SAPINDACE^E. XX. NEPHELIUM. XXI. THOUIKIA. XXII. HYPELATE. 



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leaves simple, obovate-lanceolate, auricled at the base ; ovary 

 didymous, with 2 styles between ; stamens 8, monadelphous at 

 the base ; sepals unequal ; flowers in terminal, panicled racemes ; 

 ovary surrounded by 8 glands. Pj . S. Native of the Moluccas. 

 Scytalia verticillata, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 29. Flowers small, 

 white tinged with red. 



Whorled-leaved Nephelium. Fl. June. Clt. 1821. Shrub 6ft. 



f" Species only known by name from Roxb. hort. beng. p. 29. 

 and 88. under the genus Scytalia. 



8 N. RIMOSUM. Roxb. Silhet. p. 29. 



9 N. DANU'RA. Roxb. Chittagong. p. 29. 



10 N. RU'BRUM. Roxb. Silhet. p. 29. 



11 N. PARVIFLORUM. Roxb. Moluccas, p. 88. 



12 N. OPPOSITIFOLIUM. Roxb. Moluccas, p. 88. 



Cult. This is a genus of fine trees, for the most part bear- 

 ing delicious fruit. They will grow well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat. Cuttings taken off from ripened wood, planted in 

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



XXI. THOUI'NIA (in honour of Andre Thouin, professor 

 of agriculture in the Jardin des Plantes of Paris, editor of the 

 agricultural part of the Encyclopedic Methodique ; died in 

 1820.) Poit. ann. mus. 3. p. 70. t. 6. D. C. prod. 1. p. 612. 

 but not of Thunb. nor Smith. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 

 Petals 4-5, naked inside. Disk occupying the bottom of the 

 calyx, regular, crenulated. Stamens 8-10, inserted between the 

 margin of the receptacle and the ovary. Style trifid, with the 

 segments longitudinally stigmatose inside, immersed between the 

 lobes of the ovary. Fruit constantly of 3 carpels, adnate to the 

 central axis, drawn out into a membranous wing at the apex and 

 back, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded at the base. Seeds destitute of aril. 

 Trees or shrubs, rarely furnished with tendrils, with exstipu- 

 late, abruptly-pinnate, trifoliate, rarely simple leaves. Flowers 

 small, white. 



* Leaves simple. 



1 T. SIMPLICIFOLIA (Poit. ann. mus. 3. p. 71. t. 6.) leaves 

 coarsely serrate-toothed, rather tomentose beneath ; racemes 

 simple. Tj . S. Native of St. Domingo. Racemes axillary, a 

 little shorter than the leaves. Leaves resembling those of the 

 sweet chesnut, but narrower. 



Simple-leaved Thouinia. Shrub 8 feet. 



2 T. INTEGRIFOLIA (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 155.) leaves 

 quite entire, smooth on both surfaces ; racemes panicled. Tj S. 

 Native of Brazil. Leaves discoloured beneath. Panicle termi- 

 nal, flaccid. 



Entire-leaved Thouinia. Tree small. 



* * Leaves trifoliate. 



3 T. TRIFOLIATA (Poir. ann. mus. 3. p. 72. 5. t. 27.) leaflets 

 almost sessile, oval, tapering to the base, somewhat serrated, 

 smooth, but pilose in the axils of the veins beneath ; racemes 

 simple, terminal. Tj . S. Native of St. Domingo about Fort 

 Dauphin. 



Trifoliate-leaved Thouinia. Shrub 8 feet. 



4 T. TOMENTOSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 612.) leaflets elliptical- 

 oblong, serrated, smooth above, but clothed with white velvety 

 tomentum beneath ; racemes simple. ^ . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. Leaves and carpels one-half smaller than those of 

 the preceding species. 



Tomentose-leaved Thouinia. Tree small. 

 51.1 VILLO'SA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 612.) leaflets ovate, serrated at the apex, acute, vil- 



lous ; racemes panicled. fj . S. Native of New Spain about 

 Quaunahuaca. Carpels 3, distinct to the base, therefore it will 

 probably form a distinct genus. 



bilious-leaved Thouinia. Tree small. 



