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SAPINDACEJE. XI. SAPINDUS. XII. ERIOGLOSSUM. XIII. MOULINSIA. 



cles divaricate. T? . S. Native of Surinam. Flowers greenish- 

 white. Fruit globose, hardly the size of a cherry. 

 Surinam Soap-Berry. Shrub 10 feet. 



11 S. INJEQUA'LIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 608.) leaflets ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, smooth, broader on one side than the other, 

 4 pairs ; panicles divaricate. Jj . S. Native of Guadaloupe. 

 Lam. ill. t. 307. f. 1. S. laurifolius, in herb. Balb. but not of 

 Vahl. Flowers small, whitish. 



Unequal-leaved Soap-Berry. Shrub 6 feet. 



12 S. ANGULA TUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 665.) leaflets broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, coriaceous, smooth and shining above, pubescent beneath, 

 3 pairs ; fruit of 3 joined carpels, which are keeled on the back. 



fj.S. Native of? 



Angular-fruited Soap-Berry. Shrub 6 feet. 



IS S. JUGLANDIFOLIUS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 391.) rachis 

 wingless ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong, equal-sided, smooth 

 leaflets, which are rounded at the apex ; racemes branched ; 

 calyx hairy ; petals each furnished with a 2-lobed scale on the 

 inside. Tj . S. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Stamens 8. 



Walnut-leaved-Soa.p-'Rerry. Tree 25 feet. 



14 S. ESCULE'NTUS (St. Hil. pi. usu. bras. no. 68. fl. bras. 1. 

 p. 391.) rachis wingless ; leaves with 2-4 pairs of oblong, attenu- 

 ated, equal-sided, smooth leaflets ; racemes spike-formed ; calyx 

 tomentose ; petals each furnished with a bifid scale on the inside 

 at the base. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, where it is called Pittombera, and where the inhabitants 

 eat the aril which surrounds the seeds. 



Esculent Soap-Berry. Tree 20 feet. 



15 S. SENEGALE'NSIS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 666.) rachis of leaves 

 flattened and striped, somewhat pubescent; leaflets ovate, 

 lanceolate, smooth, with strong nerves on both surfaces, 2-3 

 pairs. Tj . S. Native of Senegal. Fruit globose, the size of a 

 strawberry. 



Senegal Soap-Berry. Clt. 1823. Tree 10 feet. 



16 S. GUINEE'NSIS; leaflets numerous, ovate-lanceolate ; young 

 branches, as well as panicles, clothed with rufous hairs ; panicles 

 large, terminal. ^ . S. Native of Guinea. Fruit red, about 

 the size of a cherry, with a whitish farinaceous pulp. 



Guinea Soap-Berry. Fl. April, May. Shrub 6 feet. 



17 S. TETRAPHY'LLUS (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 54.) leaflets lanceo- 

 late-oblong, smooth, 2 pairs ; racemes almost simple ; petals 

 smooth. I; S. Native of the East Indies. 



Four-leaved Soap-Berry. Shrub 8 feet. 



18 S. SALICIFOLIUS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 608.) leaflets 2 pairs; 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth ; racemes compound ; pe- 

 tals bearded on the inside. Tj . S. Native of the Island of 

 Timor. Fruit unknown. 



Willow-leaved Soap-Berry. Shrub 6 feet. 



19 S. LAURIFOLIUS (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 54.) leaflets 3 pairs, 

 ovate-oblong, attenuated, smooth ; panicles loose ; petals tomen- 

 tose on the borders. Tj . S. Native of Malabar. Rheed. mal. 

 4. t. 19. S. trifoliata, Lin. spec. 625. 



Laurel-leaved Soap-Berry. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 feet. 



20 S. LONGIFOLIUS (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 53.) leaflets 5 pairs, 

 smooth, with a terminal, lanceolate leaflet. Tj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Calyx tomentose-hoary. Fruit unknown. 



Long-leaved Soap-Berry. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 feet. 



21 S. EMARGINA'TUS (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 54.) leaflets 2-3 pairs, 

 oblong, emarginate, villous beneath ; panicles decompound, pu- 

 bescent ; petals with tomentose margins. T? . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Fruit of 3 joined carpels, somewhat globular, and 

 densely clothed with yellowish hairs. 



