Napeodendron.] xlii. sapindace^. 505 



(i) N. altissimum Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. S2, p. 179. 



A big tree. Leaves alternate glabrous; petioles 2*5 in. long; 

 leaflets 4 alternate or sub-opposite coriaceous glaucescent beneath, 

 elliptic acute, base blunt ; nerves elevate beneath 12 pairs, 3"5 to 

 5 in. long, i"75 to 2*5 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles 

 axillary terminal 8 in. long, basal half nude; branches i"5 in. 

 long. Flowers on short cymes at the branch-ends "i in. long, 

 shortly pedicelled. Sepals 4 ovate puberulous. Petals 4 longer 

 oblong puberulous. Stamens 8 outside the disc ; filaments broad 

 oblong hairy ; anthers ovoid terminal apiculate. Disc deep annular, 

 edge thick. Style short thick; ovary partly free from disc 

 2-celled ; ovules i in each. Stigma large discoid. Fruit not seen. 

 Hab. In dense forest in the hill ranges, Selangor, Ulu Gombak 

 (Ridley). 



14. GUIOA, Cav. 



Small trees or shrubs. Leaflets i to 8 pairs, lanceolate oblique 

 entire sub-coriaceous. Flowers small white in simple or branched 

 racemes, axillary. Sepals 5 ovate round thick, imbricate in 2 rows, 

 edges pubescent. Petals 5 each with 2 pectinate scales. Disc 

 entire annular or crescentic. Stamens 8. Ovary 3-angled ; style i 

 curved. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit obcordate oblique 3-winged. 

 Seeds arillate. About 33 species, Malayan and Australian. 



Rachis of leaves winged. 



Leaflets glaucous beneath .. . . . . (i) G. pleuropteris 



Rachis of leaves terete. 



Leaflets glabrous not glaucous beneath. . . (2) G. squamosa 



Leaflets glabrous glaucous beneath . . • (3) Cr. pubescens 



Leaflets puberulous. 



Midrib pubescent . . . . . . (4) G. fuscidula 



Rachis, midrib, petioles tomentose . . . . (5) G. microphylla 



(i) G. pleuropteris Radlk. Sitz. Bay. Akad. Math. Phys. ix. 

 611 ; Kiitg, I.e. 444. Cupania pleuropteris Bl. Rumphia iii. 158. 



Large shrub or small tree, pubescent. Leaves 4 to 7 in. long; 

 rachis narrow, winged ; leaflets 3 to 7 ovate-lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late acute, base cuneate, glaucous beneath sparsely hairy, 2'5 to 

 4-5 in. long, I to 175 in. wide; petiolules "i in. long. Racemes 

 branched 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers white. Fruit 75 in. broad; 

 wings rounded, base contracted to a short stalk. Hab. Common 

 in woods and hedges, open country, Singapore. Johor, Pulau 

 Tinggi (Kelsall). Pahang, Rumpin River. Malacca, Bukit Bruang 

 (Derry). Dindings. Province Wellesley, Kubang Ulu (Curtis). 

 Penang, Ayer Hitam (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. 



var. bijuga King, Ic. 



Leaflets 2 pairs; rachis dilated at top. Common, Singapore, 

 Pasir Panjang; Chan Chu Kang; Bukit Timah Road (Hullett). 

 Malacca, Penang, Moniot's Road (Curtis). Distrib. Cochin-China, 

 Borneo, Sumatra. Native names : Sempayan Ulur ; Pena-Pena. 



