SAPINDACE^E. XXVI. COSSIGNIA. XXVII. LLAGUNOA. XXVIII. DODON^A. 



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1 C. BORBO'NICA (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 614.). Tj . S. Native of 

 Bourbon. Leaves impari-pinnate, sometimes with 2-3 or 1 

 pair of leaflets, the odd leaflet is always sessile. C. pinna ta, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 132. ill. t. 256. when the leaves are pinnate. 

 C. triphylla, Lam. diet. 2. p. 132. when the leaves are trifoliate. 

 Leaflets oblong, entire, somewhat scabrous above, pale tomen- 

 tose beneath, with yellow veins. Flowers panicled, see Bory. 

 voy. 2. p. 324. Ruizia aurea, Hortul. 



Bourbon Cossignia. Clt. 1811. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. This tree is known in our gardens by the name of 

 Ruizia aurea. It is generally admired on account of the orange- 

 coloured nerves of the leaves, which give it an agreeable ap- 

 pearance. It will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, or a 

 light, loamy soil ; and ripe cuttings will strike root in sand 

 under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 



XXVII. LLAGUNO'A (in honour of Eugene de Llaguno, a 

 Spanish amateur botanist). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 126. t. 

 28. Pers. ench. 2. p. 565. B.C. prod. 1. p. 116. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynla. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 

 wanting. Disk fleshy, occupying the bottom of the calyx, 10- 

 lobed at the apex. Stamens 8, rarely 9-10. Style incurved, 

 terminated by a 3-lobed stigma. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, 

 with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve ; cells 1-2- 

 seeded ; seeds destitute of aril. Trees with exstipulate, trifo- 

 liate leaves, or usually simple from abortion. Flowers disposed 

 in short, few-flowered, axillary racemes. 



1 L. NITIDA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 126. t. 28.) leaves 

 smooth, serrated, acute, undivided, or furnished on each side 

 with a lobe at the base, and they are therefore somewhat ternate. 

 J? . S. Native of Peru in woods. Amirola nitida, Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 565. Peduncles trifid ; lateral branches usually abortive. 

 The seeds of this plant are black and shining, and are used for 

 forming necklaces by the natives of Peru. 



Shining-seeded Llagunoa. Shrub 9 feet. 



2 L. PRUNIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 131.) 

 leaves ovate-elliptical, sharply toothed, smooth above, hairy 

 beneath, with the nerves and veins tomentosely hairy. Tj . S. 

 Native of Peru near Loxa. Amirola prunifolia, D. C. prod. 

 This is probably only a variety of the preceding. Seeds perhaps 

 used for the same purpose. 



Plum-leaved Llagunoa. Shrub 8 feet. 



3 L. MO'LLIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves elliptical, serrated, 

 hairy above, but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath. Tj . S. 

 Native of Peru near Loxa. Amirola mollis, D. C. prod. 1 . p. 6 1 6. 



jSo/Meaved Llagunoa. Shrub 10 feet. 



4 L. GLANDULOSA ; leaves stalked, trifoliate ; leaflets elliptical, 

 serrated, dotted with black glands on both surfaces. Tj . G. 

 Native of Chili at Coquimbo. Amirola glandu!6sa, Hook, in 

 bot. Beech, voy. p. 12. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals wanting. Sta- 

 mens 8. Ovary ovate, trigonal. Stigma oblong, sessile. 



Glandular Llagunoa. Shrub. 



Cult. These shrubs will thrive in a mixture of loam and 

 peat or sandy loam ; and ripened cuttings will root in sand under 

 a hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 



XXVIII. DODONjE'A (in honour of Rambert Dpdoens, 

 more generally known by the name of Dodonaeus, physician to 

 Maximilian II. and Rudolph II., author of Historia Plantarum, 

 in 6 pemptades, that is to say, in 6-times 5 books. This work 

 has been translated into French by L'Ecluse or Clusius ; he died 

 in 1585). Lin. gen. ed. 1. no. 855. D. C. prod. 1. p. 616. but 

 not of Plum. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Trigynia. Calyx 4-5, rarely 

 5-parted (f. 112. a.). Petals wanting. Disk hypogynous, usually 

 vanished. Stamens 8, rarely 9-10, inserted in the disk or re- 



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ceptacle. Style 2-3 (f. 112. d.), rarely 4-cleft, with the segments 

 longitudinally stigmatose inside. Capsule 2-3-4-sided, 2-3-4- 

 celled, opening by 2-3-4 valves at the dissepiments, not as in 

 the rest of the order at the cells ; valves keeled, winged (f. 112. 

 f.). on the back. Central axis 2-3-4-angled, 2-3-4-winged. 