Emarginate-leaved Soap-Berry. Clt. 1822. Tree 12 feet. 



22 S. RA'RAK (D. C. prod. 1. p. 608.) leaflets 3-10 pairs, 

 oblong, retuse, very smooth, membranaceous. Jj . S. Native 

 of Java, Amboyna, and Cochin-china. Rarak, Rumph. amb. 



1 



2. p. 134. S. saponaria, Lour. coch. 238 ? S. pinnatus, Mill, 

 diet. no. 3. ? Loureiro celebrates the berries of this tree, 

 slightly bruised and steeped in water, as a very excellent soap, 

 and remarks, that it is only required to use them with prudence, 

 all abstergents being in some degree corrosive. He describes it 

 as a very large tree, and as both wild and cultivated in Cochin- 

 china. It has also been found in the South-sea Islands. 

 Rarak Soap-Berry. Tree 40 feet. 



23 S. ABRU'PTUS (Lour. fl. coch. 238.) leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, smooth ; flowers campanulate, of 4 

 sepals and 4 petals. J? . G. Native of China about Canton. 

 Racemes large, terminal. Flowers pale. 



Abrupt-leaded Soap-Berry. Tree 30 feet. 



24 S. MUKOROSSI (Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 342. t. 70.) leaflets 6 

 pairs, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, smooth, tender ; berry ovate, 

 acuminated at both ends, fj . G. Native of Japan about Jeddo. 

 Thunb. jap. 356. no. 37. Fruit of 3 carpels, 2 of them are abor- 

 tive, the third very large. Thunberg informs us, that the fruit 

 was reported by the Japanese physicians to be bitter and juicy. 

 The tree is called Mukorossi in Japan. 



Mukorossi or Japan Soap-Berry. Tree 20 feet. 



j- Species not sufficiently known, rvilh simple leaves. 



25 S. ? I'NDICUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 667.) leaves almost sessile, 

 smooth, netted with veins, usually linear -lanceolate, undivided, 

 but sometimes, it is divided to the base into 2 opposite, ovate- 

 lanceolate lobes. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Indian Soap-Berry. Tree 20 feet. 



26 S. SIMPLICIFOLIUS ; leaves simple, oblong, entire, coriace- 

 ous, oblique at the base ; panicles axillary. J; . S. Native of 

 Guinea. 



Simple-leaved Soap-Berry. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs possessing no 

 beauty, therefore they are hardly worth cultivating except in 

 general collections. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and sand, and large cuttings will strike root in sand under 

 a hand-glass, in heat. Seeds obtained from the places of their 

 natural growth should be sown directly. 



XII. ERIOGLO'SSUM (from tpiov, erion, wool, and -yXwatra, 

 glossa, a tongue ; in allusion to the scales of the petals being 

 villous). Blum, bijdr. p. 229. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. 

 p. 27. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndrla, Monogynia. Calyx 5-sepalled, 2 inner 

 sepals smallest. Petals 4, concave, each furnished with a bifid, 

 villous scale on the inside. Stamens 8, unequal, villous. Ova- 

 ries 3, 1-seeded, connate with the style, which is crowned by an 

 obtuse stigma. Carpels elliptical, baccate, connate at the base, 

 usually solitary from abortion. A shrub with the habit of Sa- 

 pindus, bearing eatable fruit, and with pinnate leaves ; leaflets 

 3-4 pairs, usually with an odd one. 



1 E. E'DDLE (Blum. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Java. Sapindus 

 edulis, Blum. cat. hort. buitenz. 



.EataWe-fruited Erioglossum. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this shrub, 

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



XIII. MOULI'NSIA (in honour of M. Charles des Moulins, 

 of Bourdeaux, author of many interesting memoirs on various 

 branches of natural history). Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 

 27. t. 2. 



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

 4, the fifth deficient, and with its seat vacant, each furnished 

 with a cucullate scale above the base, with the scales crested at 

 the apex, and ending in an inflexed appendage beneath the apex. 



