84 SAPINDACEAE. [Cardiospermum. 
into 3 cocci, each coccus Se by two filaments of the 6-partite axis. 
ip aces -convex, brownish. 
. Maui! — - parca collected by the late Mr. E. Bishop. Leaf like that of 
wontarts daria 
4. G. vitifolia, ‘eras Bot. U. 8. E. Exp. p. 283. — A prostrate cirrhiferous 
shrub, the inflor. axillary, the cirrhi from the axils of the uppermost 
leaves and involute. Stipules acute, 1”, leaves broadly ovate and 
cordate, 3—5‘ > 21/2—3!/2‘, on petioles of 6—14“, acuminate or obtuse, 
coarsely crenate or lobate with glandular tips, glabrous, membranous, the 
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basal sinus broad and the lowest nerves pedate. Flowers glomerate in 
long cas spikes of 2—4’, the rhachis, calyx and capsule rusty-tomentose. 
Mature capsule on a pedicel of 1°‘, subglobose, 4—5‘’ in diameter, 
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3-winged in its entire length, with rs wings slightly projecting above. 
Oahu! Kaala range (Waianae and Makaleha). 
Orper XXIII. SAPINDACEAE. 
Sepals 4 or 5, imbricate, free, or rarely united into a cup-shaped calyx. 
Petais as many or one fewer or none, free, hypogynous, imbricate, having 
often a scale on the inside inserted near the base. Stamens 5—10, or 
rarely up to 20, often 2 less than twice the number of sepals, inserted 
within, upon, or rarely outside a hypogynous disk, which is sometimes 
reduced to 1 or more glands. Anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise. 
Ovary free, 3 gore or Ste! 2- or 4-celled. Ovules 1 or 2 or rarely more 
in each cell. § many as ovary- celle, usually more or less united. 
Fruit either a iciccss capsule, or indehiscent and succulent, or se 
parating into winged nuts. Seeds San arillate. Albumen none. Embryo 
curved or twisted or rarely eee with thick cotyledons sometimes 
completely united into a fleshy mass. Radicle next the hilum. — 
shrubs, or climbers, or rarely per Leaves generally alternate, rarely 
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er, chiefly tropical. In cultivation the Ae achakic Litshi. 
pene dissected sepals and petals 4; fruit a bladdery capsule; 
seed 1. Cardiospermum. 
Leaves esate entire: sepals and petals $: fruit of 1-3 cocci ; 
seed. : 2. Sapindus. 
Leaves abruptly pinnate; fruit of 10 occ ; seed a rillate 3. Mahoe. 
cinta wanting; fruit a winged oe bey breaks away from 
4. Dodonaea. 
1. ee : 
Flowers Sega. sagem Sepals 4, imbricate, the two outer ones small. 
Petals 4, pairs, the two larger ones with a large scale, the two smaller 
ones ss a crested scale. Disk reduced to 2 prominent giands opposite 
