Sapmdus."] Sapindacece. 307 



The Fl. B. Ind. describes a scale to the petals, which I have never 

 seen either in this or S. emarginatus. 



2. S. emarg-inatus, Vahl, Symb. iii. 54 (1794). Penela, S. 

 Neykkoddan, Fanalai, T. 



Moon Cat. 32. Thw. Enum. 55. C. P. 1151. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 682 (6". trifoliatus). Wight, 111. t. 51. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 154. 



A large tree, with rough whitish bark and much-branched 

 spreading head, young parts glabrous ; 1. pinnate, rachis 

 2-4 in., glabrous, Iflts. 4-6, opposite or sub-opposite, 2|— 4 in., 

 broad-oval or oval-oblong, acute or rounded at base, rounded 

 and not at all acuminate at apex, emarginate, glabrous above, 

 glabrous or densely pubescent beneath, very stiff, convex 

 above, greyish-green, with very prominent veins ; fl. very 

 shortly stalked, in large, much-branched, spreading, terminal 

 panicles ; sep. erect, obtuse ; pet. erect, longer than sep., 

 oblong - linear, very silky, with white down especially on 

 margins and with a dense tuft in centre but no scale ; disk 

 5-lobed ; stam. 8, as long as pet, (in male fl.), fil. hairy below ; 

 fr. of I (rarely 2 or 3) nearly globular carp., \ in., pericarp 

 thick, fleshy; seed globular, with a hard thick testa, black. 



Forests of the dry region; common. Fl. March ; greenish-white. 

 Common throughout India and in Burma. 



The fruit is the ' soap-nut ' of Europeans, and is much used by the 

 natives for soap. Wood hard, heavy, yellow. 



Much resembles Hemigyi-osa canescetis in foliage. 



3, S. bifoliatus, Hiern in Fl. B. Ind. i. 684 (1875). 



Nephelium bifoliaium, Thw. Enum. 57. C. P. 1721. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 684. Bedd. Ic. t. 289. 



A moderate-sized tree, young parts pubescent ; 1. com- 

 pound, rachis f in., glabrous, Iflts. 2, opp., on short swollen 

 stalks, 3-4 in., narrow-lanceolate, acute at base, obtuse, entire, 

 undulate, glabrous ; fl. \ in., numerous, very shortly pedi- 

 cellate, in small clusters on the branches of open, spreading, 

 terminal and axillary panicles ; sep. rounded, ciliate ; pet. 

 about as long as sep., broad-oblong, obtuse, strongly ciliate, 

 with a short ciliate scale at base; stam. usually 7; ov. didy- 

 mous, 2-celled, style as long as ov. ; ripe fr. not seen, usually 

 of I carp., ovoid, glabrous. 



Dry region ; rather rare. Trincomalie ; Uma-oya ; Dambulla ; Kala- 

 wewa. Fl. Feb.-April ; white. 



Also in S. India. 



This is placed under the genus Ap/uiftza, Bl. by Radlkofer. Hand- 

 some when in flower, from the large masses of blossom. Resembles 

 Gleniea seylanica, var. iinijitga., in its foliage. 



