676 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



4. D. xanthocarpa (Klotzsch) Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 

 247, 304 n. 104, 367, 369 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzehfam. III. 5. (1895) 298; 

 Taubert in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ostafr. G (Pflanzen Verzeichnis, 1895) 250. — Sapindus 

 xanthocarpa Klotzsch in Peters Reise Mossamb. Bot. I. (1862) 119!; Bak. in Oliv. 

 Fl. trop. Afr. I. (1868) 431!; Walp. Ann. VII. 4. (1869) 629. -Vulgo: Sikiribända 

 t. Peters 1. c; N'talala t. Baker 1. c. — Frutex ramosus vel arbor magna; rami teretes, 

 subtiliter lenticelloso-punctati, glabrati, cinerascentes; folia breviter petiolata 4 — 5- . 

 juga, rhachi marginata superne angustexalata sparsim puberula, foliola ex oblongo 

 subcuneata, apice rotundata, immo subemarginata, sensim angustata, basi oblique 

 obtusata petiolulis perbrevibus insidentia, margine leviter undulata, infima plerumque 

 perparva, ovalia. folii basi approximata, omnia membranaceo-chartacea, nervis late- 

 ralibus approximatis oblique patulis subtus prominulis, reti venarum parum conspicuo, 

 glabriuscula, opaca, cano-viridia, epidermide mucigera; paniculae subterminales, pauci- 

 ramosae, flavescenti-sufferrugineo-tomentosae, rhachi ramisque thyrsoideis sat dense 

 dichasia subsessilia gerentibus; alabastra globosa, e chryseo canescenti-tomentosa; 

 flores inter majores, brevissime pedicellati; sepala 5, interiora margine petaloideo 

 (praeter cilias) glabra; petala ut in D. oblongifolia; discus generis; stamina 12 — 16, 

 villosa; fructus 3- vel abortu 2 — 1-coccus, coccis obovoideis sparsim pilosis maturis 

 subglabratis aureis; semen ut in antecedentibus; embryo ut in D. oblongifolia, sed 

 cotyledones aleuro, oleo et amylo copioso farctae. 



Frutex 7 — 9 pedes altus. Rami 4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 1 — 2 cm longo adjecto 

 ad 30 cm longa, foliola superiora ad 8 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata, infima 1 — 2 cm longa, 

 7 — 10 mm lata. Paniculae 15 — 30 cm longae. Alabastra diametro circ. 5 mm. Fructus 

 cocci 1,4 cm longi, 1 cm lati, flavidi, pericarpio seminibusque edulibus (t. Peters I.e.) 



In ora Mosambicensi et secus flumina Zambesi et Shire usque ad lacum Nyassa: 

 Peters! (Rios de Sena, m. Nov. 1845, fr.; Hb. Berol.); Kirk! (Zambesi, Lupata, m. 

 Mart. 1857, flor.; Hb. Berol.); id.! (Zambesi inter Sena et Tette, a. 1858; Hb. Berol.); 

 Melier! (Hb. Kew.). 



5. D. pinnata (Poir.) Schumach. et Thonn. 1. in lit. gen. c. (1827, 1829)!; Guillem. 

 1. ibid. c. (1831); Walp. Rep. V. (1845-1846) 371; Hook. f. et Benth. Fl. Nigrit. in 

 W. Hook. Niger Fl. (1849) 249, coli. Vogel!, c. syn. Prostea pinn. Gamb.; Baker in 

 Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. I. (1868) 432, char. emendand.!; Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayeF. 

 Akad. VIII. (1878) 300 n. 44, p. 359, 369 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 

 III. 5. (1895) 316. —Ornitrophe pinnata Poir. in Lam. Enc. bot. VIII. (1808) 266 (»Hb. 

 Desfont«. !). — Schmidelia? pinnata DC. Prodr. I. (1824) 611, adj. obs. »an potius 

 Talisiae sp.?«; Spreng. Syst. II. (1825) 223 excl. syn. »Pometia Forst.« et patriae 

 indic. »Nov. Hebrid.« — Talisia sp.? DC. 1. c. — Prostea pinnata Gamb. in Mem. 

 Mus. d'Hist. nat. XVIII. (1829) 25 et 39 t. 1 f. C (»e Guinea, comm.Vahl; Hb. Juss.! 

 et Desfont.«!); Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 665; Walp. Rep. I. (1842) 416. — ? Sapindus 

 guineensis Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 666; Walp. Rep. I. (1842) 417; cf. Radlk. in 

 Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 300 n. 44 et p. 358, ubi huc potius quam (c. 

 J. Hook, in W. Hook. Niger Fl. [1849] 249) ad Aphaniam senegalensem recensenda 

 dicitur. — Pometia pinnata (non Forst.) Jacks. Ind. Kew. III. (1894) 630, sub 

 Prostea (eodem errore captus ac Spreng., cf. supra). — Vulgo: Badimanoplä t. 

 Schumach. et Thonn. — Frutex subramosus erectus vel arbor parva; rami teretes, 

 striati, juveniles subtomentosi, denique glabrescentes, lenticelloso-punctati, cortice 

 cinereo; folia 5 — 9-juga, longiuscule petiolata, rhachi tereti striata pubescenti, foliola 

 elliptica vel oblonga, saepius breviter acuminata acumine ipso obtusiusculo, basi ^ 

 rotundata vel subacuta petiolulis brevissimis insidentia, chartacea, nervis lateralibus 

 oblique ascendentibus subtus prominentibus pilis setaeeis laxe adspersis, reti venarum 

 conspicue prominulo, supra glabra laeviuscula, laete viridia, epidermide mucigera; 

 paniculae axillares vel terminales, saepius amplae, pyramidales, ferrugineo-tomentosae, 

 rhachi sulcata ramisque thyrsoideis dense dichasia multiflora breviter stipitata vel 



