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Sapinduceoe.} MEXICO.
1. T e tra p teris Mea:icana ; foliis longiuscule petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis
adultis u trin q u e glaberrimis, umbellis pedunculatis subquadrifioris axillaribus subbinis,
petalis corduto-suborbiculatis basi cuneatis.—H a b . Talisco.
Folia júniora utrinque parce subsericea, adulta glaberrima, nervis subtus prominulis etiam glabris.
1. He teropteris ¿omeníosa ; foliis subcoriaceis breve petiolatis ovatis obtusis cum mucrone
margine recurvis su p ra velutinis subtus tomentosis rugosis versus basin glandulis
paucis instructis, petiolo eglanduloso, floribus cymoso-paniculatis, paniculæ ramis eglandulosis
calycibusque ferrugineo-tomentosis.— Bannisteria tomentosa. Schlecht. in L in n .
11. p . 2 4 4 ?— B. paniculata. Fl. Mex. et De Cand. Prod. I. p . 5 9 1 ?— Heteropteris
brachiata. H . B . K. et De Cand. Prod. 1. p . 591 ?
The fruit is that of Heteropteris.
O r d . X X . S A P IN D A C EÆ . J u s s .
1. Sapindus glabrescens ; rach i foliorum ap te ra pubescenti-tomentosa, foliolis 2-4-jugis
oblongo-lanceolatis basi subinæqualibus integerrimis su p ra glabris subtus junioribus
p e r totam paginam adultis versus nervum medium subvillosis, racemis terminalibus
paniculatis, fructu globoso-subtrigono vix lobato.
2. S. Drummondi ; petiolo áptero, rachi in te r ju g a superiora submarginata pubescente,
foliolis 3-4-jugis basi inæqualibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis subfalcatis su p ra elevaio-
reticulatis subtus molliter pubescentibus, panicula terminali divaricata— « ; foliolis acute
acuminatis. Drummond l - l Tex. I I I . n. ò4.—(5; foliolis obtuse acuminatis.— Sapindus
inoequalis. Schlecht. in L in n . 6. p . 4 \9 ? {vix L am.)
The specimens in the present collection belong to our second variety. We have not seen the fruit of
either.
L T h o u in ia decandra. H . B . K. PI. Æ g u in . 1 .1. 5 6 .—Hab . Acapulco.
The stamens seem to vary from 8 to 10.
I. Cupania scrobiculata. H . B . K . Nov. Gen. 5. p . 127. Schlecht. in L in n . 6. p . 419.
1. Se rjania Mexicana; foliis biternatis, petiolo nudo, petiolulis partialibus anguste
alatis, foliolis oblongis ovatisve sæpius acuminatis inciso-dentatis cuneatim a ttenuatis
u trin q u e glabris vel subtus puberulis nervo primario subtus sæpe molliter pubescente,
axillis venarum pilosis, racemis compositis, carpellis apice pubescentibus alis deorsum
dilatatis glabris.— S. mexicana. Willd. ?— H a b . Acapulco and Tepic.
Our doubt as lo this being Wilidenow’s plant arises from the stem being described as aculeated, even by
De Candolle, who gives a reformed character from the figure in the Flora Mexicana. In our specimen there
is certainly no appearance of prickles on the branches that bear the leaves and flowers ; on the older branches
or stem, however, from which the former arise, the (last year’s?) peduncles are either wholly converted into
stout tendrils, or arc so completely abortive as to resemble sharp tubercles. Probably, therefore, as the
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