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 Nephelium Longan. Longan. 



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Class and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Sapindace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-dentatus. Petala 5 medio intus subvillosa, re- 

 flexa. Stamina 6 — 8. Ovarium didy mum. Stylus I. Stig- 

 mata 2. Carpella 2, indehiscentia, 1-locularia, intus pulposa, 

 uno saepe abortivo, altero superstite sphaerico coriaceo. 

 Semen I. Cotyledones crassae saepe conferruminatae. — Arbo- 

 ws, foliis pinnatis, fructuum pulpa scepius eduli. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Nephelium* Longan; foliolis 2 — 5-jugis subcoriaceis inte- 

 gerrimis nitidis subtus glaucescentibus, panicnla laxa 

 terminal^ calyce profunde 5-partito, petalis 5 oblongo- 

 lanceolatis vix calycem superantibus patentibus esqua- 

 matis, stam. 6 — 8 filamentis pilosis, ovario 2 — 3-lobo 

 globoso., fruetibus solitariis v. binis globosis subtubei - 

 culatim rugosis. 

 Nephelium Longana. Cambess. in Mem. Mus. v. 18. p. 30. 



Wight et Am. Prodr. Ft. Penins. Ins. Or. p. 113. 

 Euphoria Longana. Lam. Diet. De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 

 611. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 2. p. 222. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1729. 

 Scytalia Longan. Roxb. Fl. lnd. 2. p. 210. 

 Dimocarpus Longan. Lour. — Hort. Soc. Trans, v. 2. 



t.28. 

 Nephelium Bengalense. G. Don, Diet. Bot. 8$ Gard. I. p. 

 670. 



This 



* One of the names given to the Burdock, by the ancients, and the fruit 

 of this has some resemblance to the capitulum or head of a Burdock. 

 VOL. XVII. K 



