Sapindus.] XLiv. sapindace.f. (baker). 431 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Rvjipell. 



I have not seen the Abyssiaiau phmt, but judging from tlir dLscripliou it may be i»afily 

 referred here. 



2. S. xanthocarpus, Klobsch in Petern Mosmmb. Bot. 119. Varies 



from a shrub to a larj^c tree with stroni^, woody, tt^rcte, slifrlaly jrrry-dowMy 

 branches. Leaves sessile or nearly so, the rachis narrowly winged' with \ 

 or 5 pairs of nearly sessile oblong leaflets, which are \ -1 in. apart, 1^-2 in. 

 long, i-1 in. broad, the apex rounded and often emarginatc, the edge entin-, 

 the base also rounded, texture coriaceous, colour bright green, both sides 

 glabrous, veins and veinlets in relief beneath. Flower:} in ample terminal pa- 

 nicles sometimes 1 ft. long, with woody spreading branches and flowers 

 crowded upwards; pedicels very short. Calyx 2 lines long; the sepals 4-5, 

 unequal, oblong, blunt, concave, matted with fine, drab, silky tomentum, 

 white towards the border. Petals spathulate, equalling the sepals in num- 

 ber and length, with a small villose scale above the claw. Stamens 12-15. 

 Pruit subcarnose, 2-3-lobed, the lobes globose, golden-yellow, nearly glabrous 

 when mature. 



Mozamb. Distr. From the lower part of the Zambesi along the Shire as far inland 

 as Lake Nyassa, Peters, Drs. Meller and Kirk ! 

 Native name N'talala. 



11. DEINBOLLIA, Schum. et Thonn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 



i. 405. 



Flowers regular, polygarao-moncEcious. Sepals 5, roundish, conceive, 

 coriaceous, broadly imbricated. Petals 5, obovate or orbicular, equalling or 

 exceeding the calyx, woolly or scaly at the base. Disk complete, annular, 

 elevated. Stamens 8-24, inserted within the disk, uni- or mulliserial, the 

 filaments filiform and hairy; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2-3-partite to 

 the base, the lobes subglobose, 1-celled, the style thick, central, erect, straight 

 or twisted, with a long stigma. Ovules solitary in the cells, affixed to the 

 axis at the base. Fruit 1-3-lobed, the lobes smooth, globose, coriaceous. 

 Seed globose with a fleshy arillus and coriaceous testa, the cotyledons un- 

 equal, thick, plano-convex, the radicle shortly accumbent. — Trees. 



Confined to W. tropical Africa. 



Stamens 24 . 1— ^- ""»>••'>• 



Stamens 16 2. Z). cmnftfoha. 



Stamens 8. 



Petals exceeding the calyx 3—'^ ptnnata. 



Petals equalling the calyx ^ ^- lannfohn. 



1. D. insignis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigril. 250. A tree 20-25 ft. high with 

 glabrous, terete, strong, woody branches. Petiole 6-8 in. long, the leaflets in 

 about 6 not quite opposite, subsessile pairs, 2-3 in. apart, which are oblong, 

 8-10 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, the point acute, the base rounded, the eilge 

 entire ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides pale green and quite glabrous, the 

 veins and veinlets raised beneath. Flowers in copious panicles with sub- 

 racemose branches, the central one in one of our specimens 2 a. long ; pe- 

 dicels 1 line or less long, thick, coriaceous. Flowers ] in. long ; the sepals 



