Sapindacem.'] ceylon plants. 57 



diifers from his in having most frequently two instead of one seed in each loculus of 

 the seed-vessel ; 4he seeds of a different colour and shape, and with an aril very 

 minutCj instead of reaching nearly to their apex : the position of the radicle would 

 also appear to he different. The peculiar twisted character of the stigma, so evident 

 in the Ceylon plant, would scarcely haVe been left unnoticed by Roxburgh and 

 AVallich had it been present in the species described by them, which on the other hand 

 is said to have a bifid style. 



6. l^EPHELIUM, Linn. 



h 



t Feiala appendiculata. 



1. W. erectum, Thw. ; foliis majusculis, aLrupte pinnatis ; foliolis 



3-4-jugi8, suboppositis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, integris, glabris, reti- 



culatis ; paniciilis tenninalibus, multifloris, foliis multo urevioribus ; 



fructibiis 1-3- raro 4-lobis, minute tomentosis, lobis oblougis. — c.p. 

 1150 (in parte). 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. . 



Frufex crectus, non vel parce ramosus, G-lO-pedalis. Foliorum racMs striata, 

 10-14 poll. longa ; folioUs 6-10 poll, longis, 2-3| latis, brevi-petiolatis. Flares 

 5-meri. CalycAs segmenta rotundata. Fetala late unguicnlata, medio squaraata ; 

 lamina rotundata, rcllexa, Isevi, margine involuta ; squama erecta, bifida, villosa. 

 Dkcus annulifo^mis, Iscvis. Stamina 8. Stylus brevissimua. Stigma minutum, 

 3-lobum. Fnictns carnosus, lutcus ; lobis circiter 1 poU. longis. Semiria ovoiden, 

 arillo carnoso hyaline integro inclusa ; testa membranacca, rufa ; coti/ledonihus 

 crassis, incumbentibus. 



2. N. simplicifolium, Thw. ; foliis integris, cuneato-lanceolatis, acu- 

 minatis, Ipevibus, membranaceis, reticulatis ; panicuUs brevibus, sub- 

 terminalibu3, minntissime tomentosis, — c.p. 443. 



Hab. South of the island, at no great elevation ; rare. 



Frutex erectus, 6-10-pedalis, parce ramosus. Folia 8-12 poll, longa, 2^-4 poll, 

 lata; petiolo \-2 poll, longo. Flores 5-meri, Calycis segmenta rotundata. Fetala 

 exunguiculata, rotundata, ciliata, basi squamula parva villosa niunita. F)lscus re- 

 gularise Iffivis, Stamina 8, ovarii rudimentum 3-Iobatum cingentia. 



Until the fruit of this species, is known, there must remain some little doubt as 

 to whether it is a true Nepkelium, I have as yet seen only very young male flowers 

 of it. 



3. N. bifoliolatum, Thw. ; foliolis unijugia, integris, lanceolatis, 

 .obtusiusculis, basi angustatis, glabris; paniciilis terminalibus, foliis 



sequilougis vel longioribus. — c.p, 1721. 



Hab. Lower Baclnlla Eoad from Kandy. at no great elevation. 

 (Flor, Aprili.) 



Arhor mediocris, 20-30-pedalis, ramosissima. Follola supcrne nitida, reticulata, 

 subtus opaca, fuscescentia^ 3-5 poll, longa, f-U poU lata, peilolulo 2-3 lin. longo, 

 petiolum \~\ poll, longum terniiualatia. Panicula pilosulre. Flores 5-meri. Calycis 

 segmenta rotundata, glabra, ciliata. Fetala parce longiora, oblonga, glabra, ciliata, 

 abrupte brevi-unguiculata, basi squamula parva rotundata longe ciliata munita. 

 Fiiscus carnosus, crenulatus. Stamina sa^pissimc 7 : masc. filamentis liuearibus, 

 petala a^quantibus, basi pilosis; /^»z. brevibus, ^z;«r/«OT glabrum bilobum cingen- 

 tibus. Stylus linearis. Stigma minutum^ obsciu-e bilobum. 



4. W. eximium, — EceremantJius eximins, Tbw. in Hook. Journ. of 

 Bot. vii. p. 272. t. 9 ; foliis magnis, abrupte pinnatis, subsessilibua ; 

 foliolis 5-13-jugis, oblongo-laneeolatis, serratia, subsessilibus, subtus 

 hirsutulis, pare inferiore minore, obliquo, curvato, ssepe deciduo ; pani- 



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