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SAPINDACE2E, 
[ Cupania . 
Panicle dense, its branches and the thick sepals silky , . 1.0. la:vis. 
Panicle lax, its branches and the thin sepals naked . . 2, C, venulosa, 
1. C. laevis, DC. Prod. i. 613. A bush or small tree, 12-30 feet 
high. Leaves petioled, alternate ; leaflets 6-8, usually opposite, sessile, 
coriaceous, obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, glabrous, venulose 
shining, 2-4 in. long; base much narrowed. Mowers in dense 
axillary panicles, shorter than the leaves, with brown silky branches ; 
pedicels as long as calyx. Sepals ± in. broad, oblong, obtuse, silky, 
coriaceous persistent. Petals round, with a claw, not longer than the 
sepals. Filaments slightly villose. Capsule J-f- in. broad, narrowed 
suddenly into a stalk £ inch long ; valves hard, venulose ; style persis- 
tent. Molinsea lsevis, Lam . 111. tab. 305, fig. 1. 
Mauritius, hill forests of the Pouce, Savanne range, Montagne Longue, etc. 
Also Bourbon. Molincea alternifolia , Lam., Pers., is a mere form with the leaflets 
thrown out of their usual opposite arrangement. Bois de Goulettes . 
2. C. venulosa, DC. Prod, i, 613. A much-branched bush or low 
tree. Leaves short-petioled, alternate ; leaflets 2-4, sessile, obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, rather oblique, cuneate at the base, sessile, 2-5 in. long, 
thinner than in C. Icevis, venulose, glabrous. Panicles copious, from 
the axils of the upper leaves, which they usually overtop ; branches 
angular, naked ; pedicels exceeding the flowers. Expanded flower 
broadly bell-shaped. Sepals i in. long, roundish, thin, reflexing. 
Filaments densely villose in the lower part. Capsule exactly as in 
C. Icevis. 
Mauritius, frequent in the forests, Pouce, Montagne Longue, etc. Also Bourbon. 
Bois de Goulettes. 
4. COSSIGNYA, Comm. 
Flowers irregular, polygamous. Sepals 5, distinct, oblong, imbricated. 
Petals 4, round with a claw, longer than the sepals, caducous. Stamens 
5-6, eccentric ; filaments filiform. Ovary sessile, obovoid, 3-lobed, 
3-celled ; style long, filiform, persistent ; stigma trifid. Fruit a cori- 
aceous loculicidal 3-celled capsule, with 2-3 seeds in a cell. — The 
only species. 
C. pinnata, Lam. Encyc. ii. 132, Illust. t. 236. A much-branched 
erect shrub, with branchlets rough with stellate pale brown tomentum. 
Leaves petioled, alternate, exstipulate ; leaflets 3-5, obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, entire, coriaceous, penninerved, 2-4 in. long, cuneate at the 
lower half, pale and scabrous with pubescence like that of the branches 
below. Flowers in dense terminal corymbose panicles. Sepals £ in. 
long, reflexing. Expanded flower \ in. broad, white. Ovary densely 
brown-tomentose ; style f in. long. Stamens included. Capsule as 
