1408 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



nervosa, ungue subnuUo punctiformi, patula, glabriuscula, alba. Discus regularis, 

 tumide annularis, carnosus, obsolete 5-lobus, intus pressione staminum leviter 8- 

 snlcatus, glaber, flavidus. Stamina 8( — 7), intra discum inserta, filiformia, exserta 

 {floris $ brevia antheris effoetis), glabriuscula, antheris oblongis, dorso supra basin 

 emarginatam affixis, lateraliter dehiscentibus; poUinis granula globosa, 3-porosa, 

 minutim punctulata. Germen (floris ^ rudimentarium) in disci centro sessile, ovoideum 

 vel subglobosum, 3-gonum, 3-loculare; Stylus brevis curvatus, in stigma obtuse 3-lobum 

 dilatatus, lobis suturalibus leviter sulcatis declinatis; gemmulae in loculis binae, ad 

 medium angulum centralem insertae, campylotropae, superior ascendens micropyle 

 extrorsum infera, inferior pendula micropyle extrorsum supera. Drupa parva, immatura 

 ellipsoidea utrinque acutiuscula vel apice obtusata viridula vel subfusca, matura 

 pisiformis nigra (Mac f.), styli reliquiis breviter apiculata, sulcis 3 levibus loculorum 

 dorso respondentibus notata, venis impressiusculis obsolete reticulata, glabra, sarco- 

 carpio tenui pulposo (Macf.), putamine crassiuscule crustaceo, abortu l-locularis, 

 1-spermus, axe septisque ad peripheriam rejectis. Semen a loculi apice pendulum, 

 ellipsoideum vel obovatum, testa tenui rugulosa subfusca. Embryo curvatus, viridulus, 

 oleo et aleuro foetus, cotyledone exteriore interiorem circinato-inflexam subamplectente, 

 radicula cotyledonibus incumbente fructus apicem versus adscendente, plica testae 

 profunda excepta. 



Frutex altus vel arbor gracilis, glaber, cortice laevi cinnamomeo (Sloane), ligno 

 duro gravi. Rami laxi, teretes, fragiles, juveniles pallide virides, dein cinerascentes, 

 adultiores rubro-brunnei. Folia sparsa, 3-foliolata, petiolo apice marginato; foliola 

 obovato-cuneata, basi angustata sessilia, apice rotundata, raro acuta vel emarginata, 

 integerrima, margine subrevoluta, rigidiuscule coriacea, dense oblique nervosa, nervis 

 strictis ante marginem anastomosantibus venisque inter nervös quasi recurrentibus 

 utrinque prominulis, glaberrima (juvenilia tantum glandulis majusculis pluricellularibus 

 adspersa), supra lucida, laete vel flavide viridia, impunctata, attamen cellulis secretoriis 

 (staurenchymatis majoribus) substantia saponino affini foetis instructa (inde contrita 

 aqua agitata spumam efficientia), epidermide non mucigera. Gemmae nudae, sub- 

 stantia resinosa obductae. Paniculae axillares vel subterminales, folia aequantes vel 

 paullo superantes, erectae, longe pedunculatae, laxe ramosae, subcorymbosae, pauci- 

 florae, ramis dichasia 3-flora vel cincinnos 2-floros gerentibus vel ipsis exhibentibus 

 (interdum morbidae — fungo quodam infectae? — multiramosae, scopiformes, ramis 

 in cincinnos plurifloros elongatos evolutis, floribus rudimentariis resina obductis), 

 bracteis bracteolisque parvis deciduis resina illitis; pedicelli graciles, ad bracteolam 

 superiorem articulatis (interdum — ictu insectorum? — deformati, clavati, alabastra 

 morbosa gereutes). Alabastra globosa. Flores parvi, sepalis pallide rubris, petalis 

 lacteis. Fructus rari, sapore dulci sat grato (t. Sarg.), attamen sarcocarpio substantia 

 quadam saponino affini foeto (inde aqua agitato, uti folia, spumam efficiente). 



Species 1 antillana nee non in insulis Bahamensibus et Floridae peninsulae insulis 

 antepositis obvia. 



H. trifoliata Swartz, 1. c. (1788) 61!, (1800) 655; Gmelin, 1. c. (1791) 613; Willd. 

 1. c. (1805) 981; Poir. 1. c; Smith, 1. c; Lunan, 1. c; DG. 1. c.'; Spreng. 1. c. (1825) 220; 

 Camb. 1. c. 32; Don, 1. c. 671; Macfad. 1. c; Deless. Ic. III. (1837) 23 t. 39; Griseb. 

 — non Veget. Garaib. (1857) 188, quae Exothea paniculata — Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. Isl. 

 (1859) 127 (coli. Wilson!, March!) et Gat. Fl. Gub. (1866) 46 (coli. Rugel n. 323!, Wright 

 n. 2171!); Sauv. et Wright, Fl. Gub. (1873, resp. 1868) 26! excl. syn. Cupania oppositi- 

 folia Rieh.; Watson, Bibl. Index I. (1878) 180; Ghapm. 1. c. (1884) 78; Sargent, Rep. 

 Forests N.-Am. (10. Gensus, IX. 1884) 45; Gard. et Forest IV. 100 (ex ipso 

 1. seq.), Silva N.-Am. II. (1895) 78 t. 80, 81; Fawcett, Provis. List PL Jam. (1893) 8; 

 Radlk. in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 358; Gombs, PI. Gub. in 

 Trans. Ac. S. Louis VII. (1897) 410 n.l7!; B. L. Robins. 1. c. (1897) 445, coli. Gurtissl; 

 Boldingh, Fl. Dutch W.-Ind. IsL (1909) 122; Urban, Fl. portor.!, Symb. Antill. 



