1198 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



del Gastillo, 111. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. Fase. VI. (1890) 143. — Frutex; rami teretes, 

 striati, glabrati, apice petiolique paniculaeque minutim sufferrugineo-puberuli, cortice 

 fusco; folia abrupte pinnata, longius petiolata; foliola 12 — 20, alterna vel subopposita, 

 ovato-lanceolata vel oblonga subellipticave, longiuscule acute acuminata vel obtusius- 

 cula, margine integerrimo ^ undulata, basi rotundata vel subacuta petiolulis longius- 

 culis gracilibus insidentia, subchartacea, nervis lateralibus remotiusculis oblique patulis 

 apice procurvis et ante marginem anastomosantibus, subglabra nee nisi subtus ad 

 nervös minutim puberula glandulisque microseopicis eapitatis rarioribus adspersa, 

 denique glabrata, supra laeviuseula, utrinque e viridi subfusea, subtus in nervorum 

 axillis minutim foveolata, eellulis secretoriis etsi minus crebris persita, inde tenuiora 

 minutim pellueide punctata et lineolata ; paniculae ad apices ramorum axillares, graciles, 

 elongatae, folia subaequantes, laxe ramosae, ramis elongatis, laxiflorae, diehasia vel 

 polyehasia longius stipitata gereutes; flores sat pedieellati, pedieellis basi artieulatis 

 tomentellis; sepala 5, majora, late obovata, margine petaloidea, minutim puberula, intus 

 glabriuscula, sub fruetu persistentia, patula; petala 5, minuta, suborbicularia, 2 — 3- 

 dentata, trinervia, glabra, basi intus squamulis parvis puberulis aucta; diseus tomen- 

 tellus; stamina 10, filamentis perbrevibus puberulis, antheris magnis oblongis ineurvis 

 glabris; germen (floris (J) rudimentarium tomentosum; Capsula triquetro-turbinata, 

 apice depresso obcordato-triloba, lobis subcarinatis, conspieue stipitata, stipite 3- 

 angulari, tomento brevi subvelutino rufescenti-sufferrugineo induta, intus (septis in- 

 clusis) pilis longis adpressis vestita, loculieide 3-valvis, valvis coriaeeo-corticosis oblique 

 rugosis, mesocarpio eellulis secretoriis crebris gummi-resina quadam foetis persito, 

 endocarpio sclerenchymatico ; semina ellipsoidea, juvenilia arillo tenui subaurantiaco 

 eellulis magnis gummi-resina foetis persito tota, matura usque ad medium obdueta, 

 testa erustaeea fusca nitida cellulas seeretorias fovente; embryo farinosus, oblique 

 notorrhizus, radieula brevi. 



Frutex 3— 4 m altus, glabriusculus. Folia petiolo eire. 10 cm longo adjeeto 30 — 

 60 cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 1 cm longis 7 — 16 cm longa, 3 — 4,8 cm lata. Pani- 

 culae 30 cm et ultra longae; pedieelli (fruetigeri) 3 — 5 mm longi. Sepala 3 mm longa 

 et lata; petala 1 mm vix superantia. Capsula stipite 3— 4 mm longo incluso 2,3 cm 

 longa; semina 1,2 cm longa, 1 cm lata, 2 mm crassa. 



In insulis Vitiensibus: Rieh et Brackenridge (Wilkes Exped. 1838 — 1842!) 

 (Ovalau; fr. immat.; Hb. Kew., Paris.); Leon! (fr. mat.; Hb. Vindob.). 



27. C. vitiensis Radlk. in Fedde, Repert. XX. (1924) 34. — Paniculae fruetigerae 

 (quae solae suppetebant) longiuseulae, a tertia inferiore parte ramosae, ramis sat longis 

 rhaehique angulosis pilis brevibus longioribusque rufo-fuscis patulis hirtello-tomentellis 

 in ramulis brevibus florum (cj?) delapsorum cicatrieibus notatis (polyehasia vel diehasia 

 longiuscule stipitata referentibus) fruetus terminales eapsulares pedieellis basi artieu- 

 latis suffultos gerentibus; sepala sub fruetu relicta 5, partim reflexa, latiuscule ovata, 

 obtusa, subcoriaeea, adpresse fuseo-pubeseentia, intus glabriuscula; petalorum cicatrices 

 sub disco aegre perspieiendae; diseus patellaris, minutim tomentellus; staminum cica- 

 trices intra discum 8; Capsula trigono-globosa, styli reliquiis apieulata, in stipitem 

 brevem contraeta, 3-loeularis, loculieide 3-valvis, pilis brevibus patulis fuseo-tomentella, 

 intus praeter margines valvarum (septis vero inclusis) pilis elongatis sufferrugineo- 

 flavidis adpressis dense vestita, periearpio crustaceo, sareocarpio e eellulis ^ coUenehy- 

 maticis compressis intermixtis majoribus secretoriis resinigeris eonflato, endocarpio sul- 

 eis horizontalibus interrupto e eellulis selerenchymaticis parum paehydermieis exstrueto ; 

 semina e loeulorum basi ereeta, trigono-ellipsoidea, faeiebus interioribus (septis appli- 

 citis) planis, exteriore (dorsali) eonvexa, testa erustaeea rubro-fusca eellulis secretoriis 

 magnis substantia oleoso-adiposa partim crystalla acieularia exhibente foetis persita, 

 quodammodo rugulosa, subopaea vel nitore cerino tantum praedita, arillo tenui auran- 

 tiaco eellulis magnis substantia oleoso-resinosa foetis persito margine sinuato et parce 

 fimbriato usque vel ventre ultra medium obdueta; embryo reetiusculus, oblique notor- 



