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hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-6 parted, spreading. Coi-olla none. 

 Stamens 5-8, spreading, longer than the calyx, inserted into 

 a disk below the germen. Anthers subrotund. Ovary 2- 

 seeded, abortive in the male flowers. Style 1. Stigmas 2, 

 revolute. Fruit geminate, one commonly abortive, its rudi- 

 ment remaining at the base of the perfect one, which is 

 subrotund, covered with a coriaceous rind, and echinate 

 with long soft spines, 1 -seeded, the seed covered with a white 

 acid pulp. 



The fruit is much esteemed, and has an agreeable subacid 

 flavour. The parts of this flower vary much in number ; 

 six is perhaps the most frequent number of stamens. 

 There is but one style, not two as commonly described. The 

 affinities of this tree appear little understood. It doubtless 

 belongs to the family of Sapindi, and is closely related to 

 Scytalia, as justly conjectured by the author of the botanical 

 articles in Rees' Cyclopaedia. 



SAPINDUS RUBIGINOSUS. Roxb. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



S. rubiginosus ; arborescens, inermis, paniculis terminalibus, 

 calycibus 5-phyllis, corollis 4-petalis, baccis tribus conna- 

 tis oblongis. 



Kalit layn. Malay. 



Pulo Penang. — Arborescent. Leaves alternate, abruptly 

 pinnate; leaflets nearly opposite, subsessile, ovato-lanceolate, 

 obtuse with a small mucro or point, very entire, nearly smooth, 

 with a few scattered hairs, chiefly on the under surface. 

 Petioles tomentose. Panicles terminal, erect, composed of 

 numerous simple racemes. Pedicels short, generally in pairs. 

 Bracteas subulate. Calyx 5-leaved, leaflets subrotund, con- 

 cave, the 2 outer ones smaller. Corolla white, 4-petaled, 

 somewhat longer than the calyx ; petals ovate, obtuse, appen- 

 diculate at the base, appendices furnished with 2 transverse 

 lines of white hairs. Stamens 8, of which the 5 upper and 

 longer ones are incumbent over the remaining 3. Filaments 



