SAPIXDACE.F. 557 



Paxcotia, WiUJenow (Erioglossuit, 7?/.). 



Fruit to tlic base l-3-lobc(l, the lobes oblong. Testa membranous. Enihryo 

 straight. Bisk unilateral. 



P. RUBioixosA, Roxb. F..T. Tropical forests of Pegu, Tenasserim, 



E. edule, Bl. and the Anilamaus. 



Tseik-che. ' Goats' dung.' 



Wood white, with pinkish-brown licartwood. Strong and durable. It receives 

 its native name from the wood presenting, when sawn into planks, small round black 

 spots like segments of currants or goats' dung. These seem to be sections of imbedded 

 woody thorns. 



If Leares 'i-\-foliohte. Shrubs or small trees. 

 Allophtllcs,' Linnmis. 



Flowers irregular with the place of the 5th petal empty. Sepals orbicular. 

 Petals with scales. Fruit-lubes fleshy or sappy. Racemes simple or compound. 



X Eacltis of racemes more or less pubescent or villous. 



A. sERRATrs, DC. Coast forests from Chittagong to Tenasserim. 



Se/iinidelia villosa, Wight. 



All softer parts and leaves pubescent or villuus-pubescent. Bractlets minute. 

 Benies the size of a pepper-corn. 



A. APOEETicus, Roxb. Arakan up to 1200 feet. 



Eather glabrous, the nerves of the leaves villous above. Racemes recurved, the 

 bractlets linear-subulate, as long as or longer than the pedicels. Berries the size of a pea. 



A. LiTTORALis, Bl. C'hittagong, Tenasserim, the Andamans and Nicobars. 



This species is placed first by Kurz in his enumeration of the species, though in 

 his initial conspectus or key that position is occupied by A. racemosus, which species 

 is not again alluded to. Are we to understand that the two are identical ? 



lliern makes 2 species of Indian Alluphijlli, viz., those with 1- and those with 

 3-foliolatc leaves, but this character falls to the ground, inasmuch as his A. 

 Zeijlanicus, var. gramlifolia { = Sr/ii/ii(lelia chartacea, Kurz, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 187-1, 183), has sometimes 1- and 3-foliolato leaves on the same brancli. I have 

 not been able as yet to studij this genus ; but I have little doubt but that Hiern's 

 eminently practical conclusions will not stand a .scientific test (Kurz). 



° ° Flowers regular. 

 f Seeds tcithout arillus. 

 Sapindus, Plumier. 

 Fruit -loles deeply or to the base separated, by 2-3 or often solitary by abortion, 

 the pericarp crustaceous or coriaceous, smooth. Testa crustaceous or membranous. 



X Leaves pubescent. Leaves impaired-pinnate. 

 S. roMKNTosis, Kz. Khakycn Hills. 



All softer parts ptibescent. Leaflets in 3-4 pairs with an odd one. 



XX All parts glabrous. 

 Leaves simple. 



S. Danfra, Roxb. Tidal forests of Pegu, Tenasserim, the 



Euphoria verticillata, Lindl. nou Roxb. Andamans and Koudul. 



' The probable etjinology of this word would seem to point to its being spelt allophylltis, from 

 ipvWov, rather th-m allophijlus. 



