668 XLIII. AMPELIDE^S. (M. A. Lawson.) [Lcea. 



as though Koxburgh, in his description of the cymes of L. robusta, had taken his cha- 

 racters from specimens belonging to this species. 



1"). Zi. hirta, Roxb. Fl. Tn<l i. 655; branches and leaves hairy, leaflets 

 4-1 _ by i-rin. lanceolate or. ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate harsh and 

 scabrous above hairy beneath, cymes very short and compact, bracts incon- 

 spicuous. Wall. Cat. 6822. L. scabra, Steud. ii. 21. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, ASSAM, SILHET, the KHASIA MTS., EAST BENGAL, CIIITTAGONQ, 

 PEGU, and the ANDAMAN I-I.\M>-. - -iMsTuiit. Java. 



Shrubhy, with coarse subscabrous branches and petioles. Veins arched. ' 

 2-5 in., very compact, densely hirsute. Floiccrs large. Antln'rs connate. Frn't't tin- 

 size of a currant, black, dry? Readily known from L. r<>l)>i*ta by its abundant and 

 harsh pubescence and inconspicuous bracts ; and from L. dijfusa by its very short and 

 compact cymes. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDE! > 



LEEA COKDATA, Wall. Cut.MVj, appears to !>> ;i I'///* m-ar T". pnViiln : the speci- 

 men js insuilici-nt. Kurz in Journ. A.-. gpc, JVng. Ih73, pt. 2, 0(3, refers it doubtfully 

 to a form of V. Linncei. 



I.KKA <>i>uM"i'HYLLA, Wall. Cat. 6820 (leaves only), is probably a Villa, allied to 



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ORDEIS XLIV. SAPINDACEJE. (By W. P. Iliorn, M.A.) 



Trees, shrubs, or rarely stout or wiry herbs. Leaves alternate or less 

 Commonly opposite, exstipulate or occasionally stipulate, pinnate palmate tri- 

 foliolate or simple; leaflets ojipn>ite or alternate, entiiv or drntate, occa- 

 sionally lol.ed. Fluwri'x mostly polygamo-dicEcioua and small, usually either 

 : ar or unsymmetrical. ('al/t.f mostly 4 -.vl.ilKMl or -sepalous, often 

 unequally so, imbricate or valvate in the laid. /'</<//.< tree, equal or unequal, 

 usually 4-5 or (), the fifth sometimes deficient, flat or in one genus cup- 

 shaixid, often bearded or Miuainate at the base within. l)i*k annular or 

 unilateral, rarely in $ flowers deficient. M //////* 3-10, inserted inside the 

 disk at the base of the ovary or outside or on the disk, sometimes unilateral ; 

 anthers ^-celled, kisiiixed or versatile; filaments often pubescent, almost 

 always free. Utwy centric or excentric, entire or lobed or sometimes divided 

 nearly to the base, 1-4-celled ; cells 1-2- or rarely more -ovuled. AV///V simple 

 or divided, usually terminal ; stigma usually simple. <v, ///,.< anatropoiis eam- 

 pylotropoiis or amphitropous, usually 1 or 2 together, occasionally more, 

 affixed to the axis of the ovary, ascending. Fruit rnpsular or indehisrcnt, 

 entire or lobed, sometimes winged. jlobose or compressed, arillate 



or naked, exalbuminous or in some genera albuminous. Eml/njn usually 

 tldck, sometimes plicate or spirally convolute. DISTEIB. About 4<0 to r.no 

 species scattered over the whole world, especially abundant within the 

 tropics ; 83 occur in Australia ; 37 in Tropical Africa ; 20 are given by 

 Boissier in the " Flora Orientalis." 



TRIBE I. Sapindeee. Stamens inserted inside the disk, sometimes 

 unilateral tietds exalbuniiuous. Leaves exstipulate, alternate or in jfiwulut 

 opposite. 



Flowers irregular. Disk unilateral or very oblique. 

 Ovules solitary. Leaves alternate, not digitate. 



Fruit capsular, inflated, globose or pyritbrm. Leaflets biter- 

 ua,te ..... , ....... , 1. CARDIOSPEUMUSI. 



