Paranephelium.] xlii. sapindace^. 509 



Leaves 18 to 20 in. long; fruit with short thick 



spines (i) P. macrophyllum 



Leaves 12 in. or more long; fruit with long stiff 



acuminate spines . . . . . . (2) P, muricatum 



Leaves 15 to 18 in. long; fruit lobulate scurfy . (3) P. nitidum 



(i) P. macrophyllum King, I.e. 450. 



A tree 30 to 100 ft. tall and 5 or 6 ft. through with buttresses, 

 glabrous. Leaves 18 to 20 in. long; leaflets 5 to 9 coriaceous 

 shining oblong cuspidate, edges remotely serrate, base cuneate; 

 nerves 18 to 28 pairs prominent beneath, 6 to 15 in. long, 2'5 to 

 4*5 in. wide; petiolules "35 in. long. Panicles erect spreading 

 12 in. long crimson. Flowers '2 in. across. Sepals pink. Petals 

 little longer white flushed pink. Disc large and conspicuous olive 

 yellow hairy. Stamens pink. Fruit globular woody covered with 

 thick spines, brown. Hab. In dense forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah. 

 Perak, Larut and Kinta (Kunstler) ; Kwala Kangsar; Temengoh 

 (Ridley). 



(2) P. muricatumi Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 328. Delpya 

 muricata Pierre, I.e. 



A small tree 18 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves 12 in. or more long ; petioles 

 tomentose; leaflets 2 pairs, coriaceous elliptic-oblong acuminate, 

 base unequal narrowed, edge distantly coarsely serrate; nerves 

 about 12 pairs ; upper leaflets 10 in. long, 4 in. wide ; petiolules 

 thick "2 in. long. Panicles 6 to 12 in. long. Sepals oblong lanceo- 

 late velvety outside. Fruit sub-globose with numerous stiff 

 acuminate spines. Hah. Open heathy country. Perils, Chupeng 

 (Ridley). Distrib. Siam. 



I suppose this specimen (only in fruit) is what Pierre intended, though 

 its leaves are quite glabrous, as are petioles and fruit. He describes these 

 parts as velvety. The panicle is, however, pubescent. 



(3) P. nitidum King, I.e. 450. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 

 15 to 18 in. long; leaflets 5 to 9 coriaceous oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate entire, base much narrowed; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, 

 4*5 to 6'5 in. long, i'5 to 175 in. wide; petiolules '25 in. long. 

 Panicles 3 to 4 in. long lax. Flowers "2 in. wide white. Fruit 

 woody lobulate globular scurfy rusty-brown, 3-seeded, 75 in. long, 

 I in. wide. Hab. Dense rocky jungle. Selangor, Ulu Selangor 

 (Goodenough) . Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). 



19. DODONJEA, Linn. 



Shrubs (or trees). Leaves simple alternate. Cymes lateral. 

 Flowers small green unisexual. Sepals 2 to 5. Petals none. 

 Stamens 5 to 10, usually 8. Disc obsolete, or very small. Ovary 

 3- to 6-seeded and celled ; ovules 2. Capsule thin flat sub-orbicular 

 emarginate papery 2-valved, valves winged on the back, i- or 



