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lines : leaflets 2-jugal, glabrous, ovate or ovate-oblong, with distant, blunt or obsolete ser- 

 rntures above the middle : petiole naked below, and with a narrow margin towards the top 

 only ; " capsule globose, smooth." — Leaflets 5"-8" long, pointleted with a blunt point : 

 petiolar margin tapering downwards, and disappearing above the inferior division ; racemes 

 pnberulous, nearly sessile, as long a? the leaves. — Has. Dominical, Imr. ; [Guiana: the 

 African habitat in DC. Prodr. being a misprint]. 



Of other Paulliniis, said to be West Indian, P. Oururu, L., has temate leaves ; P. tomen- 

 tosa, Jacq. (Observ. t. 10), has tomentose leaves and capsules. 



5. CUPANIA, L. 



Sepals 5, imbricative. Petals h. Stamens 8 (-10): disc complete. Oapsule'^(-Y)- 

 celled, loculicidal: seeds crustaceous, arillate. — ^Trees or erect shrubs; leaves pinnate; 

 racemes axillary. 



16. C. glabra, Sm. Branchlets glabrate; leaflets abruptly 2-5 (-8)-jugal, glabrous, 

 alternate, oblong or elliptical, quite entire, or crenate-repand ; principal veins 6-10 on each 

 side ; racemes tomentose ; petals roundish, naked, as long as the sepals ; stamens 8, ex- 

 s?rted; style shortly 3-fid; capsule glabrous, trigonal-turbinate, or subglobose, 3-keeled : 

 cells as long as tjic carpophore ; seeds globose-subcompressed, semi-immersed within the 

 arillns. — Bich. Cub., t. Z\. — C. multijuga, Pich.: » variety. with the leaflets 5-8-jugal. 

 C. laevigata, Miq., Seem. I: the form with the leaflets entire. Sapindus glabrescens. Hook. ! : 

 a form with the leaflets puberulous beneath. — A tree ; axils of primary leaflet-veins tufted 

 with hairs, or glabrous ; capsule 9"'-10"' long, 8'" broad at the mucronate top ; carpophore 

 cylindrical, sometimes dilated above ; seeds brown. — Has. Jamaica !, Maqf., IHst., Al., 

 March, common in the lower hills ; [Cuba !, Mexico !, Panama !, Guiana]. 



16. C. Americana, L. Branchlets tomentose ; leaflets abruptly 2-4(-6)-jugal, 

 scabrous-pubescent beneath (or glabrate), alternate, obovate-oblong, blunt, serrate or 

 repand : principal veins 10-16 on each side, equidistant ; racemes paniculate, tomentose ; 

 petals cucuUate-cuneate, naked, as long as the sepals ; stamens 8, exserted ;• style 3-fid ; 

 cci/psule <(7»j«»<Oie,'trigonal-subglobose, obtusely 3-keeled : cells much larger than, the short 

 carpophore ; seeds ovoid-globose, shining, arillate at the base. — Plum. I!d. Burm. t. 110 ; 

 Desc. Fl. 2. t. 89. — C. tomentosa, 8w. : the form with serrate leaflets. C. saponarioides, 

 Sw.: the form with repand-entire leaflets. — A tree; leaflets 3"-7" long, usually with 

 sinuate, mncronulate serratures ; capsule 10'" long and broad : carpophore thickish, cylin- 

 drical, 2"'-3" long ; seeds nearly black, 3 times as long as the yellowish axillus. — Has. 

 Trinidad I, Lockh., Or. ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !, Venezuela !]. 



C_/^/»«, Mart. (C triguetra. Rich. Cub.), is a similar species, ranging from Cuba and the 

 Virgin Islands to Guiana ! and Pernambuco ! : it is well distinguished by having a sharply 

 3-angnlar, turbinate capsule, 



.6*. BLIGHIA, Keen. 



Sepals 5, imbricative. Petals 5, bearing scales. Stamens 8 : disc complete. Pericarp 

 fleshy, dehiscent, 3-ceUed : seeds crustaceous, with a large fleshy ariUus. — A tree ; leaves 

 pinnate ; racemes asfillary. 



18*. B. saplda. Keen.— "Puss. Fl. \. t. 3; Bese. Fl. 8. t. 560.— Cupania, Camb. 

 Akeesia africana, "Puss. — Leaflets 3-4-jngal, obovate-oblong, quite entire, 3" long; flowers 

 pubescent ; petals white, oblong ; scale large^ bilobed ; stamens exserted, hairy below, in- 

 serted within the entire disc ; style 3-fid ; fruit red, obovate-oblong, obtusely 3-gonal, 

 blunt at both ends, about 4" long : seeds black, \ longer than the white, eatable arillus. — 

 Has. Naturalized iu Jamaica !, P)ist.; [introduced from Western Africa]. 



7. EATONIA, no. emend. 

 (ArytEea, 5?.) 



Calyx 5-fid, valvar. Petals (-5). Stamens 8 (-10), inserted within the complete disc. 

 Capsule 3(-l)-celled, 3(-2)-lobed to the middle: lobes subcompressed, cymbiform, dehis- 

 cent above along the dorsal line : seeds crustaceous, arillate. — ^Trees ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; 

 racemes paniculate. 



