Ailophylus.1 Sapindacece. 303 



L. small, 2-4 in., variable from oval to linear-lanceolate, 

 usually rather obovate, repand-dentate in upper part, veins 

 prominent beneath; racemes lax, pubescent; fl. rather larger. 



Moist region ; the type in the low country rather common ; var, jS. 

 Galle, Galagama, abundant by streams ; var. 7. montane zone up to 

 •6000 ft., common. Fl. March-May, Sept., Oct.; greenish white. 



Also in Sikkim and Assam, but under different varieties to the above, 

 which are all endemic. 



A very variable plant. The Fl. B. Ind. has another Ceylon variety, 

 var. Thwatiesii, Hiern, which seems scarcely distinguishable from the type. 



Wood yellowish-brown, even-grained, rather soft. 



2. A. hispidus, Trim. Syst. Cat. PL Ceyl. 20 (1885). 

 Schmidelta Mspida, Thw. Enum. 55. C. P. 3294. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 673 (under A. zeylanicus). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 152. 



A small tree, branchlets hispid, with spreading hairs ; 

 1. 5-14 in., oval or oblong, acute or rounded at base, acuminate, 

 acute, shallowly and coarsely serrate in upper part, coarsely 

 hairy on the veins and margin, becoming glabrous, petiole 

 ■|-i|in., very hispid with spreading hairs; fl. :j in., on very 

 short ped., densely crowded in very short, capitulate, axillary 

 racemes shorter than the petioles ; pet. with very villous scales ; 

 styles exserted; ripe carp, as in A. zeylanicus. 



Moist low country ; rare. Ambagamuwa ; Singhe Raja Forest. Fl. 

 March ; greenish-white. 



Endemic. 



Seems too distinct a plant to be placed under A. zeylanicus., as is 

 done in Fl. B. Ind. 



3. A. Cobbe, Bl. Ruviph. iii. 131 (1837). Kobbe, Bu-kobb^; 

 S. Amarai, T. 



Herm. Mus. 24. Burm. Thes. 10 1. Fl. Zeyl. n. 441. Rhus Cobbe., L. 

 Sp. PI. 267. Toxicode?idron Kobbe., Gaertn. Fruct. i. 207. Ornitrophe 

 Cobbe, W. and O. serrata, Roxb., Moon Cat. 31. ScJwiidelia Cobbe, DC, 

 Thw. Enum. 55. C. P. 11 56. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 671. Wight, Ic. t. 964, 2 {Schmidelia). 



A tall, much -branched shrub or small tree, branches 

 pubescent, young parts densely so ; 1. 3-foliolate, spreading, 

 petioles 3-4 in., cylindrical, very pubescent, Iflts, on short 

 stalks, the central the longer, 4-6 in., oval, rounded at base, 

 the terminal one acute at base, all slightly acuminate, acute, 

 faintly serrate, softly pubescent on both sides, paler beneath, 

 with tufts of hair in the vein-axils ; fl. very small, on very 

 short ped., in small fascicles on the slender branches of spicate, 

 axillary panicles shorter than 1.; sep. glabrous; pet. cuneate, 

 scale half as long, hairy ; ov. did3''mous, finely hairy ; style 

 twice as long as ov., stigmas recurved ; ripe carp, usually 

 solitary (one abortive), \ in., globular-ovoid, smooth, red. 



