394 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
cupulam inæquali-lobam (connectivum auetum ?) dilatatis; antheris 
basifixis, 2-dymis ; loculis subglobosis v. breviter ovoideis erectis, ad 
apicem ostio lineari brevi v. poriformi dehiscentibus. Gynæceum libe- 
rum, basi disco cupulari inæquali-3-5-dentato cinctum; dentibus nunc 
2-fidis; germine 2-3-loculari ; stylo apicali, apice stigmatoso subin- 
tegro, acutato v. rarius 2-lobo. Ovula 1n loculis 2, angulo interno 
inserta adscendentia plus minus complete anatropa ; micropyle extror- 
sum infera. Fructus drupaceus v. demum subsiccus, indehiscens v. ra- 
rius hine ægre dehiscens, oblique subglobosus, hine nune subcarinatus 
(Ophiocaryon) ; putamine osseo v. crustaceo. Semen adscendens ; em- 
bryonis exalbuminosi cotyledonibus plus minus conduplicatis v. valde 
(Ophiocaryon) contortuplicatis ; radicula ineurva brevi v. longa crassa 
(Phoxanthus) flexuosave et ad apicem dilatata (Ophiocaryon). — Arbores 
v. frutices; foliis alternis, simplicibus v. pinnatis; foliolis integris 
v. serratis; floribus in racemos valde ramosos composilo -cymigeros 
sæpe bracteatos dispositis, (Asia et America utraque trop. et subtrop.) — 
Vid. p. 3h6. 
[IT SAPINDEÆ. 
9. Sapindus Piuu. — Flores regulares hermaphrodili v. polygami ; 
receptacnlo sæpius depresso. Sepala 4, 5, imbricata. Petala totidem 
alterna, imbricata, intus nuda v. sæpius squamis 4, 2, glabris v. varie 
pilosis, supra unguem aucta. Discus receptaculum vestiens et extus 
annularis v. cupularis regularis stamina interiora undique cingens. Sia- 
mina (in flore fæmineo effæta) aut 40, 2-seriata, quorum alternipe- 
tala 5, longiora, aut 4-8, v. rarius 41-00 : filamentis hypogynis liberis, 
sæpe pilosis ; antheris introrsis versatilibus, ?-rimosis. Germen (in flore 
masculo rudimentarium) 3- v. rarius 2-4-loculare, 2-4-lobum; stylo 
terminali, apice stigmatoso 2-4-lobo. Ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi 
anguli interni adscendentia anatropa; micropyle extrorsum infera. 
Fructus 1-4-coccus; coccis fertilibus 1-4, globosis v. oblongis, carnosis 
v. Coriaceis, indehiscentibus, basi coccis sterilibus 4-3 minutis stipatis. 
Seminis adscendentis exarillati exalbuminosi testa membranacea v. cru- 
stacea ; hilo lato; embryonis recti v. curvi cotyledonibus erassis Car— 
nosis ; radicula brevi incurva intra testam plus minus penetrante. — 
Arbores v. frutices, nune subscandentes; foliis alternis exstipulatis, 
simplicibus v. 1-2 -foliolatis pinnatis ; foliolis integris v. raro serra lis ; 
