492 XLii. SAPiNDACE^. [Erioglossum. 



(i) E. edule Bl. Bijdr. 229; King, I.e. 425 (Fig. 49, p. 491). 



A big tree, more or less pubescent. Leaves 8 to 20 in. long; 

 leaflets 4 to 13 oblong-lanceolate to elliptic acute, base cuneate 

 slightly oblique, above more or less pubescent ; midrib and under- 

 side usually tomentose; nerves 6 to 10 pairs, 2-5 to 7 in. long, 

 75 to 2*25 in. wide. Panicles 6 to 12 in. long, pubescent dense- 

 flowered. Flowers white -2 in. across. Fruit lobes -4 in. long, 

 •15 in. through, pubescent astringent sweet, red then black. Hab. 

 Common in villages and open country. Singapore to Penang and 

 Perils and Kelantan. Native names : Mertajam; Terajang (Kelan- 

 tan) ; Kulat Layo ; Kulalayo. Use : The small astringent fruits 

 are beloved by children. A decoction of the root for fever. Distrib. 

 Malaya. 



6. APHANIA, Bl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate (rarely simple) ; leaflets i to 6 

 pairs. Flowers panicled or racemose. Sepals 4 to 6 imbricate. 

 Petals 4 to 6, small with bases infolded or with a scale. Disc 

 regular shghtly lobed. Stamens 5, rarely 3. Fruit deeply 2- 

 (or 3)-lobed ; endocarp thin cartilaginous or crustaceous. About 12 

 species, African and Asiatic. 



(i) A. paucijug-a Radlk. Siizb. Akad. Math. Phys. ix. 239; 

 King, I.e. 425. Otophora paucijuga Hiern, in Hook.fil. F.B.I, i. 680. 



Tree 60 ft. tall. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; leaflets 2 to 4 oblong- 

 lanceolate or elHptic acuminate much narrowed at base, glabrous 

 coriaceous; nerves 6 to 8 pairs fine, 3-5 to 8*5 in. long, 1*2 to 3 in. 

 wide; petiolules '2 in. long; petioles 1*25 in. long. Racemes 

 axillary slender puberulous 6 to 8 in. long. Flowers globular 

 •15 in. across, red. Sepals orbicular imbricate. Petals smaller, 

 edges infolded at base. Stamens 8; filaments hairy at base. 

 Disc pentagonous. Ovary stalked ovate ; styles short sub-connate. 

 Fruit deeply 2-lobed; lobes obovate round "35 in. long with style 

 between. Hab. Forests, Selandor (Cantley). Malacca (Maingay). 

 Perak (Scortechini). Selangor, Rawang (Kloss). Weld's Hill 

 (Murdoch). Sungei Ujong, Bukit Danan (Cantley). Penang, 

 Penara Bukit (Curtis) . Native names : Kelat Julong Putih ; 

 Puketjantan; Sutingga; Mumjilai. Use: Timber, hard flexible, 

 heavy used in building. 



7. LEPISANTHES, Bl. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves pinnate alternate; leaflets entire. 

 Inflorescence axillary or lateral in panicled spikes. Flowers small 

 unisexual white or pink. Sepals 5 or 4 imbricate in 2 rows. Petals 

 5 or 4 equal with i or 2 wide inflected scales at base. Disc annular 

 or semilunar. Stamens 8 or 10 within disc. Ovary sessile 3-sided, 

 3-celled ; ovules sohtary. Fruit 3-celled, 3-sided or ovoid not lobed. 

 Seed solitary. About 16 Asiatic species. 



