Nephelium.] XLii. SAPiNDACEiE. 503 



Hub. Woods in lowlands, Singapore, Garden Jungle; Changi. 

 Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley) ; Brisu (Derry). Selangor, Kwala 

 Lumpur. Bindings, Bruas (Burn-Murdoch). Perak (Scortechini). 

 Disirih. Sumatra. Native names : Gumpo ; Tungku Lotong ; 

 Tingam Balam ; Sanggol Lotong. 



Doubtful Species 



N. ECHINULATUM RidL Euphoria echinulata Radlk. Rec. Bot. 

 Surv. Ind. iii. 347. 



Tree. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence stellate-hairy. 

 Leaves 5 to 6 in. long; leaflets 4 to 6 lanceolate acute or long 

 acuminate, base cuneate, sub-coriaceous; nerves sparsely hairy, 

 3"5 to 7 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide. Panicles terminal. Fruit 

 covered with short conic processes. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). I 

 have not seen this plant. 



N. SETOSUM Ridl. Euphoria setosa Radlk. Rec. Bot. Surv. 

 Ind. iii. 347. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets, petioles and nerves stellate- 

 pubescent with setae. Leaves 7 to 8-5 in. long; leaflets oblong 

 lanceolate short acuminate, base obtuse chartaceous coriaceous, 

 2*25 to 4*25 in. long, i to 1*5 in. wide. Panicles terminal elongate 

 8 in. long. Calyx lobes blunt stellate-pubescent, inside puberulous. 

 Petals narrow spathulate acute, strigose villous. Disc with fascicled 

 hairs. Stamens pilose. Hab. Larut 1000 to 2000 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler). I have not seen this plant. 



12. POMETIA, Forst. 



Trees tall or medium. Leaves alternate pinnate. Leaflets 

 sub-opposite dentate or entire, lowest pair stipule-like. Racemes 

 panicled or simple. Flowers small regular bisexual fascicled. 

 Calyx cup-shaped 4- to 5-lobed. Petals o or 4 to 5 small. Disc 

 entire annular. Stamens usually 6 or 5 (rarely less or more) within 

 disc exsert. Ovary 2- or 3-coccous and -celled; ovules sohtary; 

 style elongate. Fruit of i to 3 globose or oblong, lobes smooth. 

 Seed with a thin pulpy aril. Species 4, Malaya, Ceylon, Australasia. 



Calyx and leaflets glabrous (i) P. macrocarpa 



Calyx and inflorescence pubescent. 



Leaves 12 to 24 in. long, sub-glabrous , . (2) P. pinnata 



Leaves 3 to 8 in. long, hairy beneath . . • (3) P- alnifolia 



(i) P. macrocarpa Kurz. Jourii. As. Soc. Beng. xliv. (2), 205; 

 King, I.e. 440. 



Glabrous tree. Leaves 9 to 12 in. long; leaflets coriaceous 

 oblong to elliptic acuminate remotely denticulate, base round; 

 nerves 15 to 18 pairs prominent beneath, 4-5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 

 2 in. wide ; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles axillary 8 to 12 in. long 

 with several racemose dense-flowered branches. Flowers 'i in. 



