1. Sapindus.] 32. SAPINDACE&. [3. Schlkichesa. 



1. S. trifoliatllS, L. Bor-ritha, Beng. 



A handsome tree with leaves 3-12" long, acuminate 

 leaflets 3-6" long- usually pubescent beneath with pale raised 

 nerves, and large terminal panicles of -small dull-white 

 flowers £4" long. 



Occasionally cultivated. Chatra, Hazaribagh., Wood. : u Appears to be 

 wild, but very rare in Chota Nagpur, " Train, Fl Dec. Ft. April. 



St. 8. Ovary 3-lobed. Fruit of three slightly united yellowish-green 

 drupels, £-f" long. 



2. S. Mukorossi, Gaertn. CSyn. S. detergens, Roxb.) 

 Ritha, H., Beng. 



A handsome tree with leaves 6-18 inches long clustered 

 about the ends of the bi'anchlefcs, acuminate leaflets 2-6" by 

 |-2' r glabrons with numerous close secy, nerves, and terminal 

 pyramidal panicles of white or purplish flowers T V long. 

 Occasionally cultivated. Fl. May-June. Fv. Sept. -Lee. 

 Deciduous. Renews leaves in April. 



Sep. and pet. ciliate. St. 8 (rarely 6). Filaments wooly. Ovary 

 3-angled. Fruit of usually only one sub-globose smooth yellow drupel 

 J-l" diam. 



3. Sclileichera, Willd. 

 1. Schleichera trijuga, Willd. Bam, K., S. ; Kusum, 



R, Kharw. 



A handsome den se-foli aged large tree with pari-pinnate 

 leaves 8-16" long 2-4-pairs of opposite entire leaflets 3-10" 

 long, the basal ones smallest, and inconspicuous greenish- 

 yellow flowers in numerous lateral racemes appearing with 

 the deep red new foliage. 



Throughout Chota. Nagpur. Fairly common in the Singbhum forests, 

 but the finest *rees are usually those in village lands. Fl. Feby.- March. 

 Fr. June-July. Nearly evergreen. The new leaves appear Feby.-March. 



Trunk attaining 7-8 ft. girth but not a great height. Crown rounded- 

 L. ultimately dark green, rachis 3-6". Lflts. sessile, ell. or oblong, glabrous, 

 rarely repand or sub-lobed usually entire, with 10-16 pairs of distiact pale 

 slender secondary nerves and intermediate shorter ones finely reticulate 

 between. Inflorescence tomentose. Fig. 1-aexual or polygamova fascicled 



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