6 T. SCA'NDENS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 384.) leaves trifoliate; 

 leaflets oblong, tapering to both ends, acuminated, smooth, fur- 

 nished with I or 2 teeth on one side ; racemes axillary, often 

 converted into tendrils. ^ . w . S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 

 vince of Rio Janeiro. Petals greenish-white. 



Climbing Thouinia. Shrub cl. 



* * * Leaves pinnate. 



7 T. PINNA'TA (Turp. ann. mus. 5. p. 401. t. 26.) leaflets ob- 

 long, rather emarginate ; flowers in terminal panicles, with 5 

 petals and 8 stamens, tj . S. Native of St. Domingo between 

 Monte-Christi and San-Yago. 



Pinnate-leaved Thouinia. Clt. 1823. Shrub 8 feet. 



8 T. POLY'OAMA (Meyer, prim, esseq. 156.) leaflets oblong- 

 ovate ; flowers polygamous, racemose, villous, with 4 petals 

 and 8 stamens. Tj . S. Native of Guiana in sandy woods. 



Polygamous-flowered Thouinia. Tree 14 feet. 



9 T. DECA'NDRA (H. B. et Kunth, pi. equin. 1. p. 198. t. 56.) 

 leaflets 6 pairs, lanceolate, toothed ; flowers panicled, with 5 

 petals and 10 stamens. Jj. S. Native of Mexico about Aca- 

 pulca. 



Decandrous Thouinia. Tree 18 feet. 



Cult. These trees will succeed well in a mixture of sandy 

 loam and peat, and cuttings taken off 1 from ripened wood will 

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



XXII. HYPELATE (a name given by Pliny to Ruscus ; it 

 comes from vvo^hypo, under, and \ar), elate, a fir-tree ; habitat 

 of original plant). Browne, jam. 208. Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 

 653. t. 14. D. C. prod. 1. p. 614. Melicocca species, Juss. in 

 mem. mus. vol. 3. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 5 or wanting, naked inside. Disk occupying the bottom 

 of the calyx, nearly entire or lobed. Stamens 8-10, inserted 

 between the margin of the disk and ovary. Style very short, 

 crowned by a somewhat 2-3-lobed stigma. Ovary 2-3-celled ; 

 cells 2-3-ovulate. Fruit nearly dry, indehiscent, 1-2-celled 

 from abortion. Seeds pendulous, destitute of aril ? Trees with 

 exstipulate, trifoliate, or abruptly-pinnate leaves ; leaflets oppo- 

 site or alternate. Flowers small, white, glomerate, or disposed in 

 short panicles. 



1 H. TRIFOLIA'TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 655.) leaves trifo- 

 liate ; leaflets coriaceous, obovate, with rather marginate petioles ; 

 panicles terminal, rather corymbose; petals 5. Jj .. S. Native of 

 the south of Jamaica on cretaceous hills. It is also said to be 

 common in the low lands. A smooth shrub, with leaves like those 

 of Toddalia or Lignum-vitce, but without dots. The stem is 

 beset with leaves at intervals. This shrub is probably Amyris 

 lypelala of Rob. in Lunan. hort. jam. 1. p. 149. 



Trifoliate Hypelate. Shrub 9 feet. 



2 H. PANICULA'TA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 32.) leaves 

 with 2 pairs of leaflets ; flowers decandrous, in terminal, corym- 

 bose panicles ; petals 5. T? . S. Native of St. Domingo. Me- 

 licocca paniculata, Juss. mem. mus. 3. p. 187. t. 5. Fruit round, 

 1 -seeded. Leaflets large, oblong-lanceolate, entire. 



Panicled-fiowered Hypelate. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



3 H. DENTA V TA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 32.) leaves 

 with 5 or 6 pairs of oboval leaflets, which are toothed at the 

 apex ; peduncles few- flowered, axillary ; flowers octandrous ; 

 petals 5. T;. S. Native of the Mauritian Islands. Meli- 

 cocca dentata, Juss. mem. mus. 3. p. 187. t. 6. Fruit round, 1- 

 seeded. Leaflets small. 



