60 XXXTX. SAPINDACE.E. 



//. alafa, E. and Z., tlie only species, is a resiniferous tree, with abruptly 

 piunate leaves, the comiuou petiole winged. Panicles axillary, short; 

 flower reddish, velvety. It is common in woods in the Eastern district and 

 at Natal. 



5. SAPINDUS, Linn. 



Flowers polycjamoiis. Calyx 5-parted or of 5 imbricating 

 sepals. Petals 4, 5, G, naked or bearded on the base inside, 

 or having a scale above the claw. Stamens 8-10, rarely more, 

 inside an annular disk. Ovary 2-4-lobed, 2-4-celled ; style 

 1 ; stigmas 3. Fruit fleshy or leathery, of 3 (or 1-2) oblong 

 or globose, indehiscent cocci. — Fl. Cap. i. jp. 240. 



Trees, with pinnate or (rarely) simple, leathery leaves. Flowers in 

 axillary racemes or terminal panicles. — 3 Cape species, found in the Eastern 

 district and at Natal. 



Tribe 2. Dodoxe^e. (Gen. 6-8.) 



6. DODONEA, Linn. 



Flowers deciduous. Sepals 2-5, imbricate or valvate. Pe- 

 tals 0. Disk in the male obsolete, in female small. Stamens 

 5-8, central ; filaments very short ; anthers linear-oblong, 

 bluntly 4-angled. Ovary sessile, 3-6-angled, 3-6-celled ; style 

 3-6-fid ; ovules in pairs. Capsules membranous or leathery, 

 2-6-lobed, the lobes dorsally winged. — M. Caj). i. p. 241. 



A large genus, chiefly Australian. — 2 South African species, one of them 

 dispersed, the other at Natal. Leaves simjjle, obovate-oblong, lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, glabrous, often gummy. Flowers racemose, green. 



7. PTEROXYLON, E. and Z. 



Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Sepals 4, short, obtuse. 

 Petals 4, at first erect, slightly imbricate, then spreading, con- 

 cave. Disk annular, 5-crenate. Stamens 4, at the base of the 

 disk ; filaments glabrous ; anthers oblong. Ovary compressed, 

 obcordate, 2-celled ; ovules solitary ; styles 2 or connate in 1 ; 

 stigma capitate. Capsules compressed, 2-lobed at apex, cor- 

 date at base, 2-celled, 2-seeded, at length 4-parted. Seeds 

 compressed, with a membranous w^ing. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 242 ; 

 Thes. Cap. t. 17. 



P. utile, E. and Z., is a tree (Sneezewood) with pinnate leaves, the leaf- 

 lets unequal-sided, in 5-8 pairs. Kaceraes pauicled, axillary, shorter than 

 the leaves. Woods in the Eastern district. 



8. AITONIA, Linn, f 



Calyx deeply 4-parted, slightly imbricate, deciduous. Pe- 

 tals 4, much longer than the calyx, erect, oblong, sessile, con- 

 volute-imbricate: Stamens 8, hypogynous, monadelphous, 

 exserted ; filaments declinate, subulate, fiat, their dilated bases 



