504 XLii. SAPiNDACE^. [PomeHu. 



long, glabrous. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 0. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 pubescent. Fruit ovoid 1-5 to 2 in. long. Hub. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Apparently very rare, as it never seems to have been collected 

 again. 



(2) P. pinnata Forsl. Char. Gen. no. 



A pubescent tree 30 to 60 ft. or more tall. Leaves 12 to 36 in. 

 long ; leaflets 4 to 12 pairs thinly coriaceous oblong or oblanceolate- 

 oblong acute serrate, base rounded sub-cordate (lowest leaflets 

 small and round), 4 to 12 in. long, 175 to 4 in. wide; petiolules 

 •15 in. long, glabrous or puberulous upon the nerves. Panicles 

 12 in. or more long; pubescent flowers "i in. across. Calyx pubes- 

 cent ; teeth triangular 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5 small. Disc fleshy 

 lobed glabrous. Stamens 5 to 6, bases pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid 

 black 75 to 1*25 in. long. Hab. Banks of streams common, in 

 the lowland country, conspicuous from the young red leaves. 

 Johor, Bukit Soga. Malacca (Maingay). Pahang River. Selangor, 

 Dusun Tua. Perak, Batang Padang (Kunstler). Plus River 

 (Wray). Penang Road to Balik Pulau (Curtis). Native names : 

 Kasai; Asam Kwang. Distrib. Malay Isles and Polynesia. 



(3) P. alnifolia Radl. Uber. Sapind. Holl. Ind. 30; King, I.e. 



442. P. gracilis King, I.e. 441. 



A small tree 20 to 60 ft. tall, 8 to 18 in. through. Leaves 3 

 to 8 in. long; rachis pubescent; leaflets thinly coriaceous oblong 

 or oblanceolate-oblong acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, edge 

 denticulate or nearly entire, sparsely hairy beneath; nerves 

 numerous little elevate ; upper leaflets 3 to 4 in. long, '9 to 1*25 in. 

 wide, lower ones smaller. Panicles pubescent axillary terminal 

 8 in. long; flowers numerous dense, less than "i in. long, green. 

 Calyx-lobes 5 triangular pubescent. Petals 5 oblong or rounded 

 very small and often absent. Stamens 5 long or short exserted 

 glabrous. Fruit usually simple oval obtuse greenish yellow, 75 to 



1 in. long on a short thick pedicel. Hab. Common in forests. 

 Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit Mandai. Selangor, Weld's Hill (Fox- 

 worthy). Perak, Goping and Batang Padang (Kunstler) ; Tapah 

 (Wray). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 



I cannot separate King's P. gracilis from this species. King also, I.e. 



443, gives the MSS. names of P. Curtisii and P. Ridley i to two plants from 

 Penang and Negri Sembilan respectively which are not fully described, and 

 which I do not know. 



13. NAPEODENDRON, Ridl. 



Tree glabrous. Leaves alternate pinnate ; leaflets coriaceous 



2 pairs. Panicle large erect. Flowers small. Sepals 4 ovate. Petals 

 longer 4. Stamens 8; filaments short thick hairy; anthers ovoid 

 oblong shortly apiculate. Ovary sunk in disc 2-celled, 2-ovuled; 

 style short stout. Stigma large discoid. Fruit unknown. Species 

 I, Malay Peninsula. 



