Scytalia. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 269 
7. O. repanda. R. 
Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, repand, smooth. Ra- 
cemes axillary, compound, shorter than the leaves. Petals 
obovate, short-clawed, very woolly on the inside. 
A native of the Moluccas, 
SCYTALIA. Schreb. gen. n. 671. 
Calyx four or five-toothed. Corol none, or of four or 
five petals regularly disposed. | Germ superior, two-cell- 
ed, two-lobed, cells one-seeded; attachment inferior. 
Style two-cleft. Berries two, though rarely more than 
one comes to maturity. Embryo erect, without peris- 
perm. | 
1. 8. Lichi. R. 
Polygamous. Leaflets four pair, lanceolate, acute. 
Calyx four-parted. Corol none. Fertile germ two-lobed ; 
fruit oval, murexed. 
| Scytalia Chinensis. Geert. sem. 1, t. 42. f. 2. 
Euphoria. Juss. Gen. pl. p. 274. 
_ Dimocarpus. Lichi Lour, Cochin Ch. 287. Willd. 2, 346. 
. Sapindus edulis, Hort. Kew. 2. p. 30. 
Chin. Lichi, or Lee chee. 
» This. very famous tree is now common in Bengal. It 
Was originally brought from China, Flowering time Fe- 
bruary and March. The fruit ripens three months after- 
Wards. The trees in Bengal are as yet small, but I have 
Seen them in China fully aslarge as a middling sized ash- 
tree ; they are also somewhat like it in appearance, with 
numerous, spreading branches, and a smooth ash-co- 
loured bark. Specimens of this tree have been sent to me 
from old trees growing on the Garrow mountains, 
_ Leaves alternate, petioled, abruptly-pinnate. Leaflets _ 
from two to six pair, opposite, short petiolleted, lanceo- , 
late, tapering to a long, fine point, very smooth an¢ = 
