502' XLii. SAPINDACE^. [Nepheltunt. 



pubescent; nerves i6 to 24 pairs raised, 2*5 to 4-5 in. long, i to 

 175 in. wide; petiolules '15 in. long. Panicles terminal and 

 axillary; branches few racemose tomentose. Flowers "i in. across 

 numerous. Calyx tomentose, 4 broad blunt lobes. Petals o. 

 Stamens 6 or 7 exsert ; filaments pubescent. Fruit red ovoid 

 covered with woody puberulous spines with bulbous bases i'5 in. 

 long, I in. through. Hab. Forests, Malacca, Bukit Kayu Arang 

 (Cantley) ; Kesang (Goodenough). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Fox- 

 worthy). Bindings, Pangkor. N alive name: Sunggol Lotong. 



(11) N. ophiodes Radlk. I.e. 78 ; King, I.e. 438. 



Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Branchlets and 

 panicles rusty-puberulous. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long; leaflets 

 6 to 10, stiff coriaceous oblong short blunt acuminate, base shortly 

 narrowed blunt oblique, beneath scaly red puberulous ; nerves 

 15 to 18 pairs strongly elevate beneath, 6 to 8 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 

 wide; petiolules '2 to -25 in. long. Panicles axillary or terminal 

 8 to 16 in. long. Flowers '15 in. across yellow and white. Calyx 

 tomentose acutely 5- or 6-lobed. Petals o. Stamens 6 pubescent 

 short. Ovary ovoid setose tomentose. Fruit ovoid-globose with 

 dense puberulous setae, 1-5 in. long, i in. wide, blood-red. Hah. 

 Malacca, Tebong (Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native 

 name : Pulassan tukul. 



(12) N. malaiense Griff. Notidce iv. 549; King, I.e. 439. 

 Tree about 50 ft. tall. Branches scurfy pubescent. Leaves 



10 to 14 in. long; rachis tomentose; leaflets 6 to 8 thinly cori- 

 aceous elliptic cuspidate, base rounded smooth above; nerves 

 14 to 18 pairs raised and pubescent beneath, 3*5 to 5 in. long, 2 to 

 2'5 in. wide; petiolules 'i^ in. long. Panicles terminal tomentose 

 6 to 9 in. or more long; branches numerous. Flowers fascicled 

 •25 in. across. Calyx pubescent ; lobes 5 round blunt. Petals 5 as 

 long obovate villous inside. Stamens 8 short. Fruit globose smooth 

 brown -65 to 75 in. through. Seed globular with thin pulp. Hah. 

 Common in villages, a well-known fruit tree. Native name : Mata 

 Kuching. 



(13) N. eriopetalum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 508 ; Hiern, 

 F.B.I, i. 689; King, I.e. 438. N. obhquinerve Radlk. Rec. Bot. 

 Surv. Ind. iii. 354. 



A tree about 80 ft. tall. Young parts, rachis, under-side of 

 leaflets and panicle red-tomentose. Leaves 12 to 24 in. long; 

 leaflets 6 to 10 thick coriaceous oblong sub-acute narrowed at 

 rounded or cuneate base; nerves 16 to 24 pairs, 4 to 12 in. long, 

 i"65 to 4 in. wide ; petiolules '25 to •35 in. long stout. Racemes pen- 

 dent in axils lengthening in fruit 4 to 10 in. long or more. Flowers 

 in tufts -25 in. wide. Calyx-teeth 5 triangular acute pubescent 

 outside. Petals 5 or fewer narrow spathulate pubescent. Disc 

 lobed pubescent. Stamens 10 pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid densely 

 covered with soft spines, 2 in. long, 1-5 in. through, crimson red. 



