Flora Medica

SAPINDACEJE.PAULLINIA.Sepals 5, or 4 in consequence of the cohesion of 2 ; the 2 externalthe smallest. Petals 4, with a scale inside, above theirbase. Hypogynous glands 2-4. Stamens 8, out of the centre.Ovary out of the centre, 3-celled, with a trifid style, and 1 ascendingovule in each cell. Capsule pyriform, 3-cornered, oftenwith 3 short wings at the point, 3-celled, rarely 1-2-celled,3-valved. Arillus 2-lobed.242. P. australis Aug. de St. H. pi remarq. p. 236. t. 24. B.Fl.'bras. i. 375. Brazil, on the banks of the River Uruguay.Leaves unequally pinnated,in 3 pairs ; the lower in 2 pairs ; the intermediatetrifoliolate ;the upper simple leaflets ; oblong, wedge-shaped,coarsely incised and serrate, smooth. Petiole naked rachis ;winged.Capsule pyriform, very obtuse. Supposed by M. Auguste de St.Hilaire to be the plant from which a species of Polistes prepares a venomoushoney in the woods of Brazil. (See an account of this poisonand its effects in the " Plantes remarquables," p. 192.MAGONIA.Flowers polygamous. $ . Calyx 5-parted, unequal, reflexed.Petals 5, linear, unequal. Disk unequal, betweenthe petals and stamens ; on one side long and double, in theother short, simple and rugose. Stamens 8, declinate. $ .As in the male, but stamens much smaller and not declinate.Ovary 3-celled, many-seeded ; style curved ;stigma3-lobed. Capsule large, woody, 3-valved, loculicidal. Seedslarge, flattened, surrounded with a wing. Hilum in the edge.Trees with a corky bark. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate,without stipules. Flowers panicled.243. M. pubescens Aug. de St. H. pi. rem. tt. 23 and 24A. Fl. bras. i. 394. Phaocarpus campestris Mart. n. g. and sp.pi.the province of Minas Geraes in Brazil. (Pao de Tinguy.)A small tree. Branches downy. Leaflets 8, ovate or oblong, sessile,deeply eniarginate, downy. Flowers in a terminal sessile or stalkedpanicle from 9 to 16 inches long. Calyx downy, yellowish-green.Petals linear, obtuse, above in the middle smooth and dark purple, atthe edges and point downy and green. Fruit a large, woody, globose,3-cornered, somewhat depressed capsule, with 3 valves, 3 cells, andmany seeds. Ashes extremely alkaline. Bark used for subduing theswellings produced in the hides of horses by the stings of insects.Leaves lethal to fish.i. 62. tt. 37 and 38. Common in the western deserts ofSCHMIDELIA.Sepals 4, unequal. Petals 4, either naked on the inside orusually furnished with a scale above the unguis, the fifth orsuperior one deficient. Disk incomplete, with 4 glands opposite122