. The natural history of plants. Botany. 8AP1NDA0EJE. 349 Sapindus Fig. 353. Longitudinal sec- tion of frait. three tmiovulate cells, more or less separated from each otter above and outwardly, surmounted by a style divided at its summit into three stigmatiferous lobes. The ovule, inserted near the base of the internal angle of each cell, is ascendent, anatropous, with the micropyle inferior and exterior.^ In the ripe fruit usually only one of the cells "is developed into a fleshy or coriaceous pericarp, indehiscent, globular or nearly so, accompanied at the base by the undeve
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 8AP1NDA0EJE. 349 Sapindus Fig. 353. Longitudinal sec- tion of frait. three tmiovulate cells, more or less separated from each otter above and outwardly, surmounted by a style divided at its summit into three stigmatiferous lobes. The ovule, inserted near the base of the internal angle of each cell, is ascendent, anatropous, with the micropyle inferior and exterior.^ In the ripe fruit usually only one of the cells "is developed into a fleshy or coriaceous pericarp, indehiscent, globular or nearly so, accompanied at the base by the undeveloped carpels, and containing an ascendent seed, whose coats cover a large fleshy bent embryo with thick cotyledons and a short inferior radicle. In the other species of Sapindus, there are only eight or nine stamens or a still smaller number, those in front of the petals disappearing more or less completely; the carpels are two or four in number, and several of them may be developed into a ripe fruit and contain a perfect seed. The species of Sapindus are trees or shrubs forty in number,^ inhabiting all the warm regions of the globe. The leaves are alternate, com- pound-imparipinnate or reduced to a single foliole. The flowers are arranged in axillary or terminal clusters, simple or, more often, more or less ramified. The Euphoria (fig. 354, 355) are analogous to Sapindus, with the same free or imbricate sepals, the same disk and interior andro- ceum. But the petals equal in number to the sepals or fewer (sometimes completely suppressed) have no interior appendage. The gynseceum, more or less developed in the male flower, has an ovary with uniovulate cells, more or less projecting, with an ovule of Sapindus in each cell, and a style inserted in side these. The fruit is formed of one or, more rarely, of several crustaceous, smooth or tuberculous qui suivent les angles et indiquent line ten- dance k la formation de plis {S. emarginatm, Cttpania venulosa)." ' There are two c
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