ffeviiffT/rosa.] XLiv. SAPINDACE^. (W. P. Hiern.) 



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exserted. Omry excentric, turbinate-trigonous, 3 celled; stigma trigonous, 

 blunt ; ovule solitary. Fruit indehiacent, thickly coriaceous Qaahy or 

 Woody, trigonous or globose, hairy, 3-celied; cells hairy inside. Seeds 

 oblong, exalbuminous, exarillate, testa coriaceous; cotyledons fleshy, 

 equal. — Distmb. A few species, confined to the tropics of the old world.^ - 



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1. H. deficiens, Bedd, Fl Sylv. t. 231 ; leaflets 8-14 opposite sub- 

 opposite or alternate oblong glabrous shining, racemes solitary crowded or 

 panicled axillary or scattered along the boughs shortly tomentose, petals 

 4-5 crenulateor subentire, scales entire hajf the length of the petals, bracts 

 ovate small, flowers fascicled. Sapindus? deficiens, W.d; A. Prodr. i. 111. 

 Anomosauthes deficiens, Blume RumpK iii 151; Benth, d: HooLf, Gen. 

 K i. A02i Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixxii. - I^ :'" -^ - 



Western Peninsula, Courtallam, Cochin, Travancor, Tinnevelley Ghats, and Anna- 



maUay hills, alt. 2-5000 ft/; ^:V^. . ^ .-./ ♦ -V - ^ V 



A midule-sized or small tree. BarJc slightly tinged with red. Leaves 1-2 feet 



«ng; leaflets 5-9 by l|-24 in. Inflorescence 2-24 in. Flowers J-4 in. Stamens 8-10, 



^rely only 6 in male flowers ; 8 in female flowers, according to Beddome. " 



Tiakuown. — No specimens from Ceylon, as stated by Wight lU. i. 141. . 



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. 2. B. canescens, Thwaites Enum. 56, 408; leaflets 2-8, mostly oppo- 

 site elliptic-oblong ovate or lanceolate glabrous shining, racemes simple 6t 

 panicled axillary or scattered over the branches shortly tomentose, brae- 

 teoles mostly subulate, flowers fascicled, petals with short cut scales at 

 hase. Bedd. Fl. Stjlv. t. 151., H. trichocarpa, Thtmifes I.e.; Bedd. Aiial. 

 Gen. Ixxi. Molinsea canescens, Boxb. Cor. PL I 43, t. 60; FL Lid. iL 243. 

 ^pindus tetraphylla, Vahl Symb. iiL 54 ; WalL Cat. 8040. S. bijugus, WaU. 

 Cat. 8045. Cupania canescens,^ Pers. Syn. PL i. 413; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 

 ^ ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 113; Dali & Gibs. Bott^. FL 35. Cupania (sp.) 

 ^ValL Cat. 9034. . Cupania (sp.) 6, Herb. Ind. Or.HJ. d: T. 



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' Tenasserim and Birma, Wallich, Heifer; Westerjj PExnfSULA, from the Concan 



southwards; common on the east side of the Madras Presidency. Ceylon, nearKanally. 



. A shrub or good sized tree, with a trunk of considerable size but not straight Bark 



^•^'^^ek, ochre-coloured.— The pulpy mesocarp resembles fta aril 



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,3. H. lon^ifolla, Hiern.; leaflets 6 opposite or subopposite oblong 

 shortly acuminate acute glabrous sliining base obtuse, racemes short 

 solitary crowded or branched axillary or supra-axillary, flowers tomentose, 

 scale of petals short shaggy flat entire or bifid. 



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,Yonng parts fiifloresceiice and fruit velvety. Leavci 2-2J ft ; rachis velvety or 



oWetelyso; leaflets 12-15 by 2J-3| in. ; petiolules f-l in obsoletely velvety /,»- 



%eAcence 2-3 in.: flowers iin.; bracteoles subulate, i^ in. ,,-«^ ^ obovate, 



oblong, ^ridt 1 in. long and broad, trigonous, with 3 broad shallow rurrowe, setoae; 



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