 Seeds destitute of aril. Shrubs with exstipulate, simple or pin- 

 nate leaves. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. 



* Leaves lanceolate or spatulate. 



1 D. VISCOSA (Lin. mant. 238. FIG. 112. 

 exclusive of many of the syno- 



nymes. Meyer, prim, essequeb. 

 p. 157.) leaves obovate-oblong, 

 cuneated at the base, clammy ; 

 flowers racemose; fruit 2-3-wing- 

 ed, on longer pedicels. fj . G. 

 Native of South America, and 

 the Caribbee Islands, as well 

 as of Guinea at Waree in sandy 

 places. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 247. 

 f. 2. Sloane, hist. 2. t. 162. f. 3. 

 Rumph. amb. 4. t. 50. Pluk. 

 phyt. t. 142. f. 1. There are 

 varieties of this plant with acutish, 

 blunt, and emarginate leaves ; cap- 

 sules at both ends profoundly 

 emarginated, 7 or 9 lines long and 8 or 12 broad (see Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 134.) There are probably many species 

 confounded here. D. viscosa, Forst. prod. 27. ex D. viscosa, 

 spatulata and triquetra, according to Sir James Smith are con- 

 stantly confused together. Ptelea viscosa, Lin. spec. 173. Mill, 

 diet. no. 2. The taste of the whole plant is sour and bitterish, 

 hence it is called in Jamaica Snitch-sorrel. 



Clammy Dodonaea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1690. Shrub 6 ft. 



2 D. SPATULA'TA (Smith, inRees' cycl. vol. 12. no. 2.) leaves 

 lanceolate-obovate, clammy ; sepals ovate, acute, naked ; flowers 

 dioecious. Tj . G. Native of the Sandwich Islands. The plant 

 is smaller than D. viscbsa. 



Spatulate-\ea.ved Dodonaea. Shrub 4 feet. 



3 D. ATTENUA'TA (Cung. in Field's New South Wales, p. 

 352.) leaves linear-spatulate, covered with scabrous dots, taper- 

 ing to the base, with revolute, denticulated margins, rounded, 

 acute, and quite entire at the apex ; racemes lateral and ter- 

 minal. Fj . G. Native of New Holland in the channel of Cox's 

 River. 



4ttenuated-]eaved Dodonaea. Clt. 1824. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 D. JAMAICE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 616.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends, with the margins somewhat 

 revolute, rather clammy ; flowers disposed in short racemes ; 

 fruit shorter than the pedicel. Jj . G. Native of the colder 

 parts of Jamaica. Browne, jam. t. 18. f. 1. D. angustifolia, 

 Swartz, obs. 150. D. viscosa, Cav. icon. t. 327. Carpels 3- 

 winged. The whole plant is sour and bitterish, it is also called 

 Snitch-sorrel in Jamaica. 



Jamaica Dodonaea. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1810. Shrub 6 ft. 



5 D. BIALA'TA (H. B. et Kurth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 134. 

 t. 442.) leaves lanceolate, tapering to both ends, clammy ; ra- 

 cemes somewhat branched ; fruit constantly 2-winged, length of 

 pedicel. 1? . S. Native of South America in New Spain near 

 Cumana, as well as of Guinea not far from the Gambia, in sandy 

 places, particularly near Bathurst. 



Two-niinged-ftuited Dodonaea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 4 feet. 



6 D. BURMANNIA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 616.) leaves oblong, 

 cuneated at the base, acutish, clammy ; flowers racemose ; fruit 

 longer than the pedicels. Tj , S. Native of the East Indies, 



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