Curtisina.] 



XLII. SAPINDACE^. 



491 



(i) C. penang-ensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 180. 



Tall tree. Leaf 12 in. long; leaflets oblong; nerves 8 pairs 

 raised beneath as are the wide reticulations, 4'5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; 

 petiolules lateral '5 in. long, terminal one i in. long. Panicles 4 in. 

 long; branches i'5 in. long or less. Flowers 'i in. long sessile or 

 pedicels very short. Stamens shorter than petals. Fruit red, pulpy 

 bilobed '5 in. wide. Hab. Penang Hill at 2200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



Fig. 49. — Erioglossum edule. 



5. ERIOGLOSSUM, Bl. 



Tree. Leaves unequally pinnate; leaflets entire opposite. 

 Panicles large terminal erect; branches racemose. Flowers 

 irregular white. Sepals 5 unequal orbicular imbricate. Petals 4 

 unequal obovate clawed, scale hairy with a lobed appendage at 

 the top. Disc lobed one-sided. Stamens turned to one side, 

 unequal hairy. Ovary stipitate and obcordate 3-lobed and 3-celled ; 

 style slender. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit drupaceous i- to 3-lobed, 

 lobes oblong. Species 4, Asia 3, Africa i. 



