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SAPINDACEiE. VII. SCHMIDELIA. VIII. IRINA. IX. PROSTEA. 



mountains as well as of Cuba. Rhus Cominia, Lin. amcen. 5. 

 p 395. Allophyllus Corainia, Swartz, prod. 62. Ornitrophe 

 Cominia, Willd. spec. 2. p. 323. Sloan, hist. 2. t. 208. f. 1. 

 Flowers small, whitish-yellow. Fruit small orange-coloured. 

 The tree is called Cominia by the natives of Jamaica. 

 Cominia Schmidelia. Clt. 1778. Tree 15 feet. 



12 S. AFRICA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 610.) leaflets stalked, 

 oval> tapering to both ends, serrate-toothed ; peduncle divided 

 into 2 or 3 somewhat spiked racemes. Jj . S. Native of Guinea 

 in the kingdom of Waree, on the banks of the river Formosa. 

 Allophyllus Africanus, Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 74. t. 107. S. 

 racemosa, Afz. mss. 



African Schmidelia. Tree 20 feet. 



13 S. DISTA'CIIYA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 610.) leaflets stalked, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, smooth ; racemes axil- 

 lary, twin, spike-formed. Tj . S. Native of Bengal. Very 

 like S. Afncana. 



Twin-spiked Schmidelia. Tree 20 feet. 



14 S. OCCIDENTALS (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 665.) leaflets 

 almost sessile, oblong, tapering to both ends, serrated, smooth, 

 or somewhat tomentose beneath ; racemes simple. J? . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo among bushes on the mountains, and on the 

 Andes about Quindiu. Ornitrophe occidentalis, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 323. Lam. ill. t. 309. f. 2. 



Western Schmidelia. Shrub 8 feet. 



15 S. SPICA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 611.) leaflets sessile, ovate, 

 somewhat serrated, tomentose beneath, terminal leaflet twice 

 the size of the lateral ones ; racemes spicate, filiform. Tj . S. 

 Native of? Ornitrophe spicata, Poir. diet. 8. p. 265. 



/Spcate-flowered Schmidelia. Tree. 



16 S. TIMORIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 611.) leaflets sessile, 

 ovate, acuminated, serrate-toothed, smooth ; racemes compound. 

 J; . S. Native of the Island of Timor, and probably of Malabar. 

 This is probably Molago Maram of Rheed. mal. 5. t. 25. 



Timor Schmidelia. Tree small. 



17 S. GLABRA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 122.) 

 leaflets stalked, elliptical, obtuse, somewhat mucronated, quite 

 entire, smooth ; racemes ternate. fj . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica on the banks of the river Magdalena near Nares. 



Smooth-leaved Schmidelia. Tree 40 feet. 



18 S. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 122.) 

 leaflets stalked, elliptical-oblong, repandly-toothletted, hairy 

 above, hairy-tomentose on the veins and nerves below ; racemes 

 compound. fj . S. Native of New Granada in shady places. 



Soft Schmidelia. Tree 60 feet. 



19 S. GuARANi'ncA.(St. Hil. bull, philom. 1823. p. 133.) 

 leaflets coarsely toothed at the top, and pubescent beneath, in- 

 termediate one stalked, lanceolate, lateral ones ovate-lanceolate ; 

 common petiole downy ; racemes simple, much shorter than the 

 leaves. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. 



Guaranitic Schmidelia. Tree. 



20 S. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 611.) leaves on 

 long petioles ; leaflets serrated ; racemes terminal ; petals pilose, 

 small. ~Tj . G. Native of Cochin-china on the banks of rivers. 

 Allophyllus ternatis, Lour. fl. coch. 232. This shrub is pro- 

 bably identical with S. Coble or Timoriensis. Flowers small, 

 white. The inhabitants of Cochin-china use the leaves of this 

 shrub as a cataplasm for contusions. 



Cochin-china Schmidelia. Shrub 5 feet. 



21 S. TERNA'TA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 24.) leaves 

 trifoliate ; racemes axillary, nearly simple ; petals smooth. ^ . 

