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Disk incomplete, 4-lobed, with the lobes opposite the petals. 

 Stamens 8, excentral, connate around the ovary at the base. Pistil 

 excentral. Style crowned by a somewhat S-lobed stigma, seated 

 between the lobes of the ovary. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled ; cells 

 1-ovulate. Capsule 3, or from abortion only 2-lobed, 2-3- 

 celled, opening at the cells into 2-3 valves. Trees with exsti- 

 pulate ? abruptly-pinnate leaves ; leaflets alternate or opposite. 

 Flowers racemose, white. 



1 M. CUPANOIDES (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 40. t. 2.) 

 leaves with 5-7 pairs of oblong, somewhat acuminated, stalked, 

 entire leaflets, which taper to both ends ; racemes compound, 

 terminal. Tj . S. Native of Timor and Java. Sapindus fraxi- 

 nifolius ? D. C. prod. 1. p. 608. 



Cupania-like Moulinsia. Tree. 



2 M. RUBIGINOSA ; petioles villous ; leaves with many pairs 

 of opposite, nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, 

 entire, nearly smooth leaflets ; panicle terminal, composed of 

 numerous simple racemes. ^ . S. Native of Pulo-Penang 

 and Coromandel. Sapindus rubiginosus, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 44. 

 t. 62. Calyx of 5 unequal sepals. Petals 4, white, appendi- 

 culate at the base ; appendages furnished with 2 transverse lines 

 of white hairs. Stamens villous, 8, unequal, incumbent. This 

 tree is called Ishyrashy among the Telingas. The wood is very 

 useful for various purposes, being large, straight, strong, and 

 durable, towards the centre it is of a chocolate colour. 



Rusted Moulinsia. Clt. 1821. Tree 20 feet. 



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

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

 in heat. 



XIV. CUPA NI A (in memory of Father Francis Cupani, an 

 Italian monk, author of Hortus Catholicus and other botanical 

 works, died in 1710). Plum. gen. p. 49. t. 19. Pers. ench. 1. 

 p. 413. D. C. prod. 1. p. 612. Trigonis, Jacq. amer. 100. 

 Molinse'a, Juss. gen. 245. Guioa, Cav. icon. 4. p. 49. Dime- 

 reza, Labill. nov. cal. t. 51. Gelonium, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 271. 

 Tina, Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 985. Ratonia, D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 618. Mischocarpus, Blum, bijdr. 238. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft or 5- 

 parted. Petals 5, each furnished with a small scale above 

 the base (perhaps always) rarely wanting. Disk occupying the 

 bottom of the calyx, regular, entire, or crenulated. Stamens 

 10, or from abortion 9-5, inserted between the margin of the 

 disk and the ovary. Style trifid or undivided. Capsule pear- 

 shaped, 2-3-sided, 2-3-valved, 2-3-celled. Seeds erect, aril- 

 late. Trees or shrubs with exstipulate ? abruptly-pinnate leaves, 

 or from abortion simple ; leaflets opposite and alternate. Flowers 

 whitish, in racemose panicles or racemes. 



SECT. I. TRIGONIS (from rptic, treis, three, and yuvia, gonia, 

 an angle ; the petals are of the form of a triangle). Jacq. 

 amer. 100. Petals convolutely cucullate at the apex. American 

 species. 



1 C. TOMENTOSA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 657.) leaflets 3-4- 

 pairs, obovate, retuse, clothed with fine rusty tomentum beneath, 

 serrate-toothed at the top of the lateral nerves ; outer leaflets 

 largest. T? . S. Native of Hispaniola, Guadaloupe, and on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena in woods. Trigonis tomentosa, 

 Jacq. amer. 102. Plum, ed Burm. t. 110. C. Americana, Lin. 

 Petals yellowish, triangular, and hairy on the inside. 



Tomentose-\eaved Cupania. Clt. 1818. Tree 30 feet. 



2 C. EXCE'LSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 125.) 

 leaflets usually 5 pairs, oblong, bluntish, remotely toothletted, 

 coriaceous, smoothish above, but pubescent beneath. If} . S. 

