945 



ORD. XXXII. SAPINDACEAE. 



Beuth. et Hook. Gen. I, p. 389. 



Flores regulares vel irregulares, polygamo-dioici vel rarius herma- 

 phroditi. Sep'ala imbricata 4-5 rarius plura, libera vel plus minus 

 connata, saepe inaequalia. Petala vel 3-5 rarius plura, aequalia vel 

 inaequalia. Discus completus vel unilateralis. Stamina 8 rarius 5 - 10, 

 bypogyna intra vel supra discum inserta. Ovarium centrale vel excen- 

 tricum integrum vel partitum, 3 rarius 1-4 loculare loculis 1-2 oyu- 

 latis. Ovula amphitropa vel anatropa , raphe ventralis, micropyle in- 

 fera. Stylus saepius unicus simplex vel declinatus. Fructus capsularis, 

 vel indehiscens vel samaris 2-3 constans. Semina saepius exalbuminosa 

 arillata vel nuda, radicula infera. 



Tr. I. SAPINDEiE. Benth et Hook. 



Flores (in nostris) irregulares. Discus (in nostris) unilateralis vol 

 obliquus. Stamina ad basin ovarii intra discum inserta vel unilate- 

 ralia. Fructus (in nostris) capsularis. Semina exalbuminosa. 



CARDIOSPERMUM (L. Gen. 498). 



Flores polygamo - dioici. Sepala 4 concava, duo exteriora parva. 

 Petala 4 per paria disposita , duo majora squama magn& duo minora 

 squamula cristata aucta. Discus unilateralis in 2 glandulas petalis infe- 

 rioribus oppositas inflatus. Stamina 8 excentrica, filamenta ina^qualia 

 libera. Ovarium triloculare, stylus trifidus, ovula solitaria. Capsula 

 membranacea trigona loculicide dehiscens. Semina globosa crustacea 

 saepius arillata, cotyledones transverse conduplicatse. — Herbae inter- 

 dum suffrutescentes scandentes, folia alterna exstipulata biternata vel 

 decomposita. 



G. halicacabum (L. Sp. 925) petiolis glabris vel hirtis, foliis 

 glabris biternatis, foliolis oblongis acuminatis grosse inciso - dentatis, 

 racemis longe pedunculatis, capsula late pyriformi ©. 



Hab. in umbrosis regni Mascate prope Zekki (Auch. exs. 4171 !). 



Planta subtropica et tropica vix nostrae ditionis. 



Ar. Geogr. Imlia, Africa et America subtropicsB et tropicse. 



