Gleniea.'] Sapindacece, 305 



* Conghas ' Sapindus trifoliattis in Sp. PI. 367, but it is without doubt 

 Schleichera. 



Koenig states (in Hb. Banks) that the seeds excite vomiting ; the pulpy 

 aril is, however, eaten. An oil is obtained from the seeds. Wood very 

 hard, heavy, close-grained, pale reddish brown, strong and durable. 



5. G-ZiENIEA^ [by error Glenniea\ Hk.f. 



A tree ; 1. pinnate ; fl. small, polygamo-dioecious ; cal. 

 5-lobed, valvate ; pet, 5, minute, deciduous ; disk wide, flat, 

 lobed at margin ; stam. 8 (or 10), inserted within the disk ; 

 ov. 3-celled, with I ovule in each cell, style very short, thick ; 

 fruit hard-fleshy, indehiscent, 1-3-seeded; seed globose, with- 

 out an aril. — Monotypic. 



G-. zeylanica, Hk.f. in Thw. Enum. 408 (1864). Wal-mora, S. 



ILuma, T. [Plate XXV.] 



Nepheliicm fuscattini., Thw. Enum. 58. Sapindtis Gletiiet, Thw. 

 Enum. 408. C. P. 2577, 3676. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 682. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 153. 



A moderate-sized tree, with thin whitish bark ; 1. pinnate, 

 rachis 1-2 in., stiff, smooth, much swollen at base, Iflts. 2 or 4 

 (i or 2 pair), opp. or alternate, very shortly stalked, 2J-4 in., 

 oval or lanceolate-oblong, acute at base, very obtuse, entire, 

 undulate, quite glabrous, rather thick, stiff, venation reticulate, 

 prominent ; fl. shortly pedicellate, in little clusters on the 

 sides of spicate, minutely pilose inflor., which is in the male 

 tree terminal, paniculate and much exceeding 1., and in the 

 bisexual mostly axillary, simple and shorter than 1. ; cal.-lobes 

 acute, pubescent ; pet. hairy, easily overlooked ; stam. in male 

 fl. spreading, exceeding cal,, in bisexual fl. short; ov. hairy; 

 fr. i-i| in., depressed-globose, 2- or 3-lobed, smooth, green; 

 seed I in., globose, smooth, cinnamon-brown. 



Var. /3. unijugra, Trim. Sapindus imijugus, Thw. Enum. 56. 

 C. P. 2465. 



Lflts. 2, opposite, rather larger and narrower. 



Forests of the dry region ; common. Var. j3. much less common, a nd 

 passing into the moist region at Deltota and Matale. Fl. Sept. -Dec; 

 greenish-white. 



Endemic. 



Wood yellowish-white, rather heavy, smooth, fine-grained. 



This is nearly dioecious, and the inflorescence of the male and fruit- 



* Named in commemoration of Rev. S. O. Glenie, Colonial Chaplain 

 and Archdeacon of Ceylon, F.L.S. He resided at Trincomalie from 1859 

 to 187 1, where he made large collections and sent them to Thwaites lor 

 determination and incorporation in the ' Enumeratio.' Died 1875. 



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