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Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 233. Scytalia chinensis, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 197, t. 42, f. i 

 Sc. LitcM, Eoxk Hort. Benq. 28 ; FL Ind. ii. 269. E. Lit-chi, Jjiss. ^en. 

 248 ; WaU. Cat. 8048 {part). N. dimocarpus, Herh. hid. Or. tl.j.&i- 

 (N. duriocarpus, T. Anders. FL BeJuir n).—Sonn. Voy. Ind. t. 129. 



"Widely cultivated in India ; introduced from S. China. * ' , l fl ts 



• A fine tree of moderate height, with spreading branches. Leams 3-9 m. ; leaflets 

 li_6by4-l|in.; petiolules ^Vi in- /"/orescewce tawny-pub\?nilent; flowers greeniMi- 

 white/^4 in. wide. Anthers shorter than the filaments. Disk glabrous ^^H/ - ^^• 

 celled, ferruginous-hairy ; style 2-3-lobed, lobes recurved. Fruit 2-1-lobea, g o • 

 about 1 in. diam.; pericarp dry, at length brittle; tubercles angular. 4rw DesDj, 

 whitish, edible. — The Litchi of commerce. mJ . 



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t Leaflets quite entire. 



t Lateral veins of leaflets obsolete. 



5. N. rubescens, Hiem ; leaflets 2-10 opposite or alternate lanceolatj 

 or oblong acuminate base obtuse or cuneate both sidles glabrous saw j 

 lateral veins obsolete reticulation minute, panicles axillary and tern ^ 

 pubescent, calyx rather deeply 4-5-lobed imbricated m bad, P^^^^^ jj 

 small hairy, stamens 8-10 exserted, ovary eniarginate or didyinous» 



sharply tubercled. Euphoria Lit-chi, Wall. Cat. 8048, letters G, i± oniy, 



Martaban and Singapore, WaVich. Malacca Griffith. ., ■ V^^ ^ *g 2-7i bj 



Glabrous and shining except the inflorescence. Leavt'^ 6-18 m. ; ^^^^\ . ^jje. . 

 i-24 in., turning somewhat red in drying; petiolules J-,^ in. -^'^^^^^^T^^nts pub«- 

 Petah linear-obtuse or ovate acute. Disk glabrous. Anthers small; ^^^ ,,^ if^ry, 

 Bcent, shorter in the female flowers. Fruit-lobes oblong or ellipsoidal, generally 



green or red, |-1 in. long ; setse tubular, short, compressed 



Xt Lateral veins of leaflets more or less conspicuous. 





lliptic 



6. N.? Ittalngrayl, Hiem; leaflets 2 or 4 opposite obovate or eM^, 

 glabrous coriaceous shortly petioluled obtuse base obtusely n^!,^'"^^^ jijated 

 veins not much raised, flowers tetramerous, calyx-lobes gnoniy ^^^^^ 

 otherwise glabrous, petals smaller without scales, stamens 8 mciuue^,^ 



of capsule usually solitary oblong nearly glabrate. '^ 



Malacca, Maingay. j. V^4_lOj"'-' 



' Glabrous except ferruginous-puberulent shools and inflorescence.^ -^ Jnioresce'"^^ 

 rachis not wmged ; leaflets 2i-6^ by li-3i in.; petiolules y-r '"•.„._!.„. tracts 

 ranging up to 8 in. ; flowers ^tt in- diam., in interrupted' globose cms ,^^^_ 

 . ranging up to 1 in. long or more. Cah/x cleft, lobes imbricated. .^'^, ghortl/ 

 tomentose. Filaments hairy. Ovary hairy, i^rwit (immature) f-l in..'" >' 

 stipitate. ,, ^ • 



7. N. costatum, Hiem ; leaflets 4-6 opposite or altemat^ elhp JJ^^^^ 

 oblong glabrous entire above dark green beneath pale ooiiu.^^ ^^ 

 ginate or shortly acuminate base obtuse, flowers panicled tonieu ,^ 

 deeply 5-lobed imbricated in bud, petals 5 minute obtuse atteuu^ti-*^ 

 base, stamens exserted. 



Malacca, Maingay. i, '^ \\ \ Uievsi '^ 



Leaves 6-10 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by 14-2| in., marked witb subpara ne ^^^ ^^^^.^^; 

 beneath ; petiolules J-J in.- JPawdes densely flowered, nearly ecjuauiuo 

 flowers § m. diam. Filaments pilose. Ovary pilose. ? wt4 ' , ,« 



8. N. X.pngrana, Caw5. in Mem: Mus. Par. xviu. ^^ ,', ,„aily rath«r 

 •opposite or alternate elliptic ovate oblong or lanceolate usu j 





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