 Native of Mexico on the mountains. 



Tall Cupania. Clt. 1 824. Tree 60 feet. 



3 C. VERNA us (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 387.) leaves with 5-6 

 pairs of oblong, sharply-serrated leaflets, which taper to the base, 

 smooth above and puberulous beneath ; calyx tomentose. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, where it 

 is called Cambuata. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled. Flowers decan- 

 drous ; filaments pilose. 



Spring Cupania. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. EUPHORLEFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 388.) leaves with 

 4-5 pairs of oblong, entire, smoothish leaflets, which are narrowed 

 at the base ; calyx permanent, puberulous ; fruit pubescent. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Capsule pear-shaped, 2-3-lobed, 

 2-3-celled. 



Euphoria-leaved Cupania. Shrub. 



5 C. PANICULA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 388. t. 80.) leaves 

 with 5 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets, rounded at the base, 

 dentately serrated, shining above but tomentose beneath ; calyx 

 tomentose. ^ S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Flowers octandrous. Filaments pilose. 



Panicled-fiowered Cupania. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



6 C. LATirbnA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 126.) 

 leaflets 2 pairs, obovate-oblong, retuse, repandly toothed, smooth, 

 but hairy on the veins beneath. ^ S. Native of an island in 

 the river Magdalena, called Isla de Brugas. Fruit unknown. 



Broad-leaved Cupania. Tree 40 feet. 



7 C. SCROBICULA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 127.) leaflets 4 pairs, oblong, retuse, remotely and sharply 

 toothed, somewhat membranaceous, smooth, scrobiculate at the 

 origin of the veins beneath. T; . S. Native of New Granada 

 near Turbaco. This species comes very near C. glabra. 



Scrobiculate-leaved Cupania. Tree 20 feet. 



8 C. RETICULA'TA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 41.) leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of elliptical, short-acuminated pr rounded at the 

 apex, entire, stalked, reticulately veined, smooth leaflets ; calyx 

 permanent, 5-parted, tomentose ; capsule obcordate, pear-shaped, 

 3-lobed, tomentose. Jj . S. Native of Guiana. Flowers dis- 

 posed in large, spreading, racemose panicles. 



Reticulated-leaved Cupania. Tree. 



9 C. GLA'BRA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 659.) leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, smooth, acuminated at the base. T? . S. 

 Native of Jamaica, where it is called Loblolly-tree, and St. Do- 

 mingo in the mountains. 



Smooth Cupania. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. Tree 14 feet. 



10 C. EMARGINA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 386.) leaves with 

 2-3 pairs of obovate, subcuneated, emarginate, entire, smooth 

 leaflets ; calyx deciduous ; fruit smooth. T? . S. Native of 

 Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro. Capsule obcordate, 2- 

 celled, 2-valved. 



Emarginate-\eaved Cupania. Tree 15 feet. 



11C. ZANTHOXYLOIDES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 386. t. 79.) 

 leaves with 2-3 pairs of obovate-oblong, dentately-serrated, 

 smooth leaflets, which are narrowed at the base, smooth above 

 and tomentose beneath ; calyx permanent, tomentose ; fruit pu- 

 bescent. Tj . S. Native of Brazil near the town of St. Paul. 

 Capsule pear-shaped, 3-lobed, 3-valved. 



Zanthoxy Ion-like Cupania. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



12 C. SAPONA'RIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 413.) leaflets 5-6 pairs, 

 oblong, tapering to both ends, entire, scabrous and pubescent 

 beneath. T? . S. Native of the West Indies. C. saponarioides, 

 Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2 p. 661. 



Saponaria-like Cupania. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tr. 20 ft. 



13 C. POIRE' TII (Kunth, ann. des scienc. nat. 1. p. 457.) 

 leaflets usually 4 pairs, oblong, acute, coriaceous, smoothish, 

 shining above ; branches and panicled racemes covered with 

 rusty tomentum. T? . S. Native of Trinidad and Guadaloupe. 

 Robinia rubiginosa, Poir. syst. veg. 3. p. 247- 



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