SAPINDACE^:. V. ENOUREA. VI. TOULICIA. VII. SCHMIDELIA. 



663 



nished with a petal-like scale on the inside at the claw, with 2 

 glands at the base of each of the larger petals on the disk. Sta- 

 mens 13, inserted in the receptacle, unequal, connate at the base, 

 somewhat leaning to one side. Ovary roundish. Style none. 

 Stigmas 3. Capsules spherical, 1 -celled, 3-valved, 1 -seeded. 

 Seed erect, clothed with farinaceous pulp. A climbing shrub 

 with impari-pinnate leaves and axillary tendrils. Racemes of 

 flowers panicled. This shrub should perhaps be placed among 

 the Terebinthaceee, on account of the petals being perigynous, 

 as well as from the plant abounding in milky juice. 



1 E. CAPREOLA'TA (Aubl. guian. 1. t. 235.) leaflets 5, cori- 

 aceous, covered with rusty hairs beneath, fj . / "\ S. Native 

 of Guiana in the small island formed by the river Sinemari. 

 Flowers small, white, in clusters. 



Climbing Enourea. Shrub cl. 



Cull. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this plant, and 

 large cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



* Upright trees and shrubs, with pinnate, trifoliate, rarely 

 simple leaves. 



VI. TOULPCIA (Toulici is the name of the tree in Guiana). 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 359. t. 140. D. C. prod. 1. p. 612. Ponae'a, 

 Schreb. gen. no. 682. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 5, each furnished on the inside at the base with a long, 2-parted, 

 pilose appendage. Disk occupying the bottom of the ca- 

 lyx, 5-lobed, 2 lower lobes largest. Stamens 8, inserted in the 

 disk. Style short, trifid. Fruit 3-winged, composed of 3 

 carpels, adnate to the central filiform axis. Carpels drawn out 

 into a wing at the base, but 1 -celled, 1 -seeded at the apex. 

 Seeds fixed to the inner angle. A tree, with abruptly pinnate 

 leaves ; leaflets opposite. Racemes of flowers forming a large 

 terminal panicle. 



1 T. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. c. Lam. ill. t. 317.). 

 Jj . S. Native of Guiana in woods. Ponaea saponarioides, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 470. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 8 pairs 

 of opposite lanceolate leaflets, which are broadest at the base. 

 Flowers small, white, disposed in terminal racemose panicles. 



Guiana Toulicia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. This tree will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, 

 in heat. 



VII. SCHMIDELIA (in honour of Casimer Christopher 

 Schmiedel, once a professor at Erlange, who wrote several bota- 

 nical dissertations between 1751 and 1793). Lin. mant. 51. 

 D. C. prod.-l. p. 010. Ornitrophe, Juss. gen. 247. Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 412. Allophyllus, Lin. gen. no. 476. Toxicodendron, 

 Gaert. fruct. 1. 1. 44. but not of Tourn. Aporetica, Forst. gen. 

 no. 66. D. C. prod. 1610. Gemella, Lour, cochin. 762. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, un- 

 equal. Petals 4, the fifth or superior one deficient, and its 

 seat vacant ; naked on the inside, or usually furnished with a 

 scale above the claw. Disk incomplete, 4-glanded ; glands 

 opposite the petals. Stamens 8, inserted in the receptacle, and 

 connate around the ovary at the base. Style immersed between 

 the lobes of the ovary, usually seated on the axis, 2-3-cleft, 

 with the segments longitudinally stigmatose inside. Fruit inde- 

 hiscent, 1-2 rarely 3-lobed ; lobes roundish, fleshy, or dry, 1- 

 seeded. Seeds arillate or exarillate. Trees or shrubs, usually 

 with trifoliate, rarely with simple exstipidate leaves and racemose 

 white flowers. Racemes axillary. 



* Leaves trifoliate. 



1 S. ? MACROPHY'LLA (D.C. prod. 1. p. 610.) leaflets stalked, 

 ovate-acuminated, quite entire, coriaceous, rather pubescent 



beneath ; racemes compound. ^ . S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Ornitrophe macrophy'lla, Poir. diet. 8. p. 263. Kunth thinks 

 this a species of Cupania. 



