SAPINDACE^:. XIV. CUPANIA. XV. HARPULIA. XVI. BLIGHIA. XVII. TALISIA. XVIII. STADMANNIA. 669 



allusion to the 2-parted appendages of the petals). Labill. nov. 

 cal. t. 51. Petals 5, orbicular, furnished each with a bifid ap- 

 pendage on the inside. Stamens 8. Capsules coriaceous, 3- 

 valved, 3-seeded. 



31 C. GLAU'CA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 29.) hairy; 

 leaflets 1-2 pairs, lanceolate, glaucous beneath ; flowers panicled. 



?2 . G. Native of New Caledonia. Dimereza glauca, Labill. 

 nov. caled. t. 51. Diplopetalum glaucum, Spreng. syst. append, 

 p. 150. Capsule triquetrous, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 

 G7Mcos-leaved Cupania. Shrub 9 feet. 



SECT. VI. TiNA (from Tie, nvoe, tis, t'mos, who, what : at the 

 time the name was given it was uncertain to what genus the 

 plants belonged). Corolla of 5 hairy scales. Stamens 5, in- 

 serted in the base of the pistil. Capsules 2-valved, narrowed at 

 the base, pear-shaped. 



32 C. CUPANIOIDES (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 28.) leaves 

 impari-pinnate ; panicles axillary ; capsules obcordate. T? S. 

 Native of the Mauritius ? Gelonium cupanioides, Gaert. fruct. 

 2. p. 271. t. 139. Tina cupanioides, D. C. prod. 1. p. 614. 



Cupania-like Cupania. Tree 20 feet. 



33 C. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Pet. Th. gen. mad. no. *l. under 

 Tina,) capsules acuminated ; leaves alternate, conjugate, or ab- 

 ruptly and impari-pinnate, with woody petioles ; flowers panicled. 



^ . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Cult. The species of Cupania will thrive well in a mixture 

 of sandy loam and peat ; and ripened cuttings will root in sand 

 under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 



XV. HARPU'LIA (Harpula is its vernacular name at Chit- 

 tagong). Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 441. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 

 alternate with the stamina. Stamens 5. Style short. Stigma, 

 2-lobed ; lobes reflexed. Capsule 2-celled ; seeds solitary, 

 arillate. Disk fleshy, villous. A small tree, with abruptly-pin- 

 nate leaves, with from 4-6 pairs of entire, ovate-lanceolate, op- 

 posite, or alternate leaflets, and axillary, solitary panicles of small 

 pale-yellow flowers. 



1 H. CUPANIOIDES (Roxb. 1. c.). J;. S. Native of the hills 

 near Chittagong. 



Cupania-like Harpulia. Fl. April. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will answer this tree well, 

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



XVI. BLFGHIA (in honour of Captain William Bligh, R.N. 

 who first carried the bread-fruit trees to the West Indies). 

 Koenig, in ann. bot. 1806. 2. p. 571. D. C. prod. 1. p. 609. 

 Akeesia. Tuss. antill. (1808) p. 66. Bonannia, Raf. speech. 

 (1814) 15. p. 115. 



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

 5, scarcely appendiculate on the inside ? Stamens 8. Style 

 very short. Stigmas 3. Carpels 3, connate, fleshy, opening at 

 the apex. Seeds solitary, seated on a large fleshy aril. A 

 large tree, with habit of Sapmdus or Cupania. 



1 B. SA'PIDA (Keen. I.e. 2. t. 16. and 17.). I? . S. Na- 

 tive of Guinea, from whence it has been introduced into the 

 West Indies and South America. Akeesia Africana, Tuss. antil. 

 p. 66. t. 3. Bonannia nitida, Raf. speech. 15. p. 116. Akee, 

 Lillian, hort. jam. 2. p. 335. Rachis of leaves not winged, 

 pubescent. Leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, veiny. This 

 is an esteemed African fruit-tree, with reddish or yellowish 

 berries, about the size of a hen's egg, with the aril of the seed of 

 a grateful subacid flavour. In the West Indies it is considered 

 wholesome. 



