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SAPINDACEAE. 



1. Oardiospermum micro- 

 carpum H.B.K. Small-fruited 

 Balloon Vine. (Fig. 251.) Climb- 

 ing to a length of 5°-10°, branched 

 finely pubescent, slender, the stem 

 grooved. Leaves thin, biternately 

 compound, slender-petioled, 3'-6' 

 long and about as broad as long, 

 the ultimate segments ovate to 

 lanceolate in outline, coarsely 

 lobed, cleft or incised; peduncles 

 slender, about as long as the 

 leaves; corymbs several-flowered; 

 flowers white, about 2" broad, the 

 upper petals 3 times as long as the 

 sepals; capsule subglobose, 3- 

 lobed, pubescent, veiny, depressed 

 at the top, about 5" thick. [C. 

 Ealicacahum of Reade, Lefroy 

 and Moore.] 



Common in thickets between 

 Castle Harbor and Harrington Sound, 

 occasional elsewhere. Native. Florida 

 and the West Indies, tropical con- 

 tinental America. Flowers nearly 

 throughout the year. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum L., Balloon Vine, of tropical regions, 

 planted for ornament and interest, has larger flowers and globose capsules 1' 

 long, rounded at the top. 



Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw., Large-flowered Balloon-vine, West 

 Indian, with flowers about 5" wide, and oblong pointed pods nearly 2' long, 

 the thin leaflets coarsely toothed, is occasionally grown for ornament and 

 interest. 



Melicocca "bijuga L., Genip, Tropical American, a tree with evenly pin- 

 nate leaves of two pairs of sessile ovate pointed entire leaflets 2i'-5' long, 

 terminal panicles of small fragrant whitish flowers, the calyx 4-parted, the 

 petals 4 and stamens 8, the fruits fleshy edible green berries about 1' in 

 diameter, is occasionally planted. A tree at Dunbarton, about 40 years old, 

 was about 30° high in 1914, with a trunk-circumference of 21'; it had not 

 been known to flower. 



Litchi Litchi (Lour.) Britton, Lee chee, Asiatic, a large tree with evenly 

 pinnate leaves of 3 or 4 pairs of oblong leaflets, large panicles of small 

 apetalous greenish partly dioecious flowers, the pulpy fruit about 1' in 

 diameter, with a thin, rough shell, is commonly grown in parks and gardens 

 and bears delicious edible fruit ripe in autumn. [Nephelium Litclii Camb.; 

 Dimocarpiis Litchi Lour.] 



Euphoria Longana Lam., Longan, East Indian, similar to Litclii, but 

 with petaliferous flowers and smaller fruit, was represented by a young tree 

 at the Agricultural Station in 1913. [Nephelium Longana Camb.] 



Sapindus Saponaria L., Soapberry, West Indian, a fine tree with pinnate 

 leaves, the rachis often wing-margined, the lanceolate, falcate leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, 

 the globose fruit V in diameter, its pulp saponifying, has been grown success- 

 fully in gardens, flowering in late autumn or winter. According to J. M. 

 Jones trees formerly grew in Bermuda from drifted fruits. Lefroy records 

 the planting of Sapindus longifolius Vahl, at Mt. Langton. 



Blighia sapida Korn., Akee, West African, a large tree with pinnate 

 leaves of 3 or 4 pairs of oblong short-stalked entire leaflets 21'-4' long, the 



