Sapindus. octandria monogynia. 283 



Teling. /shee-rashee. 



A lar^e timber tree, a native of the mountainous parts 

 of the Circars. It flowers about the beginning of the hot 

 season. 



Trunk perfectly erect, of considerable length and 

 thickness. Branches numerous, ascending. Branc/dets 

 clothed with ferruginous pubescence. Leaves alternate, 

 abruptly pinnate, about a foot long. Leaflets opposite, 

 from four to six pair, sublanceolar, entire, above smooth, 

 downy underneath ; from three to six inches long, and 

 from one to two broad. Petioles round, downy, endingin a 

 downy bristle. Panicles terminal, large, erect, composed 

 of simple racemes. C'a/i/A; five-leaved. Pefa/s four, placed 

 on the upper side, an entirely woolly scale arises from the 

 base on the inside of each. Style single, ascending, short- 

 er than the stamens. Berries three when all come to per- 

 fection, which is rarely the case, singly oblong, one-celled. 



The wood of this tree is very useful for a great variety 

 of purposes ; being large, straight, strong, and durable, 

 towards the centre it is chocolate-coloured. 



7. S.fruticGsus. R. 



Shrubby. Leaflets from three to four pair, lanceolar, 

 with an orbicular pair inserted on the base of the com- 

 mon petiole. Petals with small woolly scales at the base. 



It is a native of the Moluccas, and from thence intro- 

 duced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1798,w^here 

 it blossoms in March, and the fruit ripens in May and 

 June. 



The plants are as yet (1809) but small, but with an 

 erect trunk, covered with smooth ash-coloured bark. 

 The branches are few, weak, and much bent, even so 

 as to be cernuus. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate, about a foot long. Leaflets 

 three or four pair, generally alternate, subsessile, lance- 

 olar, entire, of a firm texture, and smooth on both sides ; 

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