Savoury Akee-tree. Fl. Mar. Clt. 1793. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. This tree is greatly esteemed for the excellence of 

 its fruit, both in Guinea and the West Indies. It will thrive 



well in a mixture of loam and peat. Ripened cuttings, not de- 

 prived of any of their leaves, will strike root in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in heat. The tree has never been brought to a 

 flowering state in this country. 



XVII. TALI'SIA (Toulichi is the name of T. Guianensis in 

 Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 349. D. C. prod. 1. p. 609. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. 

 Petals 5, each furnished with a densely pilose scale above the 

 base, nearly equalling the limb. Disk very fleshy, occupying 

 the whole bottom of the calyx, regular, crenulated. Stamens 8, 

 inserted between the margin of the disk and the ovary. Stigma 

 sessile, obsoletely 3-toothed. Ovary 3-4-celled, with the ovulae 

 fixed to the bottom of the cells. Trees or shrubs with exstipu- 

 late, abruptly pinnate leaves, with alternate leaflets. Flowers 

 disposed in racemose panicles. 



1 T. HEXAPHY'LLA (Vahl. eel. 2. p. 29.) racemes simple ; calyx 

 equal in length to the petals ; leaflets 2-3 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, 

 shining, smooth on both surfaces, fy . S. Native of South 

 America. 



Six-leaved Talisia. Tree 20 feet. 



2 T. MOLLIS (Kunth,mss. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 48.) 

 racemes decompound, panicled ; calyx shorter than the petals ; 

 leaflets 5 pairs, oval-oblong, acuminated, with the nerves and 

 nervelets hairy beneath. ^ S. Native of South America. T. 

 Guianensis, D. C. prod. 1. p. 609. exclusive of the synonymes. 



Soft Talisia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 feet. 



3 T. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 340. t. 136.) racemes 

 decompound ; calyx shorter than the petals ; leaflets many 

 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, quite smooth on 

 both surfaces. J? . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne. G. 

 glabra, D. C. prod. 1. p. 609. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Guiana Talisia. Shrub 4 feet. 



4 T. ? ACLADODEA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 609.) trunk simple ; 

 racemes terminal ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets oblong- 

 linear, acuminated. ?j . S. Native of Peru in groves. Acla- 

 dcklea pinnata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 133. t. 29. syst. p. 

 262. Tree with the habit of a palm. Female flowers unknown. 



Unbranched Talisia. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. These trees will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and large cuttings, not deprived of any of their leaves, 

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



XVIII. STADMA'NNIA (in honour of Stadmann, a Ger- 

 man botanical traveller). Lam. ill. t. 312. D. C. prod. 1. p. 615. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals wanting. Stamens 8. Ovary oblong. Style very short. 

 Stigma trigonal. Berry globose, 1 -celled, 1-seeded from abor- 

 tion. Trees with impari-pinnate leaves, and elongated, spike- 

 formed racemes of small whitish flowers. 



1 S. SIDERO'XYLON (D. C. prod. 1. p. 615.) leaves alternate, 

 with 3 or 5 pairs of alternate, large, oval, oblong, coriaceous, 

 emarginate, smooth, shining leaflets ; racemes panicled, elon- 

 gated, terminal. Tj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon, 

 where it is called Bois de fer, as well as of Amboyna. Arbor 

 palorum alba, Rumph. amb. 3. t. 65. The wood of this tree 

 is very hard and heavy, of a reddish colour. It is very knotty, 

 and is therefore very difficult to cut. It is commonly used for 

 stakes or pales. Cupania sideroxylon, Cambess. 



Iron-wooded Stadmannia. Tree 66 feet. 



2 S. AUSTRA'LIS ; leaves alternate, with 2 or 3 pairs of large, 

 oblong, retuse, rather coriaceous, opposite leaflets, with an odd 

 one ; young leaves and branches covered with rusty down ; ra- 

 cemes terminal ? Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Southern Stadmannia. Cult. 1820. Tree 60 feet. 

 Cult. Trees with very shewy, large, pinnate leaves. They 

 will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, or a light, loamy 



