SAPINDACEAE. 



AtFRBD 



SAPINDUS L. 



mukorossi 



De 



Candolle, Prodr. I. 609 (1824). — Bretschneider, Early ^es. 144 

 (1881).-Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 139 (1886). -Shira- 

 sawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. I. 114, t. 71, fig. 1-15 (1900). -Dunn & 

 Tutchej in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 66 {Fl. Kwangtung 

 & Hongkong) (1912). 



Sapindus ahruptus Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 233 (1790). 



Western Hupeh: neighborhood of Ichang, roadsides, alt. 30- 

 1000 m., May, June and December 1907 (No. 759; tree 10-25 m. 

 tall, girth 1-5 m., flowers white, bark gray); same locality, A_ Henry 

 (Nos. 1032, 1652, 6367). Formosa: Takow, A. Henry, Ban^^- 

 sing, A. Henry (No. 552); " Mamyama," June 1903, U. Faurie (No. 

 32). Hainan: without locality, A. Henry (No. 7958). ^o^'e'^- 

 Quelpaert, July 1907, U. Faurie (No. 1606) ; same locality, June 19uy, 

 August 1908 and September 1907, Taquet (Nos. 2746, 660, 4). 



This is one of the noblest of Chinese trees and is common in the ™'j^ P^^^^ 

 of the Yangtsze Valley. It grows to a large size and haa a ,^de-sprea(hng head ol 

 massive branches, a smooth, gray bark and bright green leaves. The colloquial 

 name is " Hon-eA-tsao " bdt in Chinese boofa it is ^"^"^ 'f^^^^, ^"e'^^de 

 " Wu-huan-tzu." The saponaceous fruit is used as soap and j^e «eeds are ma e 

 into rosaries and beads. The pale yellowish white wood is ^^f f^J^^s 72 ^^3, 

 and for other purposes. Pictures of this tree will be found ^f^a^iLvegt 

 596, 0165 and 0232 of the collection of Wilson's photographs and also in his ege 



tation of Western China, Nos. 465 and 466. 



KOELREUTERIA Laxm. 

 Koelreuteria apiculata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



XXIX 



mann) (1900). 



trunco 0.3-1 m. circ 

 are griseo irregularit 



191 



