SAPINDACE^. 421 



twigs spinescent, leaves glauceseent alternate or fasciculate small 

 linear entire ; flowers ^ in axillary 1- or few-flowered fasciculiform 

 bracteolate cymes (?). [Beloochistan.") 



6 1 . Diplopeltis Endl.^ — Flowers polygamous irregular (nearly of 

 Kœlreuteria ; sepals 5, subequal, glandulose-ciliate at margin, imbri- 

 cate. Petals 4, membranous, iniguiculate, esquamate, imbricate. 

 Disk interior to perianth, very unequally oblique, dilated posteriorly 

 to a compressed excentric cupule (presenting the appearance of 2 un- 

 equally crenate laraellœ). Stamens 8, subceutric (in female flower 

 small effete); filaments fi-ee declined glabrous; anthers infrorse ver- 

 satile, 2-rimose. Germen (in male flower rudimentary) subcentrie 

 2-3-lobed, 2-3-locular ; style erect, afterwards contorted, at apex 

 stigmatose scarcely or not dilated; ovules 2 in each cell, inserted in 

 the internal angle, oblique or subtransverse. Fruit capsular coria- 

 ceous depressed 2, 3-lobed, septicidally 2-3-coccous; cocci finally 

 dehiscing inwards, 1-2-sperinous. Seeds oblique ; testa crustaccous ; 

 aril small ; cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo foliaceous very 

 spirally convolute. — Herbs, oftener shrubby at base, glandulose 

 pubescent ; branches slender ; leaves alternate simple unequally 

 laciniately pinnatifid ; flowers in terminal racemiform scorpioid 

 bracteate cymes. {South Australia.^) 



62. Erythrophysa E. Met.''' — Flowers hermaphi-odite irregular 

 (nearly of Kœlreuteria) ; receptacle widely cupuliform. Sepals 5, 

 inserted at margin, unequal, imbricate. Petals 4, unguiculate ; limb 

 thinly membranous subcorrugate venose ; base fiu-nished within with 

 a very plicate-cristate scale. Disk large posterior widely cupular, 

 crenate at glandulose undulate margin ; androceum and gyniieceum 

 very or slightly excentric anterior to cupule. Stamens 8, subequal 

 free, hypogynous ; anthers short introrse. Germen stipitate, 3- 

 locular ; style simple, at apex stigmatose scarcely capitellate ; ovules 

 2 in internal angle of ceUs ; one ascendent ; the other descendent. 

 Fruit large inflated ; cells 3, submembranous, winged at back, 



1 Small, globose. " Spec. 2. Lehm. Ft. Fniss. ii. 235. — Mia. 



2 Spec. 1. S. hrahuica Benth. loe. cit. — Boiss. PI. Pniss. i. 223. — F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 12. — 

 Fl. Or. i. 946.— Walp. Ami. iv. 374. Benta. Fl. Austral, i. 435. — Jîo<. Reg. (1139'>. t. 



' Hurg. Enum. 42.— E.ndl. Gen. n. 5625.— 69.— Walp. Rep. t. 367. 

 B. H. Oeii. 396, n. 19. o Fl. Ureg. -Evfoi.. Suppl. ii. 85.— B. H. Oeii. 



* White, rosy or lilac, showy (somewhat re- 397, n. IS— Eri/lkrophi'a Arn. in FTook. Journ. 



semhling those o{ Schiianthus). Sot. iii. 258, 



