Xerospermum.] xlii. sapindace^. 497 



Petals 4. 



Leaflets one pair . . . . . . (3) X. echinulatum 



Leaflets 2 pairs or more. 



Fruit sharply muricate . . . . . (4) X. intermedium 



Fruit rough not muricate . . . . (5) X. Wallichii 



(i) X. Isevigatum Radlk. Sitz. Bayer. Akad. Math. Phys. 1878, 

 p. 305; King, I.e. 431. 



A large tree, glabrous. Leaves 4 in. long; leaflets 2, elliptic 

 acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 pairs faint, 2'25 to 3 in. long, 

 I to 1-25 in. wide; petiolules slender, '2 to '25 in. long; petioles 

 1*5 in. long. Racemes or panicles terminal and axillary 2 to 4 in, 

 long, slender. Flowers "15 in. across. Sepals 4, round. Petals 5, 

 limb woolly, claw slender. Stamens 5, filaments woolly. Disc 

 annular waved. Ovary tomentose. Fruit usually i-lobed, obovate 

 ellipsoid compressed, 1-35 in. long, -85 in. across sharply muricate. 

 Hab. In forests, Pahang, Kwala Tenok, Tahan River. Perak 

 (Scortechini) . Penang, Waterfall, the spout (Curtis). 



(2) X. unijugum Radlk. Rec. Bot. Sum. Ind. iii. 351. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves 3-9 to 6 in. long including petiole 

 •4 in. long; leaflets one pair, elliptic to oblong lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, bases narrowed, shining smooth glabrous, 3*6 to 

 5 in. long, 1-4 to 2*2 in. wide. Panicle rz to 4*8 in. long. Sepals 

 glabrous. Petals 5, spathulate, densely villous. Stamens villous 

 at base. Fruit "8 in. long, "4 in. through ellipsoid acutely muricate. 

 Hab. Forests, Selangor, Klang (Keheding). Perak at 100 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). 



I have not seen either of these specimens, and do not see how this species 

 differs from IcBvigatum, except in the number of the sepals. 



(3) X. echinulatum Radlk. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. iii. 350. 

 Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Branchlets, petioles 



and inflorescence puberulous. Leaflets one pair elliptic-lanceolate 

 shortly acuminate, base acute; nerves 5 pairs elevate beneath, 

 3*5 to 7 in. long, i'25 to 3*5 in. wide ; petiolules *5 in. long. Panicles 

 racemiform i to 2 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile 'i^ in. long. Sepals 

 4, edge ciliate. Petals 4, villous on both sides. Stamens villous. 

 Fruit obovoid flattened, very sharply muricate i in. long, '5 in. 

 through, dark green. Hab. Hill Jungle 500 to 800 ft. altitude, 

 Perak, Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 



(4) X. intermedium Radlk. Bot. Surv. Ind. iii. 349. X. muri- 

 catum King, I.e. 431, not of Radlkofer. 



Glabrous tree 50 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 9 in. long ; leaflets 

 one or two pairs elliptic-oblong acuminate, base acute; nerves 

 7 to 9 pairs, prominent beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 135 to 2 in. wide; 

 petiolules 35 in. long. Racemes axillary, sometimes branched. 

 Flowers '2 in. across. Sepals 4 round, edges ciliate. Petals 4, 

 shorter villous. Stamens 8; filaments pubescent. Fruit obovoid 

 sharply muricate 1*25 in. long, 75 in. through, yellow. Hab. 



Fl.M.P., I. K K 



