on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IF. 175 



error came into so excellent a work I cannot say ; but that it is an error there 

 is no doubt, as Rheede neither mentions spines in his description, nor repre- 

 sents them in his figure. 



I shall here annex a full description of the Sapindus above alluded to, as 

 probably being a plant described by Plukenet {Phyt. t. 14. y. 6.). This will 

 besides show the real structure of its fructification, so as to render evident tlie 

 distinction between it and Euphoria, Scytalia, Molbicea, Schleichera, and other 

 kindred plants. 



Sapindus emarginatus. fVilld. Sp. PL ii. 469 ; Hort. Beng. 29 ; Enc. M^th. vi. 

 664. 

 Arbor prunifera sphaerulas saponarias ferens tetraphylla, ex India Orientali. 



Pluk. Aim. 47. 

 Ritha Hindice. 

 Habitat ad Magadhse pagos. 



Arbor mediocris ramulis teretibus, pubescentibus. Folia alterna, abrupte pin- 

 nata, hi- seu tri-juga. Foliola opposita, oblonga, utrinque obtusa, apice 

 subretusa, integerrima, costata, venis minute reticulata, supra pilis bre- 

 vissimis raris, subtus densis longis pubescentia ; inferiora breviora. Rachis 

 teres. Petiolus communis brevissimus, pubescens, basi incrassato teres : 

 partiales brevissimi, rachi crassiores. Stipulce nullse. 



Panicula terminalis, erecta, foliis brevior, conferta, ovata, constans e racemis 

 pluribus multifloris, sparsis. Pedicelli sparsi, uniflori, ad medium squa- 

 mula una vel altera bracteati. Flores albidi, parvi. 



Calyx pubescens, ultra medium quinquefidus laciniis obtusis, concavis, in- 

 iequalibus, fundo tectus disco hypogyno, quinquecrenato, piano. Petala 

 quinque, obovata, crenis disci inserta, calyce breviora, simplicia, utrinque 

 pilis intus longioribus crinita. Filamenta octo, pilosa, petalis breviora. Ger- 

 men trilobum, tomentosum. Stylus trisulcus. Stigma acutum, simplex. 



Drupce carnosae, tres (una vel altera nonnunquam abortiva), obovatse, tomen- 

 tosse, absque receptaculo sibi parietibus intus membranaceis coadunatse, 

 supra mucrone communi brevi instructse, lutese. Caro crassus, spongio- 

 sus, saponaceus, e putamine facile secedens. Putamen nigrum, politum, 

 subrotundum, compressum, ad latus interius derasum, crassum, corneum. 



