UiKjnadla. S.VriNDACE.E. 445 



& Silv. ii. 73, t. 78, 79. Mdicocca, Juss. Mem. Mus. iii. 1H7, t. o, in part. 

 Hypelate, Cambessede.s, ihid. xviii. .'Jl, in part; lieiith. &. Hook. Geu. i. Idm. \n 

 part. — Small subtropical genus consi.stin<j of one Mexicau species, an<i tin; 

 following. 



E. oblongifolia, M.V( i adykv, I.e. A liaiKlsomc tree of moderate size, with liani dense 

 Ijul (aie. tu lUudgftl) l)rillk' wood ami reddish l.rowu Icirk : leaves ahrupih iiiimale aud 

 iiornially 2-4-foliulate, rarely 6-foliolate or hy aliortiou wilii au odd iiuinlier of leatlets ; 

 these ohloiig or elliptical, ohtu.se or rounded at the apex, somewhat iiarroweil at the sessile 

 base, thickish, glabrous, .somewhat liK-id al)ove, 2 to .5 iuthes long, '\ to \\ inclics broad: 

 common jjitiole and rhaehis i to 2 inches in length : Hciwers many, white, in terminal sul»- 

 corymbo.sc panicles, fragrant : buds on short pedicels and clovc-shai)ed, tomentulose : bract- 

 lets minute, subulate: sepals and petals broadly ovate or sul>orbicular, 1^ to 2 lines in 

 length ; the former tomentulose, persistent and at last refle.xed : fruit half inch in fliameter, 

 globose, changing from orange to purjjle, juicy at maturity, liut with thin riml and large 

 mahogany-colored papery-coated seed; cotyledons very thick, almost hemispherical. — 

 Hook. Lend. Jour. Bot. iii. 226, t. 7. E. paniculiita, Hadlk. 11. cc. ; Sargent, Silv. ii. 75, 

 t. 78, 79. Melicocca panicnlata, Juss. 1. c. ; Nutt. Sylv. ii. 74, t. 66. IIi/i>f'latr jianicniata, 

 Cambe.*sedes, 1. c. 32 ; Hook. 1. c. 227. Sapindus lucidus, Hamilton, ace. to Hadlk. Sitzungsb. 

 Kgl. Bayer. Akad. .\x. 276. — E. and S. Florida and Keys, where first coll. by Blodijell ; fl. 

 January to April; fr. ripe about September. (Cuba, Jamaica, San Domingo ) 



9. HYP£;LATE, p. Br. (Pliny's name for the Butcher's Broom, derived 

 from vTTo, under, and iXdrr}, pine or fir, applied by Browne to this genus.) — Leaves 

 palmately trifoliolate ; leaflets glabrous, lucid, thickish and veiny, evergreen. 

 Flowers in terminal or subterminal panicles. — Hist. Jam. 208 ; Swartz, Fl. Ind. 

 Occ. ii. 655, t. 14; Deless. Ic. iii. 23, t. 39; Benth. & Hook. Gen. i. 408 (excl. 

 H. paniculata) ; Sargent, Gard. & For. iv. 100, «& Silv. ii. 77, t. 80, 81.— W. 

 Indian monotype. 



H. trifoliata, Swartz. (Whit£ Iroxwood.) A small and slender tree with .«moothisli 

 bark: leaflets coriaceous, spatulate, or narrowly oliovate, 1 to U inches long, a third as 

 broad, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base; common petioles 8 to 18 

 lines in length, usually narrow-winged near the summit: flowers white, 1^ to 2 lines in 

 diameter: petals and sepals subequal, nearly orbicular: fruit ovoid, sweetish, the size of a 

 pea. — Prodr. 61 ; Chapm. J'l. 78 ; Sargent, 11. cc. Ami/ris IIi/pelate,A. Kobinson in Lunan, 

 Hort. Jam. i. 149. — S. Florida, on Umbrella Key and Upper Metacombe Key, Curtiss ; 

 fl. June, July ; fr. September. (Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico.) 



10. UNG-NADIA, Endl. (Dedicated to David von Ungnad, Austrian 

 ambassador to Constantinople, Avho in 1570 by sending seeds of the horse- 

 chestnut to Vienna introduced that attractive tree into western cultivation.) — 

 An ornamental shrub or small tree with reddish twigs, alternate and unetjually 

 pinnate exstipitate leaves, conspicuous irregular but bilaterally symmetrical rose- 

 colored fascicled or somewhat corymbose flowers upon jointed pedicels. — Atakt. 

 t. 3G; Endl. & Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. 75; Gray, Gen. 111. ii. 209, t. 178. 179; 

 Benth. & Hook. Gen. i. 398 ; Radlk. in Engl. «& Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. iii. Ab. 

 5, 3G5. — A southwestern monotype. 



U. speciosa, Exni.. 11. cc. (Mexican Bickeye.) Young parts tomenttilo.^e ; leaflets 2 

 to .3 pairs and an odd one, ovate-ol)long, acuminate, obtusish or rounded at the base, .«errate, 

 at maturity 4 to 6 inches in length, a third to half as l)road, glabrous al»ove, pubescent or 

 tomentulose beneath : fascicles lateral, sometimes crowded : flowers numerous, half inch in 

 diameter : the long-stipeil pendulous leathery capsule, when ripe, more than an inch in diam- 

 eter, light-colored, with 3 rounded lobes aud tipped with the pointed somewhat persistent 



