126 gAPINDACE^. 



Aryteea, Bl., is not sufficiently distinguished by having minute petals. 



19. R, apetala. Or. Leaves opposite: leaflets 3-8-jugal, obliquely opposite, not 

 dotted, lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, glabrous ; panides terminal and- axillary, puberulous, 

 polygamous ; petals ; stamens 8, exserted : anthers subglobose ; style 3-M at the top ; 

 capsule 3-lobed, stipitate, coriaceous.— iZJcA. Cuh. t. 32. — Oupanla, Macf. I C. oppositifolia, 

 Bich. C. juglandifolia, Bich. (except the leaves). — A middle-sized tree; leaves exstipulate : 

 leaflets 3"-2 long ; flowers minute, ^"' long ; disc and pistil villous ; capsule glabrous, 

 reddish, 8'" long, 6'" broad above ; cells obovate-compressed, i'" long, as long as the cylin- 

 drical carpophore, with the lobes divergent and dehiscent above the contracted, septiferous 

 axis : seeds compressed, roundish, black, with a yellowish-white arillus at the base. — Hab. 

 Jamaica I, Maqf., Wils., Al., in mountain- WDods ; [Cuba] . 



8. SAPINDUS, L. 



Sepals 5 (-4), imbricative. Petals as many. Stamens 8 (4-10) : disc complete. Peri- 

 carp fleshy, 3 (-4)-coccons, or usually by abortion 8-1-coocons : carpids indcMscent : seeds 

 bpny, not arillate. — Trees; \ea.\ea abruptly pinnate ; Tacemea paniculate, 



. 20. S. Sapouariaj L. Leaflets alternate, 5-4-juga], oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, 

 pubescent beneath : rhachis broadly winged', panicle pubescent ; petals...; carpids globose, 

 l(-4). — Carpids black. — Has. Jamaica !, ^2>j., common ; [Venezuela!]. 



21. S. ineeqnalis, DC. Leaflets alternate, 5-3(-l)-jugal, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 or lower ones elliptical, glabrous : rhachis ruarginaie, or naked ; panicle pubescent ; petals 

 ciliate, bearing a minute scale ; carpids globose, usually solitary by abortion. — Hesc. Pi, 4. 

 t. 261. — S. Saponaria, Lane, Bich. OuV. S. Forsythii, DC. ? — Carpids 8'" diam., shining-- 

 brown. — Hab. Antigua 1, iVJcAofe. ; S. Vincent!, Guild. ; [Cuba, Venezuela!, Brazil!]. 



9. SOHMIDELIA, Sto. 

 (Allophylus, I,, SI.) 



Sepals 4. Petals 4. Glands 4, opposite the petals. Stamens 8. Pericarp 2^-3)- 

 coccous, or usually by abortion 1 -coccous ; carpid indehisoent or opened by rupture, 

 crustaceous within : seeds with a membranaceous testa, not arillate. — Trees or erect shrubs ; 

 lelAres ternate {or \-foliolate) ; racemes axillary, often divided ; flowers fasciculate. 



"22. Schm. Cominia, Sio. Branchlets, petioles, leaf-nerves, and racemes rvMy- 

 vdutinous ; leaflets 3, petiolulate, elliptical, serrulate with accumbent serratures above the 

 middle, glabrous between the ribs above, pubescent or glabrate beneath ; racemes divided, 

 twice as long as the petiole ; petals naked ; style bifid at the top ; carpids globose-obovoid, 

 orange-coloured. — SI. t. 208./. 1. — Rhus, L. Rh. arborea, DC. {ex syn, SI,, nan Macf.) 

 — A low or middle-sized tree, or a shrub ; leaflets variable in. the number and size of the 

 serratures ; carpids somewhat dry, sessile, 2'" long, 1^'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica ! : all 

 coll., common in the lower hills ; [Cuba !, Haiti !] . 



23. Seliiu. glabrata, Kth. Glabrous; leaflets 3, petiolulate, elliptical, quite entire, 

 orrepand; racemes divided, nearly as long as the petiole; petals nalced ; style . . .; carpids 

 obovoid. — A tree; leaflets 5"-3" long, bluntish, or pointleted with a blunt point; carpids 

 somewhat dry,, subsessile, 4"'-3"' long, 2'"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica I, Al., Wils. ; [New 

 Granada]. 



• "24. Schm. occid«ntaIis, Sw. Branchlets, petioles, and racemes pubescent ; leaflets 

 Z,' subsessile, elliptical, sinuate-serrate with spreading serratures, glabrous above, pubescent 

 beneath; racemes simple; or divided below, as long as or exceeded by the petiole; petals 

 naked; style bifid at- the top; carpids obovoid, red. — A shrub; lateral leaflets oblique ; car- 

 pids somewhat dry, subsessile, 4"'-3"' long, 2'" broad. — Hab. S. Lucia!, S. Vincent!, 

 Anders.; [Cuba! to Minas Geraes!]. 



10. THOtJIlJlA, Poit.. 



Sepals 4^5. Petals as many, nalced. Stamens 8-10 ; disc complete. Samarie 3, at 

 length separating from each other : wing dorsal. Seeds with a membranaceous tasta, not 

 arillate. — Trees or shrubs ; racemes axillary. 



