( 767 ) 



relation in the case of other species likewise having large winged 

 fruits, such as those of Acer. 



"... Derartige Arl)ei(en eriiielten einen viel grosseren Werth, 

 wenn sie einem Zusanunenliang oder audi nur Paralellismus zwisclien 

 den ahnlichen Verbreitungsniitteln und anderen durchgehenden biolo- 

 gischen Verhaltnissen der betreffenden Ai'ten nachgingen. Eine ganz 

 kleine Untersuchung dieser xA.rt bietet Lubbock ^) in dem er nachweist, 

 dass von 30 Gattungen, ""figured as having seeds or fruits with 

 a long wing, known as a Samara"", alle zu den Baumen oder 

 Kletterstrauchern gehoren, keine einzige zu den niedrigen Krautern" 

 (VOGLER I.e.). 



§ 4. On the geographical distribution, oecological conditions and means 

 of dissemination of the Sapindaceae, growing wild in the highest mountain 

 regions of Java. 



The Sapindaceae, as defined b}- Radlkofer in P]N(iLKR and Pranti/s, 

 Natiirliclie Pflanzenfamilien, consist of about 73 genera with over (500 

 species. Of these only a single species occurs in Java, growing wild 

 in the highest mountain regions, namely Dodonaea vlscosa (Linn) Jacq. 



§§1. S y n n y m s. 



Dodonaea viscosa (LiNN.) Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 19, non Sieber, 

 non Mart. ; Hiern. in Hook. F1. Br. Ind. I, 697 ; Kurz For. B'lora \, 

 287 ; Brandis Indian trees (1906) 186 ; Hassk. PI. Jav. var. 292 ; 

 KooRD. en Taleton Bijdr. Booms. Java IX (1903) 226 ; — D. 

 an</usti/oIia Blanco F1. Filip. ed. I, 312 ; — D. an(/n.stifoiia Linn. 

 F Suppl. 218 ; — D. Burrnanniana Dc. Prod. I, 616 ; — D. 

 CandoUei Bl. ! msc. in Herb. Lugd. Bat. = D. Candoleana Blume ! 

 Rumphia III, 190 ; — D. diolca Roxb. Hort. Beng. (28) ; Fl. Ind. 

 II, 256 ; — D. Domheyana Bl. I in Rumphia III, 189 ; — D. 

 ferrea Jungh. ! msc. forma 1, 2 et 3 in Herb. Lugd. Bat. ; — D. 

 jamaicensis Dc. Rod. I, 616 ; — D. Kingii G. Don, Syst. I, 674 ; 

 — D. latifolia Salib. Prod. 276 ; — D. microcarpu Dc. Prod. I, 

 617 ; — D. montana et littoralis Jungh. in Java I, ed. II 267 ; — 

 D. neriifoUa A. Cunn. ex A. Gray Bot. U. St. Expl. Exped. I. 

 262 ; — D. ohlongifolia Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. I, 381 ; et in 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1051 ; — D. ovata Dum.-Cours. Bot. Cult. ed. II, 7, 

 p. 327; — D. pallida Miq. ! Anal. Bot. Ind. Ill, 7 ; — D. pen^ 



') Lubbock, Flowers, fruits and leaves. London (1886) p. 79 (quoted by 

 VoGLER I.e.). 



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