— SAPINDACEX. 111 
We have extended considerably the character given by Cambessedes, in order to 
include S. laurifolius, S. fruticosus, Roxb. (Allophyllus pinnatus, Roxb. in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 1407, and perhaps Sap. longifolius, Vahl, not Roxb. ), S. rubiginosus, and 
our S. deficiens, xbldk otherwise, would form the types of about as many genera. 
Probably Erioglossum of Blume might also be reduce » but from his saying that the 
fruit is edible, we suppose the seeds must have an arillus. : 
380. (1) S. laurifolius (Vahl:) petiole simple, terete: leaves abruptly pin- 
nate: leaflets about 3 pair, ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous: racemes 
in terminal panicles: calyx 5-partite, segments oval: petals 5, lanceolate, 
equidistant, woolly all over the inside, without a eland or scale: stamens 8, 
woolly: ovary 3-lobed, very hairy: stigma 3-toothed: fruit of 3 combined 
globular berries: cotyledons unequal, spirally curved.— Vah, symb. 3. p. 54 ; 
DC. prod. 1. p. 608 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 250; Roxb. Jt. Ind. 2. p. 278.—8. acutus, 
Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1965.—S. trifoliata, Linn.—Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 19. 
——Malabar. 
We introduce this on the supposition that Vahl is correct in quoting 
Rheede's figure, and that Roxburgh is right in referring to Vahl: the plant 
which we describe we have only seen in Hamilton's herbarium, from the 
Caleutta garden, and is consequently the plant óf Roxburgh. This author, 
however, although he says it is a native of various parts of India, does not, 
in the Flora Indica, cite Rheede, (although he does in the Hort. Bengh.), 
nor give any indication of the species being a native of the Peninsula. We 
do not unite here S. Rarak, DC., as Hamilton (Wern. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 331), 
wishes, as we rather consider that and Roxburgh’s S. longifolius (not Vahl) 
to be the same. 
381. (2) S. emarginatus (Vahl :) petiole simple, terete, pubescent: leaves 
abruptly pinnate: leaflets 2-3 pair, oblong, retuse or emarginate, quite en- 
ure, upper side glabrous, under very downy: racemes in terminal panicles : 
calyx-segments 5, oblong: petals 5, equidistant, oval ; outside densely hairy ; 
margin very woolly with a small woolly appendage on each side about the 
middle ; inside nearly glabrous or with a few scattered hairs about the mid- 
dle: stamens 8, woolly : ovary densely hairy : fruit 1—4-, but usually 3-lobed ; 
lobes very hairy on the inside at the insertion of the seeds.— VaAl, symb. 3. 
P- 54; DC. prod. 1. p. 608; Spr. syst. 2. p. 251; Wight! cat. n. 385. 
From this S. detergens, Roxb. (S. abstergens, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 
1235) is only distinguishable by the leaflets glabrous on both sides, and from 
4 to 6 pair: Roxburgh says that it is common all over India, but we have 
Dot seen specimens from the Peninsula. i 
„382. (3) S. obovatus (W. & A.:) petiole simple, terete: leaves abruptly 
Pinnate : leaflets about 4 pair, narrow cuneate-obovate, rounded with a short 
sudden acumination, quite entire, glabrous on both sides: racemes terminal : 
calyx-segments 5, roundish : petals 5, equidistant, glabrous on both sides, 
with a roundish woolly glandular attached scale at the base on the inside: 
Biati el hairy, oblong, triquetrous but not lobed, 3-celled.— Wight! 
Cat. n, * 
The fruit is unknown, and even the flowers in our specimen are imperfect. 
. 983. (4) 8.2 deficiens (W. & A.:) petiole simple, terete: leaves abruptly 
pinnate: leaflets 6-7 pair, linear-oblong, lanceolate, acuminated, quite en- 
tire, glabrous: racemes solitary or in pairs, axillary: calyx unequal, 5-par- 
tite ; segments rounded : petals 4 (the fifth deficient), oblong, attenuated in- 
the unguis, woolly at the back on the lower half and margin, otherwise 
glabrous ; scale glabrous, united to the petal at its woolly margins ; the apex 
rounded, entire, free and inflexed: disk incomplete, unilateral: stamens 8, - 
equidistant, woolly : ovary villous, ovate, with a short thick pope point : 
gma large, umbilicate, nearly entire, papillose above—Wight! cat. n. 390. 
„nere is one erect ovule at the base of each cell. We have not seen the 
fruit, but our only doubt as to the genus arises from the racemes being 
