122 SAPINDACE^. 



■quite entire, glabrous abovej silvery m^, a silky down beneath : primary veins-10-12 on each 

 side : petiole stipulate above the middle, 2-glandiilar near the top ; calyx eglandular, or 

 "8-glandular ; samara pubescent : mngs reniform-roundish, sinuate on the outer margin. — 

 Malpighia faginea, Sw. I — A climbing shrub ; leaves 5"-3" long, 2^"-l" broad : stipules 

 inserted 2'" above the base, ).'" below the top of the petiole.-^HAB. Grenada, Masson ; 

 [Nicaragua!, Guiana f]. 



■ 48. H. chrysophylla, Juss. I Leaves elliptical-oblong, pointleted, quite entire, gla- 

 brous above, aurate with a silky down beneath : primary veins 10-12 on each side : petiole 

 stipulate below wii 2-glandular near the top; calyx 8-10-glandiilar ; samara pubescent: 

 wings 2-i-pariite, or -lobed.— ffr. ia Mart. PI. Bras. 21. t. 20. — A shrub ; leaves 5"-3" 

 long, 2i"-l" broad : stipules inserted i'"-l"' below the top of the petiole. — Hab. S.Lucia!, 

 Anders.; [Guiaua, equatorial Brazil!]. 



XLII. SAPINDICE^. 



S«p3& 3— 4, usually distinct. Petals 4 (5-0), often bearing internally a 9cal£, separated 

 from the stamens by a disc or glands. Stamens usually 8. Pistil syncarpous : style single, 

 usually 3-fid: ovary 3 (2-4) -celled: cells 1 -2 (-3) -ovulate : ovules, if single, inostly erect. 

 Seeds often arillate. Embryo exalbuminous : radicle mostly inferior; — Climbers or woody 

 plants ; leaves mjistly alternate, compound (or reduced to a single lamina) ; ilowers small, 

 racemose or paniculate, often polygamous. 



Bitter and poisonous substances are common in this Order {Paiallinia, Serjama) : . eatable 

 berries or seeds, however, oociu: likewise {Melicoeca, Dodoruea, and the fleshy ariUns of 

 Blighia sapida). In some genera there are resinous-aromatic properties ifiodonad), and 

 others contain a peculiar saponaceous matter (Sapindus). 



Tribe I. SAPINBE^. — Stamens interior to the disc or glands. Ovules solitary. 



1. CARDIOSPERMUM, L. 



Sepals 4 : two interior larger. Petals 4, asymmetrical, bearing scales. Glands 2, oppo- 

 posite the inferior petals. Stamens 8. Capsule vesicular-inflated, at length loculicidal. 

 Seeds globose, crustaceous, arilkte : embryo convolute.. — Climbing herbs ; leaves biternately 

 compound, exstipulate ; corymbs axillary, peduncled ; peduncles with 2 tendrils near the 

 top ; pedicels articulated near the middle ; flowers white. 



r 1. O. Halicacabum, L. Leaflets biternate, incised and obtusely serrate, terminal 

 pointed; disc-glands roundish; superior petals spathulate, 4 times as long as the outer 

 sepals ; capsule subglohose, large, rounded at the top. — Besc. Fl. 4. t. 241. — C. Corindum, 



, L. in Mus. Bis. ! C. molle, Kth. ; loxense, Kth. ; viUosum, Macf. ; corycodes, Kz. • 

 Halioacabum, o et S, ^^.^Annual, pubescent or glabrate ; petals 3"'-3"' long ; capsule 1" 

 long, pubescent or glabrous. — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd. ; S. -Vincent !, GuUd., common ; 

 [Texas I and Mexico I to Brazil ! and Montevideo I, Niger !, Tsad I, Nubia 1, Arabia !, East 

 Indies I, Galapagos!], 



/ 3. O. microcarpum, Kth. Leaflets biterrlate, ilicised and obtnaSly serrate, terminal 

 acuminate ; disc-glands roundish ; superior petals obovate, 3 times as long as the outer 

 sepals ; capsule turbiriate-roundish, small, triangular, depressed at the top. — 'C. acuminatum, 

 Miq. I Halicacabum (j8 et y}, Bl. — Annual, glabrous ; petals 1"'-1V" long ; capsule 4'" 

 long and broad. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr. ; Grenada!, Finl.; Trinidad!, dr.; [Venezuela 1 

 to Para I, Syene !, Nubia 1, Cape I, East Indies !, Pacific Islands !]. 



3. C. grandiflorum, Sw. Suffrutescent ; leaflets biternate, ovate, deeply serrate, point- 

 leted; puberulous beneath: serratures pointed; disc-glands cylindrical; superior petals 

 obovute, 6 times as long as the outer sepals, tipped at the top with yellow j capsule very 

 large, elliptical, angular, pointed at both ends.^-Petals 6'", capsule 3" long.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Macf,, JMst., Wik., Jl., March, comiiion in thickets. 



2. URVILLEA, Kth. 

 ' Sepali 5. Petals 4, bearing scales. Stamens 8, interior to 4-2 glands. Samara 3, 