Long-leaved Schmidelia. Tree 20 feet. 



2 S. INTEGRIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 610.) leaflets stalked, 

 ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, smooth ; racemes almost simple. 

 Tj . S. Native of Bourbon. Ornitrophe integrifolia, Willd. spec. 

 2. p. 322. Lam. ill. t. 309. f. 1. Merularia, Comm. 



Entire-leaved Schmidelia. Clt. 1804. Tree 16 feet. 



3 S. SERRATA (D.C. prod. 1. p. 610.) leaves scabrous; leaf- 

 lets stalked, ovate, acuminated, serrated ; racemes simple. Jj . S. 

 Native of Coromandel, frequent on the mountains. Ornitrophe 

 serrata, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 44. t. 61. Flowers small, white, poly- 

 gamous. The fruit is small and red, and is eaten when ripe by 

 the natives. The root is astringent, and is employed by the 

 native physicians for diarrhoea. 



Serrated-leaved Schmidelia. Clt. 1804. Tree 12 feet. 



4 S. PUBE'RULA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 382.) leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets on short petioles, elliptic, or elliptic-obovate, acute, 

 serrated, puberulous on the nerves ; racemes spike-formed, 

 axillary, fj . S. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Flowers 

 greenish. 



Puberulous Schmidelia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



5 S. LE'VIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 382.) leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets stalked, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, dentately serrated, 

 smooth ; racemes nearly simple. ^ . S. Native of Brazil near 

 Sebastianople. 



Smooth Schmidelia. Shrub. 



6 S. COBBE (D. C. prod. 1. p. 610.) leaflets stalked, obovate, 

 acute, serrated, pubescent beneath ; racemes simple, with a to- 

 mentose peduncle. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon. Rhus Cobbe, 

 Lin. spec. 382. Ornitrophe Cobbe, Willd. spec. 2. p. 322. 

 Toxicodendron Cobbe, Gajrt. fruct. 1. p. 207. t. 44. Toxico- 

 dendron arboreum, Mill. diet. no. 8. Berries small, black, poi- 

 sonous. Cobbe is the name of the tree in Ceylon. 



Cobbe Schmidelia. Tree 12 feet. 



7 S. PANIGERA ; leaflets stalked, ovate, acute, serrated, to- 

 mentose beneath, as well as being bearded at the origin of the 

 nerves ; racemes simple, with a tomentose peduncle. Tj . S. 

 Native of New Caledonia. Ornitrophe panigera, Lab. nov. 

 caled. t. 52. Petals unguiculate. Stigmas 2. 



Cloth-bearing Schmidelia. Tree 30 feet. 



8 S. VITICIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 7. p. 215.) leaves 

 ternate ; leaflets stalked, acute at both ends, remotely crenate- 

 serrated, smooth above, pubescent beneath, elliptic-oblong, 

 lateral ones unequal-sided ; racemes panicled. fj . S. Native 

 of Cuba near Havannah. 



Vitex-leaved Schmidelia. Tree. 



9 S. RACEMOSA (Lin. mant. 67.) leaflets stalked, somewhat 

 serrated, smooth ; racemes simple. fj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Usubis triphylla, Burm. ind. t. 32. f. 1. Ornitrophe 

 Schmidelia, Pers. ench. l.p. 412. Allophyllus racemosus, Swartz, 

 prod. p. 62. Branches flexuous. Flowers digynous. This 

 species is very like S. Cobbe. 



.Racemose-flowered Schmidelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Tree 12 feet. 



10 S. BOJERIA V NA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 38.) leaves 

 ternate, smoothish, pale-green above, paler beneath ; leaflets 

 oblong, nearly sessile and nearly entire, terminal one cuneated 

 and somewhat acuminated, lateral ones bluntish ; racemes axil- 

 lary, branched. Ij . S. Native of Madagascar, where it is 

 called Lefoun-doula. 



Bojer's Schmidelia. Tree. 



US. COMINIA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 667.) leaflets stalked, 

 oblong, tapering to both ends, serrated, pubescent beneath ; 

 racemes compound. T? . S. Native of Jamaica in the western 



