SAPINDACEM. :3!)5 



terminal and axillary more or less ramified-compound cymiferoiis 

 racemes. {All trop. and stihtrop. reg.) See p. 348. 



G. Euphoria J.' — Flowers polygamoiis-dioecioiis (nearly of Sapin- 

 diis) ; sepals 5, x'ather large, subvalvate or imbricated. Petals 5, or 

 4, 3 (sometimes 0), esquamate or squamatc. Stamens 6-10, interior 

 to regular disk ; anthers oblong introrsely rimose. Germen central, 

 2-3-lobed ; 2, 3, cells and ovules of Sapindus ; style erect between 

 lobes more or less deeply 3-lobed ; lobes recurved, inwardly stigma- 

 tiferous. Fruit 1-3-coccous ; cocci ovoid or globose crustaceous, 

 smooth or shortly tuberculate, sometimes finally unequally broken. 

 Seed subglobose, enclosed by pulpy aril ; testa coriaceous ; coty- 

 ledons of exalbuminous embryo thick plano-convex ; radicle short 

 inferior. — Trees ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; subopposite folioles 

 and inflorescence of Sapindus, terminal or axillary. ( Trop. Asia and 

 Oceania.'^) 



7. Nephelium L.^ — Flowers polygamous-dioecious (nearly of Sap>- 

 indus or Euphoria) ; calyx small cupular, 4-6-dentate ; teeth short, 

 valvate, slightly imbricate or not contiguous. Petals 4-6, villous or 

 sometimes squamate within, more rarely 0. Stamens interior to com- 

 pletely annular imbescent or glabrous disk 5-10, oftener 8 ; anthers 

 iatrorse (effete in female flower). Germen central (rudimentary in 

 male flower) 2-3-dymous or 2-3-lobed; cells 2, 3, 1-ovulate; style 

 branches 2, 3, often recurved stigmatiferous at apex, Fruit cocci 

 1-3, coriaceous or subfleshy, sometimes tuberculate aculeate or 

 bristling with spines, indehiscent or more rarely subtransversely 

 {Spanoghea *) or longitudinally and ioWiavlnielj {Cuhilia,^ 8 tadmania ") 

 dehiscent. Seed solitary in cocci semi-immersed in pulpy aril 

 {Spanoghea) or entirely involute ; cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo 



' Gci. 248 (part.).— B. H. Oen. 406, n. 48. —Euphoria Com.meu.s. (ox J. Geti. 248, part.).— 



- Spec. 8-10, of which 1 i.s often cultivated, Sa/talia G^ertn. Fnicl. i. 197, t. 42. — Bimocar- 



scil. E. Loiiijaua Lamk. Did. iii. 574. — DC. pus Ijuvu. Fl.Cochiiich. 2ZZ, ^art.{\n^\.: Cubilia 



Prodr.i. Iill,n. 2. — jBo<. J/iiy. t. 4096. Others Bl. Popiiaa Eckl. ot Zeyh. Pomefin Fokst. 



generally enumerated under Kcpheliuin are al- Spmioglica Bi,. Stinlmaiiia Lamk). 



ways distinguished by larger free sepals. Cambess. ■* Hi.. Ilumphia, \n. 173. — B. H. ffw;. 406, n. 



in Jlcin, Mils, xviii. 30. — Bl. Rumjihia, iii. 102. 50. 



— Bentii. FI. Aiistrul. i. 4G8.— Moon, Cat. 31 ■'' Bi. JRuiiiphia, iii. 100.— B. II. Geii. 400, n. 



{Bimocurpiis). — Tiiw. Enum. PL Zcijl. 57. 27. 

 ' Mriiitiss. n. 1277.— Camukss. Mem. Mas. '• Lamk. ///. t. 312.— PoiR. Did. vii. 376.— 



xviii. 30 (part.).— Si'ACH, -S'kj/. (Wi((/fi-«, iii. 61 DO. Viudr. i. 615.— B. H. Gen. 406, n. 49. 



(part.).— Endl. Qai. n. 5617 (part.).— B. H. Bakeii, .F/. iUfaHrj^. 59. 



Ocn. 405, n. 47.— H. Bn. Faijcr Fam. Nat. 316. 



