3o8 Sapindacec^. \Nephciiinn. 



4. S. erectus, Hiern in Fl. B. Ind. i. 683 (1875). 

 Nephclium ercitimi, Thw. Enum. 57. C. P. 1 1 50. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 683. 



A shrub, 8-10 ft. high, scarcely branched ; 1. large, pinnate^ 

 rachis 12-16 in., stiff, glabrous, Iflts. 8-14, opp. or sub-opp., on 

 short swollen stalks, 4-10 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute at ba.se, 

 shortly acuminate, acute, entire, glabrous, rather thin, reticu- 

 late ; fl. \ in., on short stout ped,, in elongated, slightly 

 branched, terminal panicles; cal.-segm. concave, obtuse, very 

 pubescent ; pet. spathulate-oval, broadly clawed, with a bifid 

 hairy scale; disk annular; ov. hairy, style v^ery short; fr. of 

 I (rarely 2 or 3) ripe carp., ovoid, about i in., finely tomentose^ 

 yellow, pericarp leathery ; seed entirely enveloped in white 

 fleshy aril, testa brown, cotyledons thick, unequal. 



Moist low country up to 3000 ft.; rather rare. Hantane; Hewahette;. 

 Kurunegala. Fl. Ai)ril-June ; greenish-white. 

 Endemic. 

 This and the following form the genus Thraiilococcus^ Radlk. 



5. S. Thwaitesii, Hiern in Fl. B. Ind. i. 683 fi875). 

 Nepheliiini siinpiici/olium, Thw. Enum. 57. C. P. 443, 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 683. 



An erect shrub, 6-10 ft. high, slightly branched; 1. simple, 

 large, 8-14 in., narrow-lanceolate, acute at base, tapering into 

 petiole, caudate-acuminate, subacute, entire, glabrous, thin, 

 reticulate, petiole i in. ; fl. on short ped., in small, narrow^ 

 erect, finely pubescent, terminal or axillary panicles 2-3 in. 

 long ; cal.-segm. rounded ; pet. rounded, not clawed, ciliate^ 

 with a small villous scale at ba.se; ripe fr. not seen, apparently 

 quite similar to S. ei'ectits. 



Moist low country, lower zone; very rare. Reigam Korale (Thwaites); 

 Deyandera, S. Prov. Fl. Sept.; greenish-white. 

 Endemic. 



7. NEPHELZUM,^ Z. 



Trees ; 1. pinnate ; fl. polygamous, in terminal panicles ; 

 cal. deeply 5-fid, valvate, persistent ; pet. 5, narrow, without 

 scales; disk annular, fleshy, lobed ; stam. in male fl. 10, in 

 bisexual fl. 5 or 8; ov, 2-celled, with i erect ovule in each 

 cell, tuberculate ; fruit of 2 (or i by abortion) indehiscent, 

 nearly distinct cocci ; seed surrounded by pulpy aril, coty- 

 ledons plane-convex. — Sp. 30; 12 in Fl. B. Ind. 



* Refers to the bur-like fruit of the original species, the Rambutan 

 A\ lappacetim). 



