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SAPINDACE^. 
\_Stadtmannia. 
regular, exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong. Ovary deeply 
3-lobed, 3-celled ; ovules solitary in each cell ; style short ; stigma 
capitate. Fruit usually 1-celled by abortion, large, dry, round, inde- 
hiscent. Monotypic. 
1. S. Sideroxylon, DC. Prod. i. 615. A large tree with hard heavy 
reddish wood. Leaves alternate, petioled, abruptly pinnate ; leaflets 
8-12, opposite, oblong, short- stalked, obtuse, coriaceous, entire, 
oblique at the base. Panicles dense, cylindrical, 3-4 in. long ; branches 
corymbose, rather silky ; pedicels T y~g- in. Calyx T \ in. long, coriaceous. 
Stamens twice as long as the calyx. Fruit a hard globe nearly an inch 
thick. S. oppositifolia. Pair. Encyc. vii. 376. 
Mauritius, onee frequent in the primeval woods, but now becoming scarce. 
Endemic. Bois de Fer. 
7. DORATOXYLON, Thouars. 
Flowers polygamous, regular. Sepals 5, oblong, free, much imbri- 
cated, persistent. Petals 0. Disk minute, annular. Stamens 5-8, 
much exserted; filaments filiform ; anthers round, minute. Ovary 
2-celled ; ovules 2, axile ; stigma nearly sessile, capitate. Fruit 
fleshy, indehiscent, 1-2 -celled ; cells by abortion 1-seeded. 
Seeds ovoid, exalbuminous, with a membranous testa. Monotypic. 
1. D. mauritianum, Thouars ; Hooh.fil. Gen. Plant, i. 408. A 
much-branched shrub, 6-8 feet high. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, 
exstipulate, imparipinnate ; leaflets 2-8, opposite, sessile, oblique, 
oblong or obovate, obtuse or subacute, entire, shining, coriaceous, 
venulose. Flowers in dense sessile crowded panicles in the axils of 
the leaves; pedicels very short. Sepals in. long, oblong, coriaceous, 
silky. Stamens 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Fruit oblong, pur- 
plish, juicy, the size of a cherry. Melicocca diversifolia, Juss. in Mem. 
Mus. iii. 178, t. 7 ; PC. Prod. i. 615. M. apetala, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 
iii. 224. 
Mauritius, in woods of the Pouce range, Plaines- Wilhelms, Riviere Noire, etc. 
Also Bourbon. M. diphylla , Bojer, Hort. Maur. 56, is a form with large unijugate 
obovate leaflets. Bois de goulettes. Bois dejoilettes. Bois de Sag at. 
8. DODONJEA, Linn. 
Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate. Petals 
0. Stamens usually 8 ; anthers nearly sessile, not exceeding the 
sepals. Ovary sessile, 3-4-lobed and -celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; 
stigmas as many as the lobes. Fruit a 2-3-lobed and -celled dry septi- 
cidal capsule, each lobe with a broad wing. Seeds exalbuminous, solitary. 
— Shrubs or trees, with alternate exstipulate viscose simple or abruptly 
