1422 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



2.ser. V. (1933) 155: »Haut-Ghari oriental, ä Bor, Dar-Rounga (Chevalier n. 7750). — 

 Haut-Dahomey, entre Bedou et Bassila (Chevalier n. 23797).« — 



>>La pulpe est sucree et comestible. Les graines renferment de la saponine.« 



131. Doratoxylon Thou. 



Doratoxylon Thouars mss. ex Bojer in Hb. Hook.!; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 I. 1. (1862) 408 n. »56?«; Baker, Fl. Maurit. etc. (1877) 60; Radlk. in Sitzungsber. 

 bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 276, 295 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. 

 (1895) 359. — Doranxylon Neraud in Gaudich. Botanique du voyage autour du monde 

 sous le commandement de L. de Freycinet (1826) 29; Endl. Gen. PI. (1836 — 1840) 

 1074 in obs. (»genus nobis ignotum«) et Suppl. IV, Pars III. (1850) 79 n. 5638/2. — 

 Doranoxylum Meissner, Gen. PL (1836 — 1843) II. 346 (»genus nondum descriptum<<). 



Flores polygamo-dioeci, subregulares, parvi. Sepala 5, late imbricata, concava, 

 extus ferrugineo-pubescentia, persistentia. Petala 0. Discus late cupularis, leviter 

 5-lobatus, lobis alternisepalis pilosulis. Stamina 5 (rarissime 6 — 7), intra discum 

 inserta, sepalis opposita, exserta, filamentis in alabastro (J partim bis genuflexis glabris, 

 antheris parvis subcordatis apiculatis glabris versatilibus, lateraliter dehiscentibus. 

 Germen ovoideum, 2-loculare, pilis crispulis dense ferrugineo-hirsutum; Stylus perbrevis 

 capitatus, capitulo leviter deflexo superficie striis stigmatosis tumido-prominentibus 

 suturalibus obtectus. Gemmulae ad loculorum apices 2, oblique superpositae, pendulae, 

 epitropae. Fructus ellipsoideus, stigmate capitato curvato coronatus, abortu plerumque 

 unilocularis monospermus, pilis laxe adspersus, demum glabrescens, siccus coriaceo- 

 xjorticosus, vivus succosus pruniformis. Semina ellipsoidea, exarillata, testa crasse 

 coriacea brunnea. Embryo curvatus, exalbuminosus, in cotyledonibus tenuibus sub- 

 convolutis amylo parco obvio, radicula parum elongata, testae plicae immersa. 



Frutex vel arbuscula trunco gracili ramisque longis et rectis, ramulis fulvo-tomen- 

 tellis demum glabris, cortice cinereo sulcato lenticelloso-scabro. Folia alterna, exstipu- 

 lata, brevissime petiolata, abrupte vel spurie impari-pinnata, 1 — 4-juga, parva, petiolo 

 rhachique superne angustissime marginata parce ferrugineo-pilosis; foliola sub- 

 opposita, subsessilia, sursum aecrescentia, e basi cuneata oblongo-obovata, obtusissima 

 vel immo subretusa, rarius subacuta, integerrima, nervis lateralibus ut et reti venarum 

 denso ubique tenuiter prominulis, glaberrima, membranaceo-coriacea, nitida. Inflores- 

 centia inter folia axillaris, brevissima, glomerata, cymosa, ramis perbrevibus dichasiali- 

 bus fulvo-tomentellis. Flores brevissime pedicellati, terminales saepius ad pedicelli 

 basin bracteolis 5 — 8 sterilibus minimis suffulti. 



Species 1, in insulis Mauritius et Reunion late dispersa. 



D. mauritianum Thouars msc. ex Bojer in Hb. Hook.! et Hb. Vindob.!; Bak. I.e.; 

 Radlk. 1. c. (1895). — Melicoccß apetala Poir. in Lam. Enc. Suppl. III. (1813) 224. — 

 Melicocca dwersifolia Juss. in Mem. Mus. d'Hist. nat. III. (1817) 187 t. 7 (et t. 6 f.l); 

 Poir. in Lam. Enc. Suppl.V. (1817) 715; DC. Prodr. I. (1824) 615; Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 

 (1837) 57; Wallich, Cat. (1847) n. 8091 ! c. syn. Doratoxylon mauritianum; Bouton, 

 Medic. PL of Maurit. (1857) 24; Lanessan, PL utiles etc. (1886) 199, 549. — Melicocca 

 glomeriflora Juss. in Mem. Mus. d'Hist. nat. 111.(1817)188 in explic. f. 1 t. 6. — Stad- 

 mannia diversifolia Spreng. Syst. II. (1825) 243. — Hypelate diversifolia Camb. in 

 Mem. Mus. d'Hist. nat. XVIII. (1829) 32; Don, Gen. Syst. I. (1831) 672; Spach, Hist. 

 nat. Veget., Phanerog. III. (1834) 64. — Melicocca diphylla Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 

 (1837) 56. — Hippobrömus sp. Baill. Hist. PL V. (1874) 408. — Doratoxylon apetalum 

 Radlk. in Durand, Ind. Gen. (1887) 81. — Doratoxylon diversifolium, non »Benth. et 

 Hook. f.<<, Jackson, Ind. Kew. II. (1893) 789. — Hippobrömus apetalus Cordemoy, 

 Fl. Reunion (1895) 381 c. \3iT. ß. diphylla. — Vulgo : Bois de paulette t. Poir. 1. c. 

 (1817); Bois de gaulette rouge t. Cordemoy, 1. c; Bois de sagaye t. DC. 1. c. — 

 Character ut supra. 



Frutex. 6— 8-pedalis (t. Baker). Folia cum petiolo 0,5 — 1 cm longo 5,5 — 8 cm 



