302 SapindacecB. [Allophylus. 



the mainland. Specimens from Mawerella, S. Prov. have very large 



Iflts. and an abbreviated inflor. 



H. de/iciens, Bedd. Thwaites (I.e.) gives as var. /3. of//", trichocarpa 

 from Bintenne and Matale East a plant with more numerous (4-5 pair) 

 and narrower very acuminate Ifits. This I suspect to be Sapindus de- 

 ficicns^ Wight, 111. i. 141 (from Ceylon), figured in Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 231, 

 and kept up as a species in Fl. B. Ind. But our specimens are somewhat 

 imperfect. 



3. AZ.I.OPKVZiUS, L. 



Shrubs or small trees; 1. simple or ternate, without stip. ; 

 fl, small, polygamo-dicecious, slif^htly irregular, in spicate 

 racemes; sep. 4, in pairs, imbricate, the outer smaller; pet. 4, 

 clawed, usually with a large hairy scale near the base ; disk 

 rather one-sided, of 4 rounded glands opp. pet. ; stam. 8, 

 inserted inside disk, fil. distinct ; ov. 2-lobed, 2-celled, with 

 I ovule in each cell ; fruit indehiscent, of 2 distinct carp., one 

 often abortive, pericarp pulpy ; seed with a short aril, coty- 

 ledons plicate, no endosperm. — Sp. 80; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



L. simple. 



L. glabrous ; inflor. longer than petiole . . i. A. ZEYLANICUS. 



L. hairy on veins; inflor. shorter than petiole . 2. A. HISPIDUS. 



L. ternate 3. A. Cobbe. 



1. £l. zeylanicus, L. Sp. PI. 348 (1753). "Wal-kobbe, S. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 140. Oniitrophe allophylus, Pers., Moon Cat. 31. 

 Schiiiidelia allophylla, DC, Thw. Enum. 55. C. P. 2679. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 673. Bedd. Ic. t. 286. 



A small tree or shrub, with smooth, whitish bark, young 

 parts glabrous ; 1. simple, 5-9 in., lanceolate, acute at base, 

 more or less acuminate, acute, entire or with a few very 

 coarse teeth in upper part, glabrous, petiole ^-f in. ; racemes 

 short, |-i^ in., hispid, fl. on very short ped., crowded ; pet. 

 slightly longer than sep., spathulate, hairy, scale very hairy ; 

 ripe carp, divaricate (one often abortive), each about i in., 

 ovoid, smooth, red; seed ovoid, pointed at one end, smooth, 

 white. 



Var. /3. acumlnatus, Hiern. Schmidelia acuminata, Thw. Enum. 

 55. Bedd. Ic. t. 287. C. P. 3001. 



L. much smaller, 3-4 in., oval, suddenly caudate-acuminate, 

 obtuse; fl. on longer ped., in lax, nearly glabrous racemes. 



Var. y. varians, Hiern. S. varians, Thw. Enum. 408. Bedd. Ic. 

 t. 288. C. P. 562. 



