Lepisanthes. | Sapindacee. 55 
Leaflets acute, acuminate, 3-5 pairs: 
Infl. much longer than the petiole; fruit tri- 
gonous, depressed globose, finally oblong, 
usually 3-seeded, green; bracts large, subu- 
late : ; : , : : a 2, Lo TRICHOCARPA. 
Infl. subsimple usually shorter than the peti- 
oles; leaflets narrower . ‘ : é . 3. L. DEFICIENS. 
For Hemigyrosa canescens Thw. read: 
1. Lepisanthes tetraphylla Radlk. in Sitzb. Math. Phys. 
Acad. Minch. VIII, p. 276 (1876); Gamble in Fl. Madr. p. 247 (1918). 
Sapindus tetraphyllus Vahl Symb. Bot. III, p. 54 (1794). Molinea 
canescens Roxb. Cor. Pl. I, t. 60 (1795). Hemigyrosa canescens Thw. 
Enum. p. 56 (1858). Nekota, T. (Gamble). 
Common in the dry region. 
Also in S. India. 
For Hemigyrosa canescens var. trichocarpa Trim. read: 
2. Lepisanthes trichocarpa (Thw.) Hemigyrosa trichocarpa 
Thw. Enum. p. 56 (1858). H. canescens Hiern. in FI. Brit. Ind. I, 
p. 671 (1872) pp. non Thw. 4H. canescens var. trichocarpa Trim. FI. 
Ceyl. I, p. 301 (1893). 
A small or moderate sized tree; young parts pubescent; 
leaves pinnate, petiole and rachis 5-7 in. long; leaflets 3-4 
pair, oblong-elliptic, 44-54 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, bright 
green, acute, acuminate, less cuneate at the base than L. 
tetraphylla; flowers numerous, shortly pedicellate or sub- 
sessile, arranged in axillary irregularly branched panicles 
6-10 in. long; bracts subulate, longer than the pedicels; 
petals 4, spathulate, margins slightly sinuate; stamens rather 
longer than the petals; fruit trigonous, depressed globose, 
finally oblong, abruptly apiculate, densely villous, green, 
usually 3-celled. 
Moist region, rather rare; common about Kandy; Kadugannava; 
fls. March-April, white. 
Endemic. 
3. Lepisanthes deficiens Radlk. 1. c. p. 276; Gamble 1. c. 
Sapindus ?deficiens W. & A. Prodr. p. 111 (1834). Hemigyrosa tri- 
chocarpa var. 8 Thw. Enum. p. 56 (1858). 
A small tree; leaves pinnate; petiole and rachis about 8 in. 
long; leaflets 4-5 pairs, very shortly stalked, about 7 in. long, 
11 in. broad, narrowly lanceolate; apex obtuse or acute; base 
cuneate; venation prominently reticulate; flowers crowded in 
axillary racemes 2-3 in. long; bracts minute, linear, rather 
longer than the pedicels; calyx lobes silky; petals 4, slightly 
clawed with two reflexed scales; stamens 8, exserted; fila- 
ments hairy; immature fruit trigonous, ovoid, apiculate; 
densely villous, green. 
Part I. 
