124, SAPINDACE^. 



* Leaves hiternate. 



9. P. barbadensis, /acy. leaves hUertlate, not doited: leaflets spathnlate or 

 elliptical-lanceolate, subentire or crenate-repand above, glabrous ; petiole lined hy a narrow 

 margin, naked below the division ; cafsule 3-mnffed nearly to the axis, tapering very 

 shortly at the base, pnberulous or glabrate : wings semi-oval. — Jacq. Ohs. t. 62. y. 9. «i7 : 

 the leaf. — P, caribsea, Jacq. : a form with the petiole rauricate below. — Leaflets 2"— I" 

 long ; racemes simple,, peduncled ; capsule 6'" long, 4"'-5"' broad : cells lanceolate ; seeds * 

 somewhat compressed, semiobovate, 2'" long, black, half-covered with the brown arilliis.-^ 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Wils., March; Caribbean Islands (J acq.). 



10. P. curassavica, Jacq. I Leaves biternate, dotted with pellucid lines : leaflets 

 rhomboid or eUiptical-obloiig, with distant, large; blunt serratures above the middle, gla- 

 brous: petiole lined by a narrow wing, nailed below the division; capsule wingless, 

 pyriform, glabrous : upper part subglobose, obsoletely 3-furrowed, tapering abruptly into 

 the carpophore. — Jacq. Obs. t. 61./. 8 ; the leaf. — P. jamaiceusis, Macf. — Leaflets 4"-li" 

 long, membranaceous; capsule 5"'-6"' long, 4"' broad above, cylindrical and i'-' diam. at 

 the base : cells hemispherical-convex ; seeds globose, black, more than half-covered with the 

 brown, bipartite, foliaoeous arfllus. — Hab Jamaica!, all coU., in the limestone districts; 

 [New Granada!]. 



P. curassavica, Gr. {PI. Carib., and probably L. Gliff. " ob fruct. triquetrum"), of Gua- 

 deloupe (and Brazil I), is another species, vrith a winged capsule and opaque lea,ve8 : but I 

 have reformed the names from the original specimens of P. curassavica, Jacq. ! and Sw. I, 

 in the Banksian collection. 



** Leaves impari-pinnate, teith the lowest division temate. 



11 . P. ingifolia, 'Rich. Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted : lowest division temate : 

 leaflets 3-jugal, ovate-oblong, glabroiis, subentire or with some distant serratm'cs : petiole 

 lined by a narrow wing below the uppermost division, naked from the middle one to the 

 base ; capsule S-winged nearly to the axis, pyriform, tapering gradually into the carpophore, 

 glabrous : wings thickened towards the cell. — Leaflets 5"-2" long ; capsule 9'" long, 6"' 

 broad above : cells lanceolate ; carpophore 3'" long, filiform, and dilated : triquetrous at the 

 top. — Hab. Trmiiai\, Loc/ch., Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



*** Leaves simply impari-pinnate. 



1 2. P. VespertiUo, Su>'. ! Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted : leaflets 2-jugal, glabrous, 

 ovate-oblong, with distant serratures above: petiole naked ; capsule owoii-^aboss, stipitate, 

 Z-vdnged at the top : wings oblong-linear, blunt, horizontally spreading. — Eacemes exceeded 

 by the leaf; capsule 4"'-6"' long, 3"'-4"' broad; wings 6'" long, \"' broad.— Hab. S. 

 Kitts I, Masson ; S. Lucia I, S. Vincent I, Anders. 



13. P. pinnata, L. Leaves impari-pinnate, not dotted : leaflets 2-jugal, glabrous, ovate- 

 ohlong, or oblong-lanceolate, with distant, coarse serratures : petiole winged to the base ; 

 capsule pyriform, wingless. — Plum. Descr. t. 91. Gcertn. Oarp. t. 79. — P. diversifolia, 

 Miq.l; mtidA, Steud. ; Hostmauni, Si!«m<;. — A high climber ; leaflets 3"-6" long ; racemes 

 as long as or exceeded by the leaves ; capsule variable in its longitudinal diameter. — Hab. 

 'Domimca. \, Mnl.; S.Lucia!, Anders.; Trinidad!, Or.; [Panama!, Venezuela!, Guiana!, 

 Brazil !, Peru !, Senegambia I, Niger ! : the only Paullinia which has migrated from America 

 across the Atlantic] . 



14. P. leiocarpa, Gr. {n. sp.). Leaves impari-pinnate, not doited: leaflets 2-jugal, pu- 

 berulous or glabrate, ovate or ovate-oblong, with a few blunt or obsolete serratures towards 

 the top.: petiole winged to the base; capsule globose, smooth, subsessile. — Stem angular: 

 branohlets and racemes pilose; leaflets 3"-4" long, penninerved: petiole ' foliaeeoUs, 4"' 

 broad, tapering towards the divisions : stipules minute, roundish ; racemes spiciform, sub- 

 sessile, exceeded by the petiole ; flower . . . ; capsule brown, polished, with three obsolete, 

 filiform, longitudinal keels, 12'" long, 10'" broad, 3(-l)-spermous; seeds crustaceous, 

 purple-black, obovoid, 3 times as long as the whitish, bipartite arillus : cotyledons fleshy, 

 semiglobose, contiguous, scarcely incurved at the top. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. 



15. P. Bphserocarpa, Rich. Leaves impari-pinnate, -dotted with pellucid, branched 



