Sapindaceae. 
SAPINDUS L. 
Sepals 5, round or ovate, concave, either small, glabrous @ _ petaloid, or larger, and 
densely villous outside, the two outer — aller. Petals usually ensely to mentose outside, 
ach w with a scale at the base. Dise annular, rarely incomplete: stament 8 (10) free, at 
aity hairy. Fruit of 3 to 1 cocci, indehis iscent, with coriaceous exocary shy 
containing saponine, putamen chartac ceous. Seeds. globose or ellipt teal, with a hard ans 
testa. Embryo oily. Large or medium sized trees with numerous leaflets and occasionally 
winged rhachis, one inwaliacy. asics only with simple leaves. Flowers in terminal and 
axillary panicles 
A genus of eleven species, mainly medium-sized or large trees, occuring in 
tropical and sub-tropical countries, with the exception of Africa and New Hol- 
land. All species of Sapindus have leaves consisting of many leaflets, with the 
exception of one species occurring in these islands, which has simple and entire 
leaves. 
Sapindus Saponaria, described by Linnaeus, is found in America in many 
forms, which have been mistaken for different species. 
The genus is represented in these islands by two species, while one other 
occurs. in the Viti (Fiji) Islands. The species of Sapindus found in Tahiti, the 
Marquesas, and Easter Island, is identified by some botanists with the already 
mentioned 8. Saponaria L. 
KEY TO THE SIJ'ECIES. 
aves abruptly ate re sree epee nie ue Cetera oe ee et ne S. Saponaria 
Lose BEM: -ONLINS. Ss eT ee re eee S. Oahuensis 
Sapindus saponaria L. 
A’e and Manele. 
(Plates 104, 105, 106.) 
SAPINDUS SAPONARIA L. Spec. pl. ed. 1 (1753) 367;—Forst. re (1786) 178;— 
DC. Prodr. I. (1824) hl L. ite Suds. (1836) No. 1534;—Seem. Fl. Vit. (1866) 
47 ;—Del Cast. Ill. FI. . Mar. Pacif. VI. (1 ge 148, et FI. Polyk. Frane. (1893) 
35;—Radlk. in Engl. ee Pie ntl erie III. 5. (1896) "315, fig. 164.—-S. microcarp, 
Jardin Hist. Nat. Des Waraaues (1858) 25—S, Th Thurstonii Rock Bull. Hawaii 
Board Agric. and For. I. (1911) 6, fig. 2, pl. 
‘ deciduous tree; leaves mescti, leaflets opposite or an oe alternate, the sharks 
slightly marginate or wi nged i ung ‘leav es; leaflets subsessile in 4 to 6 pairs, chartace 
ous, elliptical-oblong, slightly ae 6 to 12 em Rest 2 to 3.5 em wide, acu amiinte: 
rounded at the base, glabrous above, tomentose underneath; the pubescent panicles ter- 
nal, about 12 em long; flower-buds green, strongly pubescent; fruits consisting of 1 to = 
lobo t i iam. ich are connate, or when single bear the rudi- 
ments of abortive ones; pericarp iets groin pergameneous, pale, sia 
a me “fedldiah brown or black, 10 to 12 n diam. with a long testa bearing n 
S of hair at the base (in the Hawaiian qicekss saa: 
The A’e or Manele is a very beautiful tree, attaining a height of about 80 
feet, when growing in the middle forest zone at an elevation of 4000 feet. 
The bark on young trees is of a light-brown color and smooth, and falls off 
in large scales from mature trees, exposing the smooth inner layers. 
The leaves are abruptly pinnate, light-green, and have a winged rhachis 
when young. The small flowers are on terminal panicles and of a yellowish 
olor. The berries are round, and two or three may be found attached to each 
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