





Sapindus.] xLiv. sapindace^. (W. P. Hiern.) 683 



and rather longer than the sepals; "scale fringed with a dense mass of long white 



and appear as lateral appendages " {Dr. Brandts, I.e.). Stamens 8 ; anthers apiculate. 

 iJ^h concave, with a raised fleshy hirsute edge. Fruit fleshy, 2-3-lobed, ^-J in. long, 

 at length glaucescent, saponaceous.— There are two forms of this tree, usually regarded 

 as distinct species, and corresponding to Vahl's names; one with acuminate glabrous 

 ieaves, the other with emarginate leaves pubescent beneath. The wood ia used for 

 making combs and other small articles. 





erectus, H 



site narrowly elliptic acuminate entire glabrous thin base more or less 

 narrowed, panicles terminal shorter than the leaves, flowers pentamerous, 



ellipsoidal nearly glabrate. Nephelium erectum, I'hwaites Enum. 57. 



Ceylon ; in the southern provinces, alt. 3000 ft. 



An erect shrub, not or sparingly branched, 6-10 ft. high. Leaves pallid, 1-2 ft. ; 

 leaflets 4-10 by If-SJ in. ; petiolules |-| in. Flowers J by | in. Cahjx shortly and 

 appressedly pubescent outside ; sepals rounded. Petals shortly exceeding the 

 ^lyx, oblong-obovate, ciliated at the claw, glabrous and rounded above, involute at the 

 ^argin ; scale glabrous at the back, inserted at the top of the claw, falling rather short 

 w the petals. Dish glabrous, fleshy. Stamens 8 ; filaments rather shorter than the 

 ^tals, pubescent above ; anthers glabrous. Sttjle very short; stigma minute, 3-lobed. 

 ^Tuit fleshy, yellow, about 1 in. long. Aril fleshy. 



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3. S. Thwaitesil, Iliem ; leaves simple obovate-oblong narrowly 

 acuminate entire glabrous pallid base attenuate, racemes terminal short 

 simple or slightly branched obsoletely tomentose, sepals 5, rounded, petals 5, 

 obovate obtuse upper half patent each furnished at base with an oblong 

 flairy scale more than half the length of the petals, disk glabrous 5-comered, 

 ^Uauients slender somewhat hairv aKavp shnrtftr than thp. petals, anthers 

 small, ovary hairy 3-lobed. 



Tkwaites Enum. 57. 



Cevlon; south of the Island, at no great elevation, rare. . 



An erect shrub, 6-10 ft. high, sparingly branched. Leaves 8-12 by 2^-4 in. ; pe- 

 tioles 4-2 in. Racemes 2-4 in. Flowers pentamerous, |-J in. Petals exceeding the 

 ^Ijx, not clawed. Stamens 8. 



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Ovar?/ glabrous. 



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ij A nthers sliorU 



, 4. S. nxukorossi, GceHn. Fmd. i. 342, t. 70, f. 3, g, h ; leaves pinnate 

 leaflets 10-16 rarely fewer lanceolate-oblong alternate or subopposite 

 ^oiinate or obtuse glabrous closely not conspicuously veined base oblique 

 Obtuse, inflorescence terminal and lateral panicled obsoletely tomentose, 

 petals 5 each with a woolly scale on each side at the top of the claw, ovary 

 •^cornered glabrous. ? S. abruptus, Lour. Fl. Coch. 238. 



». Cultivated throuo-hout N.W. India and Benoal. Komaoit. Silhet, Assam 

 "ttTRiB. China, Bonin Islands, Japan. ^ ' . , ^ 



A handsome tree. Shoots, &c., obsoletely tomentose. Leaves 6-18 m., crowded 

 ^^ar the ends of the branches ; leaflets approximated, 2-6 by f-2|^ in., shortlv petioluled. 

 X^en^^n^ white or purple, ciliated. Stamens 8-10; anthers small, exserled, 

 °°'"se. Xtislc glabrous, flat, with 5 elevated radiated lines. Fruit fleshy subglobose, 

 f^ewhat glaucescent, saponaceous, j in. diara., yellow.— There are two forms of this 

 ft?*; one with obtuse or shortly and suddenly acuminate leaflets (S. detergens, ^6. 



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