^<^er.] xLiv. SAPiNDACE^. (W. P. Hiorn.) 693 



without scalesl Stamens 



inserted on the glabrous disk; filaments usually shorter in the herma- 

 pnrodite than m the male flowers. Ovaru 2- Trarelv 30 ]nh(^A nnri na]U^ 



celled. 



UteraUy compressed; cells 2-ovuled. Style bipartite: divisions linear! 

 stigmatose on the inner face. Fruit a double samara, mdehiscent. Seeds 

 exalbuminous, exarillate; embryo conduplicate. — Distkib. A genus of 

 40-50 species, found also in Europe, other parts of Asia, and in North 



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Sect. I. leaves undivided. 



Leaves with 3 basal nerves. ^ 



ih J^' oblongrum, Wall, in DC^ Prodr. I 593; Cat. 1222 \ leaves un-^ 



amded quite entire oblong or ovate acuminate glabrescent penninerved 

 Silvery glaucous beneath base obtuse 3-nerved, cymes panicled contemporary 

 ^ith the leaves pubescent Camh. in Jacq. Vqy, Bot 31, t. 34 ; Brand. For. 

 ^i- 110; RoyUIll 134, A. laurifolium, D. Don Prodr. 249. A, Buzim- 

 Pala, HamilL ex D. Don I.e. 



Temperate Himalaya ; from Kashmir, alt. 2-3000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 3-5000 ft. ; 

 ^notan, and the Mishmi hills. — Distrib. Hongkong, Lochow Islds. 



A tree of 40-50 ft.; trunk 1-2 ft. diara. Leaves more or less persistent, dark-green 

 «bove, 2-7 h^ 1-3 in., minutely reticulated; petioles §-34 in., usually about half the 

 jGfigth of their leaves. Sepals and petals narrow, iV~iV '"* Stamens 8, exserted, ^gla- 

 ''rous. Ovary hairy. Fruit glahroiiB \ carpels 1-1 j in. long; wings venose, diverging, 

 contracted below, back nearly straight ; cells woody, angular, clothed inside with white 



hairs.— Wood reddish/used for agricultural implements, and in Tibet for drinking 

 cups. 



Var. ? microcarpum ; carpels 4-1 In. ^ong. Mishmi hills, Griffith. • 



'^2. A. nlveum^ Blnme Cent Plant. Nov.; Rumph. iii. 193, 1. 167 B, fig. 1 ; 



leaves undivided quite entire elliptic or oblong acuminate or caudate 

 giabrescent penninerved white-glaucous beneath base rounded 3-nerved, 

 cymes panicled glabrous contemporary witli the leaves. A, laurinum, 

 fcissh in Tydschr. Nat. Wetersch. x 138(1843); Cat PI. Ilort. Bog. 222 

 without description in either case), A. javanicum, Jungh. in Tydschr. Nat. 

 Wetersch. viiL 391 (1841), not of Burmann. ■ ' 



Upper Assam, Griffith. Martaban, at Moulmem, JTeZ/er.— Distrib, Sumatra, Java. 



A tree of 100-150 ft. Leaves 3-8 by 1-34 i^- J petioles 1-3 in. Ct/mes lax; flowers 

 yellowish-green. Sepals lanceolate or oblong, i in. Petab equalling or shorter than 

 tte sepals. Stamens 6-S, glabrous, short, included (in hermaphrodite flowers). Ovarv 

 ^airy. i^VwiV glabrous ; carpels |-24 in. long; wings venose, widening upwards, back 

 r^t little curved, cells not angular. 



3. A. Iffivig-atum, Wall PL As. Par. iL 3, t. 104 ; Cat 1223 ; leaves 

 iindivided quite entire or minutely serrate when young ovate or oblong- 

 acuminate glabrous shining penninerved reticulated green on both sides 

 base rounded 3-nerved, cymes panicled glabrous contemporary with the 

 leaves. Brand. For. Fl. 110, non Hort. 



Temperate Himalaya ; alt. 5-9000 ft., from Simla to Sikkim. Khasia Mrs., aR. 



5000 ft. ^ . ' .r t. • 



* A large tree : trunk 30-40 ft. high, 3-4 ft. diam. Z^am 24-6 by 1-2 m., more 

 strongly reticulated than in A. ohlongum; petioles J-J in. Cyrms laxer than m A; 

 9llofigum. Sepals 5, ovate or lanceolate, ^V in. . PetpU 5, obtuse clawed, white, 

 iVi in. >Siameni 5-5rglabfbus;^^ Ovary hairy. Fruit glabrous ; carpels 



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