fruits. (Plate 85.) 



Deinbollia Schum. & Thonn. 



39. Petals with large scales. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit capsular. — Species 10. 



Madagascar. (Under Cupania L., Jagera Blume, or Rafonia DC). 



Tina Roem. cS: Schult. 

 Petals with small scales or without scales. Ovary 3-celled 40 



40. Petals very small, with 2 linear scales at the base. Filaments bent twice 



in the bud. Shrubs. Leaflets in 6- — 10 pairs. — Species i. ]\Iada- 



gascar Eriandrostachys Baill. 



Petals small or rather large, with the margins bent inwards at the base 

 or without any appendage. Usually trees 41 



41. Seeds with an aril and a crustaceous testa. Fruit winged, capsular. — 



Species 8. Madagascar and Mascarenes. Some species yield timber 



and medicaments. (Under Cupania L.) Molinaea Comm. 



Seeds without an aril ; testa bony. Fruit not winged, drupaceous or 

 separating into mericarps. (See 9.) Sapindus L. 



42. (34.) Petals without a scale. Stamens 10. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit cap- 



sular, bristly. Climbing shrubs clothed with rust-coloured hairs. 

 Leaflets in 3 — 4 pairs, toothed. — Species i. West Africa. (Under 



Cupania L.) Laccodiscus Radlk. 



Petals with a scale. Trees or erect shrubs 43 



43. Ovary entire. Stamens 10 — 12. Leaves without glands. — Species i. 



East Africa. (Under Deinbollia Schum. & Thonn.) 



Camptolepis Radlk. 



