674 XLiy. SAPiKDACEiE. (W. p. Hiern.) [AUophylui.. 



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Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 322 ; Eoxh. M. Ind. ii 268. Usubis triphylla, Burm-Fl' 

 Jnd. 89, t. 32, f. 1. O. Schmiedelia, Pers. Syn. L 412/ Schmideha Kobbe, 

 Lamk. ill ii. 443, t. 312, f. 2. S. Cobbe, DC. Prodr. L 610 jIT. & A. 

 Prodr. 109; Grak Cat, Bmib. PL 29 ; Wight III. i. 141 ; Wight Ic, t. 

 9649 : Thwaites Enum. 55. Toxicodendrum Cobbe, Gcerin. Fruct. i. 207, t. 

 44, f . 5. O. serrata, Roxh. Car. PL i. t. 61 ; FL Ind. ii. 266. S. serrata, 

 DC I.e.; Wight III L 141; W. <k A. Prodr. HO; Berdh. FL Austral \. 

 455 ; Wall Cat 8061 (0. malabarica, Hb. Madr.). S. racemosa, Linn. 

 Mant 67; Wall Cat 8059. O. Aporetica, Roxh. HorL Beng. 28; II 

 Ind. ii 264. Aporetica ternata, J. R. & G. Forst. Charact. Gen. P^'\^fi 

 t. 66. 0. villosa, Roxb. Hart Beng. 28 ; FL Ind. Lc. 265. S. villosa, Wmt 

 rc.'t;401j Thwaites Ic; WallCalSOGO. S. Eheedii, FTi^/^^ /c. t. 964 ; a^^. 

 Jfeilgh. Bot 33. O- glabra, Roxb. Hort Beng. 28 ; FL Ind. Ic 267, 

 AUophyllus lanatus, Roxb. UorL Beng. 88 ; FL Ind. ii. 263. S. distacbya, 

 DC. Ic. 610. S. Aporetica, Wall Gal 8058; Kurz in Jonrn. As. boc./ 

 Beng. 1870, ii. 74. S. glabra, WaU.Cat. 8057; Stead. Norn. ed. 2, u. 531. 

 Pometia temata, G. Forst FL Ins. Austr. Prodr. 74 (1786). 1 S. dentata, 

 Wall ex Voigt Hort Sub. Calc. 93. Schmidelia (Allopliyllus ornitro- 

 hioides, Herb, Roxb.) ; Wall. Cat. 8055. S. adeuophylla. Wall Cat 8063. 

 .,. vestita, Wall Cat 8066. S. timorensis, DC Prodr. i. 611. S- onentalis, 

 Sw. FL Ind. Dec. ii. 666. S. ternata, Cambess. in Mem. Mus. Par. xviii. 24. 

 ,0. asiatica, HoH. ex Steud. Norn. ed. 2, ii. 2Z0.—Rheede HorL Mai v. t. 25. , 



Assam, Silhet, Bikma, and southwards through the Eastern Peninsula. Western 

 Penin-*ula, from the Concan southwards. Ckylon. — Distkib. N.Australia, Inoian 

 Archipelago, &c. • . 



A small tree, or on the low lands and near the coast a shrub, sometimes of consi- 

 derable size with^ a climbing habit. Bqrk grey or purple, spotted. Leaves very van- 

 able' in size, shape, inargm, ai^ surface."^ Leafltts 1-10 by ^-4 in.; terminal petxolulea 

 ranging up to 1 in., lateral ones very short. Inflorescence 3-9 in. ; flowers yellowish or 

 white, clustered, small ; pedicels short. Fruit red, shining, globose, \ in,— The root is 

 said to be astringent ; the ripe fruits are eaten by the natives. According to nwit cd 

 Arnott in their Prodromus, Allopliyllus ternatus, Lour. Fl. Cochlnch. 232 (= S. co-. 

 chinchinensis, DC. I.e. 611), and Gemella trifolia, Lour. Ic. 649 (= S. Gemella, Co/w% 

 Z.c.) appear to belong to this plant. 



. ... India and the Archipelago, and 

 pernaps extending to Atrica and America. The following is a rough key to the prin- 

 cipal forms, which are, however, connected by various intermediate links : — 

 Racemes simple, solitary. Petals somewhat declinate. 



Leaflets oval or ovate. • 



Glabrescent or somewhat hairy. 



Leaflets crenate-dentate. Bracts short racemo^i-us. 



Leaflets serrate-denticulate. Bracts subulate serratus. 



Shoots and leaves very hairy vUlosiis. 



Leaflets oval-oblong or lanceolate-acuminate. 



Leaflets subentire or serrulate. Bracts bhoi-t glabef. ^ 



Leaflets acutely serrate. Bracts long, linear ........ Aporetica. 



Racemes simple, 2 together. Petals not declinate, but the place of the 



fifth petal vacant ' distacjiys. . 



Racemes branched, solitary Rheedii. 



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EXCLUDED SPECIES OF ALLOPHYLU8 (Schmidclia). 



Allophtldb pinnatus, Roxb. Ic. t. 1407, is Otophora fruticosa, -fiZwg^^, 

 ; ScHKiDELiA fsp.), Wall Cat, 8056, is probably Walsiira viHosa/^aj^ 

 . (Okniteophe) F(etidissima, Wgl^^Cat 8064. Cfr. Gynocar^^a. 



S. iMTEQEERiMi; Woll Cot. 8065, is Evodia Roxbnrghiaiia, Befith. 





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