58 XXXVIII. AMPELIDE^. 



nous or 0. Peduncles opposite the leaves. Flowers small, cymose, panicled 

 or spiked. The Grape Vine is the type of this genus. — There are about 18 

 South African species, all but V. Capensis, which is dispersed, natives of 

 the Eastern district and Natal. 



Order XXXIX. SAPINDACE^. 



Flowers regular or irregular, frequently polygamous. Se- 

 pals 4-5, free or connate, often unequal, imbricate, rarely val- 

 vate. Petals or 3-5, imbricate.- Disk various, rarely defi- 

 cient, often unilateral. Stamens 8, rarely 5-10 (very rarely 

 2^-12 or many), mostly hypogynous, inserted either within 

 the disk, sometimes unilateral, straight or declined, or rarely 

 round the base of the disk. Ovary entire or lobed, mostly 3- 

 celled, or 1-4-celled ; style simple or divided, terminal ; ovuleg 

 1-2, rarely more in each cell, ascending. Fruit capsular or 

 indehiscent, often pulpy within. Seeds rarely (in MeliantliecB) 

 albuminous. — Trees and shrubs, rarely half-herbaceous. Leaves 

 alternate, mostly pinnate, rarely simple. 



Fruit membranous, inflated, 3-4-lobed and celled. 

 Fruit 3 -lobed, the lobes dorsally winged. 



Calyx 4-parted. Herbaceous, tendril-bearing 



climbers 1. Cardiospermum. 



Calyx 5-parted. An erect, rigid shrub ... 2. Erythrophysa. 

 Fruit 4-lobed, the lobes sharply angled or winged. 

 Calyx 4-parted. Petals equal. Stamens 8, 



monadelphous 8. Aitonia. 



Calyx 5-parted, unequal. Petals unequal. Sta- 

 mens 4, 2 long and 2 short 9. MelianthuS. 



Fruit fleshy or leathery. Carpels 2-3-4, not com- 

 pressed or winged. 



Sepals and petals 4. Ovary 2-lobed 3. Schmidelia. 



Sepals and petals 5. Ovary 3-4-celled. 

 Stamens 8-10. Ovary 3-celled. 



Ovary lobed. Fruit 3-coccous ....". 5. Sapindus. 

 Ovary undivided. Fruit drupaceous ... 4. Hippobromus. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary bluntly 4-angled, 4-celled . 10. Bersama. 

 Fruit strongly compressed or winged, not inflated. 



Petals 3. Stamens 5-8. Capsule 2-4-winged . 6. Dodon^a. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 4. Capsule oblong, com- 

 pressed, 2-lobed at the apex. Seeds winged . 7. Pt^eroxylon. 



Tribe 1. Sapindeje. (Gren. 1-5.) 



1. CARDIOSPERMUM, Linn. 

 Flowers irregular, polygamo-dioecious. Sepals 4, concave, 

 imbricate, the 2 outer small. Petals 4, in opposite pairs, the 

 2 larger with a large scale, 2 smaller with a small crested 

 scale at base. Disk unilateral, undulate, swelling into 2 glands 

 opposite the lower petals. Stamens 8, excentric. Ovary ses- 



