278 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Sapilldus. 



Drupe the size of a nutmeg, a little pointed, covered with 

 a tender, dry, grey bark. Seeds one, two or three, oblong, 

 smooth, at the base obliquely truncate, and there affixed, 

 each surrounded with its proper whitish, pulpy aril, 

 which is of a pleasant acid taste, and is most grateful 

 during dry weather. Embryo doubled, with inferior ra- 

 dicle and no perisperni. 



The bark is astringent, rubbed up with oil, the natives 

 of these parts use it to cure the itch. The wood is hard, 

 and employed for many purposes by the natives. 



SAP INDUS. 



Calyx from four to five leaves. CoroZ from four to five 

 petalled, in some unilateral. Germ superior, three cell- 

 ed, cells one-seeded ; attachment inferior. Berries three, 

 superior, more or less united. Seed solitary. Embryo 

 erect, curved, or straight, no perisperm. 



1. S. laurifolius. Willd. 2. 469. Vahl. symb. 3. 54. 



Leaflets three-pair, ovate, lanceolate, smooth, rachis 

 simple. Panicles terminal. Petals five, lanceolar, equally 

 woolly all over the inside. 



A stout, very shady tree, a native of various parts of 

 India. Flowering time December; the seed ripens in 

 April. 



Trunk straight, when full grown as thick as a man's 

 body. Bark, a mixture of ash and olive colour. Bran- 

 ches numerous, spreading much in every direction. Leaves 

 alternate, abruptly pinnate. Leaflets three pair, though 

 sometimes next to the panicles two pair, obliquely ovate- 

 lanceolate, taper-pointed, entire and smooth on both 

 sides ; veins elevated and whitish.^ from four to six 

 inches long. Petioles round. Petiolets short and rugose. 

 Panicles terminal, broad-ovate, large, and very ramous ; 

 ramification rather scaly. Bractes minute. Flowers, 



