Allophylus.] XLii. SAPiNDACE^. 489 



Bayer. Ak. Wissensch. xxxviii. (2), 201, has given short diagnoses 

 of the various species. 



Erect shrubs or small trees. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Low shrub; leaflets crenate dentate to 3 



long 



Small tree ; leaflets entire or nearly, 6 to 



long 



Leaves pubescent or tomentose on back. 

 Treelet ; leaflets pubescent beneath 

 Shrub ; leaflets villous tomentose beneath 



'-5 in. 

 9 in. 



(i) A. ternatus 



(2) A. glaber 



(3) A. fulvinervis 



(4) A. villosus 



Woody climber ; leaflets coriaceous entire obovate . (5) A. scandens 



(i) A. ternatus Loureiro, Fl. For. Cochinchine 232. 



A low shrub 3 to 10 ft. tall. Stem lenticellate ; branches and 

 petioles finely pubescent, otherwise nearly glabrous. Leaves tri- 

 foliate small; leaflets elliptic crenate-dentate, glabrous except the 

 midrib on back blunt, 1-5 to 3-5 in. long, 7 to 1-5 in. wide (the 

 middle one largest) ; petioles slender 2 in. long. Racemes i'5 to 

 3 in. long puberulous. Flowers 'i in. long, white numerous. Fruit 

 elliptic or globose pulpy red, '25 in. long. Hah. In tidal mud, 

 common. Singapore, Tanjong Penjuru; Selitar; River Valley 

 Road; Toas. Johor, Scudai River. Pahang River near mouth. 

 Selangor, Klang. Malacca (Maingay). Penang. Province Welles- 

 ley (Brooks). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrih. Tenasserim, Cambodia, 

 Malay Isles, Polynesia. Native names: Chonkol; Tumbit Kayu; 

 Chungkil. 



(2) A. glaber Roxh. in Wall. Cat. 8057. 



Small tree nearly glabrous. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets sub-cori- 

 aceous elliptic narrowed to base and tip, blunt, laterals oblique 

 at base, nearly or quite entire, 6 to 9 in. long, 2 to 375 in. wide; 

 petioles 3-5 to 5 in. long. Racemes branched; peduncle 3 in. 

 long; branches 1-5 to 4 in. long, puberulous. Flowers rather 

 large. Hab. Forests, Johor, Serom; Gunong Pulai. Malacca, 

 Merhmau. Selangor, Menuang Casing (Kloss) ; Sungei Buluh 

 (Cantley). Penang (Wallich), Moniot's Road. Perak, Maxwell's 

 Hill (Scortechini) ; Goping (Kunstler). Native name: Terentang 

 Bukit. 



(3) A. fulvinervis Bl. Rumphia iii. 183. 



Treelet. Branches velvety-pubescent, as is panicle. Leaves 

 trifohate; leaflets elliptic acuminate, base rounded or shortly 

 narrowed distantly serrate ; midrib, nerves above and also surface 

 beneath (often) pubescent, 4-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; 

 petioles 1-5 to 2*5 in. long. Racemes simple or 3-branched, often 

 rather stout puberulous. Flowers small -05 in. wide. Hab. Forests, 

 Malacca (Hervey) a rather glabrous form. Pahang, Telom, Selangor, 

 Ginting Bidai; Rantau Panjang (Kloss). Distrib. Java, Sumatra, 

 Tenasserim. 