 G. Native of New Caledonia. Pometia ternata, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 398. Aporetica ternata, Forst. gen. p. 74. Flowers white ? 

 Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 8. 



Ternate-leaved Schmidelia. Tree. 



22 S. GEME'LLA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 24.) leaves 



trifoliate ; racemes axillary, spiked ; petals pilose. Jj . G. Na- 

 tive of Cochin-china. Gemella trifoliata, Lour. fl. coch. 649. 

 Aporetica Gemella, D. C. prod. 1. p. 610. Schmidelia Co- 

 chinchinensis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 222. Flowers white. Leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, unequally-serrated, smooth. 

 TVi'in-fruited Schmidelia. Shrub 6 feet. 



23 S. HETEROPHY'LLA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 383. t. 82.) 

 leaves nearly simple, rarely trifoliate, terminal one oblong- 

 cuneated, acuminated, sharply-serrated, smoothish ; lateral leaf- 

 lets small or abortive ; racemes spike-formed, axillary. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Flowers yellowish-green. 

 Thouinia dioica, Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 21. t. 4. 



Various-leaved Schmidelia. Shrub 4 feet. 



* * Leaves simple. 



24 S. RI'OIDA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 663.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, spiny-toothletted ; racemes simple. Tj . S. Native 

 of Hispaniola on arid mountains. Ornitrophe rigida, Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 324. Allophyllus racemosus, Swartz, prod. 62. This 

 plant has the habit of Thouinia simplicifblia. 



Stiff Schmidelia. Shrub 6 feet. 



25 S. ALLOPHY'LLUS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 611.) leaves oval, 

 acuminated, quite entire ; racemes axillary, very short. Ij . S. 

 Native of Ceylon. Allophyllus Zeylanicus, Lin. spec. 496. Or- 

 nitrophe Allophyllus, Pers. ench. 1. p. 412. 



Foreign Schmidelia. Tree 20 feet? 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this genus well, 

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

 heat. The species are not worth cultivating unless in general 

 collections. 



VIII. IRl'NA (meaning not evident). Blum. bijd. p. 229. 

 Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 24. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent. Petals 5, naked inside, length of calyx. Disk emar- 

 ginate, girding the genitals. Stamens 5, approximating the pis- 

 til in the male flowers, very long. Ovary didymous, 2-celled ; 

 cells 1-ovulate. Style crowned by an obtuse stigma. Carpel 

 solitary from abortion, coriaceous, dry, indehiscent. Seed soli- 

 tary, exarillate. Trees with abruptly pinnate leaves, and spiked, 

 terminal panicles of flowers. 



1 I. GLA'BRA (Blum, bijdr. p. 230.) leaflets smooth, serrated ; 

 panicle composed of numerous spikes or racemes, fy . S. Na- 

 tive of Java. 



Smooth Irina. Tree. 



2 I. TOMENTOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 230.) leaves tomentose ; 

 leaflets serrated ; panicle composed of numerous racemes, also 

 tomentose. ^ S. Native of Java. 



Tomentose Irina. Tree. 



3 I. INTEGE'RRIMA (Blum, bijdr. p. 231.) leaflets smooth, 

 quite entire ; panicle composed of numerous spikes or racemes. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Java. 



Very-entire-\eafietteA Irina. Tree. 



Cult. Loam and sand will suit this genus well, and ripened 

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



IX. PRO'STEA (in honour of M. Prost, of Mende, who has 

 published a catalogue of the plants of Lozere, and who deserves 

 to be recognised by botanists on account of his distributing 

 among them dried plants of that country). Cambess. in mem. 

 mus. 18. p. 25. t. 1. e. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, 2 outer 

 lobes smallest. Petals 5, each furnished with a small scale on 

 the inside at the base. Disk annular, occupying the bottom of 

 the calyx. Stamens 20, inserted between the margin of the disk 

 and the ovary, disposed in a double series. Style crowned by a 

 somewhat 3-toothed stigma, immersed between the lobes of the 



