5o8 XLii. SAPiNDACE^. [Mischocavpus. 



pedicelled, 3-celled. Seed with a thin aril with 2 basal spurs. 

 Species 10, Malaya, Australia. 



Petals 5 minute . . . . . . (i) M. sumatranus 



Petals none or 3 (2) M. Lessertianus 



(i) M. sumatranus Bl. Rumphia iii. 168; King, I.e. 448. 

 Cupania fuscescens Bl. King, I.e. 447. 



Tree 30 to 70 ft. tall, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 

 9 to 12 in. long; leaflets 4 to 6 eUiptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate coriaceous finely reticulate, base cuneate; nerves 12 to 

 15 pairs elevate beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, i"5 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 

 •25 in. long thick. Panicles erect 12 in. long ; branches few racemose. 

 Petals 5 minute pale yellow. Disc hairy. Fruit pyriform -4 in. 

 long with a pseudo-stalk -25 in. long. Hah. Woods in lowlands, 

 Singapore, Bukit Panjang; Pulau Ubin. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. 

 Perak, Thaiping. Penang, Moniot's Road (Curtis) at 1200 ft. 

 altitude. Distrib. Malay Isles, Cochin-China and India. 



If the plants identified as M . fuscescens Bl. by King are really what Blume 

 intended, these two species seem identical, except that M. fuscescens has 

 five rudimentary petals. 



(2) M. Lessertianus Ridl. M. sundaicus King, I.e. 447, not of 

 Blume. Cupania Lessertiana Canib. Hiern, F.B.I, i. 678. 



Tree 25 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 10 in. long ; leaflets 3 to 6 

 elliptic oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate glabrous 

 coriaceous; nerves 8 to 10 pairs faint, 2*5 to 6 in. long, i"5 to 2 in. 

 wide; petiolules '15 in. long. Panicles of a few dense racemose 

 branches, puberulous. Calyx pubescent yellow. Petals o or 3. 

 Fruit globular pyriform 3-angled when young, "25 in. long, pseudo- 

 stalk "4 in. long. Hab. Sea coasts, river-banks. Singapore, Seran- 

 goon; Changi Road. Johor, Minyak Buku. Malacca, ' Bukit 

 China Road (Maingay). Pahang, Rumpin River and Pekan 

 (Evans). Penang, Coast (Curtis). Setul. Tringganu, Sai Chao, 

 Bukit Besar (Yapp). Distrib. S. Siam. Native names : Ludai 

 Bulan ; Medang Serai ; Perapat Bukit ; Tasai. 



Distinguished from M. sundaicus Bl. by the smooth rounder leaves and 

 the form of the fruit, the base of which is rounded, and not decurrent to the 

 pseudo-stalk. Blume's plant has also a much larger pear-shaped, strong- 

 angled fruit. 



18. PARANEPHELIUM, Miq. 



Tree often vast, with the habit of Pometia. Leaves unequally 

 pinnate; leaflets usually dentate. Flowers panicled regular bi- 

 sexual. Calyx 4- to 6-lobed. Petals 5, small with a larger scale. 

 Disc entire deep. Stamens 6 to 10 glabrous. Ovary 3-celled, 

 3-angled. Fruit a woody, spiny or tubercled capsule 3-valved, 

 I- to 3-seeded. Seed large or angled globose. Species 3 or 4, 

 Burma, Cambodia, Malaya. 



