He?m^}'rosa.] SapiitdacecE. 301 



2. KSBXIGVROSA, Bl. 



Trees ; 1. alternate, pinnate, without stip. ; fl. polygamo- 

 dioecious, irregular ; sep. 5, unequal, imbricate, concave ; 

 pet. 4 (or with a smaller 5th), erect, imbricate, clawed, with a 

 jagged hooded scale near the base ; disk unilateral, cushion- 

 shaped ; stam. usually 8, unilateral on opp. side from disk, 

 distinct ; ov. excentric, 3-celled, with i ovule in each cell ; 

 fruit indehiscent, woody or cartilaginous, 1-3-seeded ; coty- 

 ledons fleshy, no endosperm. — Sp. 4; 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Radlkofer places this genus under Lepisaiithes, Bl. 



H. canescens, Thw. Emnn. 56 (1858). 



Sapmdus tetraphylla, Vahl, Symb. iii. 54. Thw. Enum. 408. C. P. 3508. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 671. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 151. 



A moderate-sized tree with whitish-grey bark, young parts 

 pubescent ; 1. abruptly pinnate, petiole and rachis 2^-3^ in., 

 stout, smooth, Iflts. 2 pair, nearly opp., shortly stalked, 3-4I in., 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute at base, obtuse or emarginate, entire, 

 glabrous, rather thick, ashy-green, venation reticulate, promi- 

 nent ; fl. numerous, on short, stout, tomentose ped., laxly 

 fasciculate on the narrow branches of short (3-6 in.), floccose- 

 pubescent panicles from the axils of fallen 1., bracts minute, 

 triangular, rather shorter than ped.; pet, usually 4, shortly 

 clawed, slightly laciniate, hairy at base, scale about \ as long, 

 laciniate, woolly ; stam. rather longer than pet., fil. hairy ; 

 fr. scarcely i in., oblong-ovoid, apiculate, finely tomentose, 

 yellow, pericarp cartilaginous, not woody ; seed usually 

 solitary, oblong-ovoid, smooth, brown. 



Var. /3. trichocarpa, Thiv. Emcin. 56 (sp.). C. P. 607. 



Lflts. 3-4 pair, larger, oval, acuminate, bright green, 

 venation less prominent ; fl. more crowded, in larger panicles, 

 bracts subulate, much longer than ped. ; fr. trigonous-globose, 

 somewhat depressed, apiculate, very densely hairy, pericarp 

 woody, hairy inside, greyish-green ; seeds usually 3. 



Low country ; the type common in the dry region ; var. /3. in the 

 moist region to 2000 ft. ; rather rare. Frequent about Kandy. Fl. 

 March-May ; white. 



Also in S. India and Burma. 



Vahl's S. tetraphylla was collected by Koenig, but I have not seen his 

 specimen. 



Judging from Ceylon specimens only, I should feel inclined to retain 

 specific rank for H. t7-ichoca7-pa, Thw.; but, as in Fl. B. Ind. it is not even 

 regarded as a variety, I suspect that there must be connecting hnks on 



