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66. Smelophyllum Radik. 



Smelophyllum Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 330, XX. (1890) 

 243, 285 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 321. 



Flores <$ et $ ($ mentientes) in diversis ramis (planus?). Calyx cupularis, parvus, 

 carnosulus, 5-lobus, lobis ovatis obtusis imbricatis, puberulis glandulisque lepidiformibus 

 obsitis, pellucido-punctatis. Petala 5, obovato-cuneata, membranacea, intus squama 

 carnosula petalo ipso longiore apice crenulata aucta. Discus parvus, annularis, 5-lobus. 

 Stamina 8, subulata; antherae oblongae, basi excisae, introrsae, connectivo mucronulato. 

 Germen 2-, raro 3-lobum, lobis subglobosis, stylo crasso leviter curvato. Gemmulae 

 in loculis solitariae, erectae, apotropae. Fructus capsularis, breviter stipitatus, 2-, 

 raro 3-, vel abortu 1-coccus, coccis subglobosis, carnosulis, glabris, siccis chartaceis 

 secus medianam dehiscentibus, denique plerumque 4-valvis. Semina globosa, erecta, 

 testa coriacea nitida fusco-purpurea, arillo carnoso. Embryo globosus; cotyledones 

 crassae, carnosae, valde curvatae, sese invicem amplectentes (perperam, ut videtur, 

 a cl. Schoenland accumbentes dictae), amylo foetae (oleo nullo); radicula incumbens 

 (ex Marloth 1. infra c). 



Frutex sat altus, ramosus, ramis junioribus nee non foliis pilis brevissimis crispatis 

 glandulisque ferrugineis adspersis, demum decalvatis: glandulae lepidiformes, e cellulis 

 heteromorphis, marginalibus varie arcuatis et prominulis, materia quadam flavida in 

 aqua nee non in alcohol sensim solubili foetis exstruetae. Folia sparsa, breviter petiolata, 

 abrupte pinnata, 3 — 4-juga; foliola subopposita, ex ovali sublanceolata, subacuta, in 

 petiolulos breves basi incrassatos oblique attenuata, latere exteriore angustiore, inde 

 saepius subfalcata, grossiuscule obtuse dentata, margine undulata et subrevoluta, 

 coriacea, reticulato-venosa, reti utrinque prominulo, glabrata, flavo-viridia, punetis 

 pellucidis sat insignibus crebris notata, punetis singulis cellulis singulis magnis globosis 

 vel utriculiformibus materia quadam saponino affini et saponis modo (inde generis 

 nomen) spumam efficiente foetis effectis, epidermide non mucigera. Thyrsi axillares, 

 foliis breviores, spieiformes, dichasia vel cincinnos paucifloros gerentes; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque perparvae, dentiformes. Flores parvi; alabastra globosa. 



Species 1, capensis. » 



Genus fructus indole et dehiscentia folliculari sat affine videtur Nepheliearum generibus Stad- 

 mannia et Pappea ejusdem terrae vel insulae vicinae Mauritii incolis, quorum alterum, Stadmannia, 

 differt floribus apetalis et cellulis saponinigeris nullis, alterum, Pappea, foliis simplieibus. 



S. capense (Sonder) Radlk. 1. c. (1878) 299 n. 19, p. 330, (1895) 321; S. Schönland 

 in Records Albany Museum 11.6.(1913) 459; Rud. Marloth, Fl. South Afr. II. 2. (1925) 

 157, 178 t. 53A. — Sapindus capensis Sonder in Harv. et Sond. Fl. cap. I. (1859 — 1860) 

 240, coli. Drege n. 8266!; Walp. Ann. VII. 4. (1869) 629. — Vulgo: Buig-mij-niet 

 ex Marloth, Fl. South Afr., Suppl. (1917) 117. — Gharacter ut supra. 



Frutex 4—6 pedes altus, 6—10 pedes latus (ex Schönland). Rami florigeri 4 mm 

 crassi, cortice subeinereo glabro. Folia petiolo 1,5 — 2 cm longo adjeeto 10 — 12 cm 

 longa, petiolo rhachique applanata supra linea mediana elevata notatis; foliola 5 — 6 cm 

 longa, 1,5 — 2,5 cm lata. Thyrsi circ. 2 cm longi. Calyx circ. 1 mm altus. Petala circ. 

 1,7 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata. Stamina floris £ 3 mm longa, floris $ dimidio breviora 

 (ex Schönland). Fructus cocci Cerasorum magnitudine (ex Sonder). Semen diametro 

 1 cm (Schönland). 



In Africae australis regione orientali: Eckion et Zeyher (Langekloof, 

 George, altit. 2 — 4000 ped., ex Sond. I.e.); J. F. Drege n. 8266! (loco aecuratius 

 non indicato; fruet. m. Dec, ex Sond.; Hb.Vindob., steril.); id. (Baaken's river valley, 

 Port Elizabeth; Schönland I.e.); T. V. Paterson (ibid.; Schönland 1. c). Huc et? 

 Burchell n. 4357 = 2356! (in a walk by Baaken's River, under Fort Frederic, Algoa 

 Bay, m. Dec. 1813; Hb. Kew.). — »Extends from Langekloof in the George district 

 to Port Elizabeth« (Phillips, Gen. South Afric. Fl. PI. [1926] 391). 



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