Nephelium.] xlii. sapindace^e. 499 



Leaflets lanceolate 4 by i "5 in. ; spines on fruit 



not conical . . . . . . (9) N. mutabile 



Leaflets lanceolate more coriaceous ; spines on 



fruit conical . . . . . . (10) N. hamulatum 



Leaflets red-tomentose beneath ; fruit covered 



with short soft spines . . . . (11) N. ophiodes 



Petals 5. 

 Leaflets hairy beneath; fruit globose tessellate (12) N. malaieuse 

 Leaves very long; flower and fruit racemes long 



pendulous; fruit spiny . . . . (13) N. eriopetalum 



(i) N. glabrum Noronh. Batav. Genoolsch. Verh. v. 80 ; King, 

 I.e. 433. N. Maingayi Hiern, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 608. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 7 to 11 in. long; leaflets 

 4 to 6 coriaceous elliptic shortly acuminate or blunt, base cuneate ; 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 3 to 4*5 in. long, i'5 to 2'25 in. wide; petio- 

 lules '4 to '6 in. long. Panicles lax puberulous 8 in. long. Flowers 

 less than •! in. across unisexual. Males, sepals 5 round pubes- 

 cent. Petals o. Stamens 6 or 7 pubescent exsert. Female, calyx 

 5-toothed. Stamens very short. Ovary obovate pubescent. Fruit 

 oblong gibbous on one side, wrinkled not spiny "i in. long, "6 to 

 •7 in. wide. Hab. Lowland forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle; 

 Selitar. Malacca, Batu Tiga; Ayer Panas; Merlimau (Derry). 

 Perak, Tapa (Wray) ; Chanderiang (Kunstler). 



var. sufferrugineum. N. sufferrugineum Radlk. Uber. Sapind. 

 Holl. Ind. yy; King, I.e. 439. 



Inflorescence and backs of leaves rusty tomentose. Malacca 

 (Grifflth, Maingay). The fruit described as belonging to this by 

 Radlkofer is not attached to the specimen, and probably did not 

 belong to it. Native names : Redan; Redin. 



(2) N. longana Camh. Mem. Mus. Par. xviii. 30 ; Hiern, F.B.I. 

 i. 688. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 18 in. long; leaflets elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate or blunt glabrous rather stiff; nerves 13 

 pairs, 4 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petiolules 'iS in. long; 

 petioles 3*5 in. long; panicle pubescent. Flowers yellowish white 

 "12 to '25 in. wide. Calyx tomentose. Petals 5 or 6 pubescent. 

 Fruit globose "5 to 75 in. through, reddish or purple, tubercles 

 wrinkled or smooth. Hab. Terutau island (Curtis). 



Often cultivated in India and China and wild in India. The fruit 

 Iresembles that of the Mata Kuching {N. malaiense), which name Curtis 

 gives it, but the foliage is quite different. 



(3) N. lappaceum Linn. Ma?ilissa i. 125; Hiern, I.e. i. 687; 

 King, I.e. 436. 



Tree about 30 to 50 ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 

 4 to 10 in. long; leaflets 4 to 6 elHptic or oblong obtuse, thinly 

 coriaceous, 2*5 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 3 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. 

 long. Panicles 6 in. long terminal and axillary lax spreading. 



