Scytalia. octandria monogynia. 269 



7. O. repanda. R. 



Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, lepand, smooth. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, compound, shorter than the leaves. Petals 

 obovate, short-clawed, very woolly on the inside. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



SCYTALIA. Schreh. 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. S. Lichi. R. 



Polygamous. Leaflets four pair, lanceolate, acute. 

 Calyx four-parted. Corol none. Fertile germ two-lobed ; 

 fruit oval, murexed. 



Scytalia Chinensis. Gcert. sem. 1. t. 4.2. f. 2. 



Euphoria. Juss. Gen. pi. p. 274. 



Dimocarpus. Lichi Lour, Cochin Ch. 287. Willd. 2. 346. 



Sapindus erfit/is, HorL 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 as large as a middling sized ash- 

 tree ; they are al>o 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 Garros 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 and shin- 



