1338 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



XVIII. (1829) 33; Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 656, 672; Meissn. Gen. PI. (1836-1843) 

 53 (28); Endl. Gen. PI. (1836-1840) 1072 n.5623, Suppl. IV, Pars III. (1847) 79; 

 Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. I. 1. (1862) 397; Baill. Hist. pl. V. (1874) 365 f. 393-398, 

 p. 422 exci. C. madagascariensi Baill., i. e. sect. Harpulliopsis c. patriae indic. Mala- 

 cassia, ad gen. Majidea recens.; Bak. Fl. Maurit. etc. (1877) 58 {•>>Cossignya<<)\ 

 Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 272 (c. sect. Melicopsidium), 

 XX. (1890) 272, 294 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 354 f. 179. 

 - Melicopsidium Baill. in Adans. XI. (1874) 243 et Hist. PI. V. (1874) 407. - Ruizia 

 Hort. 



Flores spurie polygami, in speciebus aliis (sect. I.) oblique symmetrici, in aliis 

 (sect. IL) reguläres. Sepala 5, ovalia vel obovata, imbricata, utrinque pilis fasciculato- 

 stellatis induta, margine glandulis multicellularibus ornata, persistentia. Petala 4, 

 infimi sede (inter sepalum 3. et 5.) vacua, vel (in sect. II.) 5, sepala subduplo superantia, 

 ovalia, basi cordata, breviter unguiculata, praesertim extus pilis parce fasciculatis 

 puberula, glanduloso-ciliata, glandulis capitatis multicellularibus stipitatis. Discus 

 pulvinaris, inter petala obscure lobatus, aut unilateralis (versus sepalum 4. expansus) 

 aut (in sect. II.) regularis, glaber. Stamina 5 — 6( — 8), circa pistillum ad disci marginem 

 inferiorem aut (in sect. IL) in medio disco inserta, floris masculi longiora, petala 

 superantia, floris feminei abbreviata; filamenta subulato-filiformia, glabra; antherae 

 ellipsoideae, introrsae, dorso supra basin emarginatam affixae, glabrae; pollinis granula 

 ellipsoidea, triporosa. Germen (floris masculi rudimentarium) obovato-trigonum, tri- 

 sulcatum, triloculare (loculo tertio inferiore), dense pilosum; Stylus apicalis, nunc 

 brevis, nunc longiusculus, filiformis, in stigma parvum subcapitatum terminatus, 

 inferne puberulus; gemmulae in loculis binae, campylotropae, pendulae vel subhorizon- 

 tales, axi centrali supra medium affixae, superpositae (fide Gambessedesii >>ovula terna, 

 superius adscendens, intermedium subperitropum, inferius suspensum«, quod mihi 

 videre nunquam contigit). Capsula subdrupaceo-crustacea, subglobosa, triloba, tri- 

 locularis, styli reliquiis apiculata, pilis fasciculato-stellatis partim stipitatis -^^ dense 

 tomentosa, septicide trivalvis, valvis ab axe persistente seminifero triangulari apice 

 tricruri solutis dorso usque ad medium fissis, sarcocarpio tenui, endocarpio sat crasso 

 5ubpergameneo e cellulis fibrosis sclerenchymaticis cruciatis exstructo epithelio tenui 

 obducto. Semina in loculis 1 — 2, subglobosa, lateraliter i compressa, exarillata, 

 funiculo umbilicali brevi tereti brunneo in area testae basali semiorbiculari sulco prope 

 micropylen transversali dein semicirculari circumfossa inserto appendiculata; testa 

 crustacea, nigra, laevis, opaca vel nitidula, extus breviter staurenchymatica. Embryo 

 carnosus, cotyledonibus angustis circinatis, aleuro parcoque oleo foetus (aqua agitatus 

 ut et pericarpium et folia spumam efficiens), radicula longa plica testae profunda 

 excepta. 



Arbores parvae vel frutices. Rami juveniles ut et petioli paniculaeque pilis fasci- 

 culato- et glomerulato-stellatis plurimis stipite nunc longiore nunc breviore e cellularum 

 subquadratarum seriebus 5 — 8 conflato suffultis sufferrugineis subfurfuraceo-tomentosi, 

 adultiores glabrati. Folia alterna (exstipulata), petiolata, 3-foliolata vel impari-pinnata, 

 2 — 3-juga; foliola oblonga vel subobovata, breviter petiolulata, margine integerrimo 

 ^t revoluto, :£ coriacea, pinnatinervia, supra glabriuscula, nitida, subtus pilis fasci- 

 culato-stellatis estipitatis dense cano- vel flavescenti- tomentosa et in sect. I. glandulis 

 microscopicis clavatis stipitatis (quae in sect. IL in ramulis tantum obviae) adspersa, 

 ad paginam superiorem hypodermate instructa, hypodermatis singulisque diachymatis 

 cellulis interdum (praesertim in C. pinnata) substantia albida resinosa transversim 

 ^ striata farctis, epidermide mucigera. Paniculae ad ramulorum apices corymbiformes, 

 ramis corymboso-thyrsoideis cincinnos vel dichasia sub flore terminal! in cincinnos 

 abeuntia gerentibus; cincinni sat elongati, 4 — 9-flori; pedicelli longiusculi, striati, 

 prope basin articulati; bracteae bracteolaeque lineari-oblongae, pedicellis breviores, 

 saepius recaulescentes. Flores conspicui, albi. 



