Nephelium.] xlii. sapindace^. 501 



(7) N. costatum Hiern, I.e. i. 608; King, I.e. 436. N. longana 

 var. hypoleucum King, I.e. 435 [in part). 



Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long ; leaflets 4 to 10, 

 coriaceous oblong lanceolate or elliptic acute or short acuminate, 

 base narrowed round beneath glaucous and slightly puberulous; 

 nerves 10 to 18 pairs, 275 to 5-5 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; 

 petiolules "25 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal 4 to 6 in. 

 long puberulous. Flowers "2 in. across. Sepals 5 round tomentose 

 outside, pubescent inside. Petals 5 smaller spathulate villous. 

 Disc large. Stamens 8 to 12 hairy at base. Ovary ovate 2-lobed 

 coarsely villous. Fruit of i or 2 lobes with long puberulous blunt 

 setae. Hah. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Scortechini). Native 

 name : Rambutan Passeh. 



(8) N. tuberculatum Radlk. Ree. Bot. Stirv. Ind. iii. 352. 

 Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Branches, panicle and 



petiole grey-puberulous. Leaves 8 to 14 in. long; leaflets 2 to 6 

 pairs, oblong blunt coriaceous, base rounded; nerves 7 to 9 pairs 

 elevate, sparsely pubescent glaucescent beneath, 6 in. long, 2'5 in. 

 wide. Panicle 8 in. long terminal dense-flowered. Flowers '2 in. 

 across. Calyx of 5 blunt whitish pubescent lobes. Petals o. 

 Disc hairy. Stamens short not exsert glabrous. Fruit i to 2 in. 

 long elongate ellipsoid bright green hoary, covered with glabrous 

 pyramidal tubercles (I have seen no fruit). Hah. Perak (Scorte- 

 chini). 



(9) N, mutabile Bl. Rumphia iii. 104. N. chryseum King, I.e. 

 437, not of Blume. 



Tree usually about 30 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long; rachis 

 puberulous ; leaflets 4 to 8 sub-coriaceous oblong to elliptic-oblong 

 acuminate or acute, base narrowed, glaucous beneath; nerves 

 9 to 12 pairs, 2*5 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petiolules 

 •15 in. long. Panicles axillary 3 to 4 in. long; flowers white "15 in. 

 across, clustered. Calyx shortly bluntly 5- or 6-lobed tomentose. 

 Petals o. Stamens 7 or 8 short pubescent. Ovary reniform 

 bilobed pubescent. Fruit usually lobed about 2 in. long covered 

 with truncated spines dark purple. Hah. Commonly cultivated, 

 the Pulasan. 



Blume distinctly says he intended the Pulasan by this name. N. chryseum 

 Bl. with a yellow fruit and soft spines like a rambutan, may be a variety of 

 N. lappaceum Linn. 



N. pallens Radlk. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. iii. 352, N. mutabile var. pallens 

 Hiern, F.B.I, i. 687 (exclusive of the fruiting specimen Maingay 1629, which 

 is A'^. lappaceum) is a form of the Pulasan. 



(10) N. hamulatum Radlk. Uher. Sapind. Holt. Ind. 78 ; King, 

 I.e. 437. 



Tree. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 10 to 15 in. long ; rachis 

 puberulous ; leaflets 6 to 10 oblong acuminate blunt, base cuneate, 

 glabrous above midrib puberulous, beneath sub-glaucous minutely 



