266 XLIII. SAPINDAOE^. 



lobes valvate or obscurely imbricate. Petals 0. Disk complete, with 

 waved luargiu. Stamens 5-8 inserted within the disk ; filaments more 

 or less pubescent. Ovary 3— i-celled, attenuated into a rigid style ; 

 ovule 1 in each cell, erect ; stigma 3-4-Iobed. Fruit dry, subcrustaceous, 

 indehisc-ent, ovoid, cuspidate with the style, 1-3-celled. Seeds with a 

 fleshy aril, erect; embryo conduplicate ; cotyledons connate, unequal. — 

 DiSTBiB. Tropical Asia and the Philippines ; species 2. 



1. Schleichera trijuga, Willd. ^^j. PL v. 4 (1805) p. 1090. A 

 large tree 40-60 ft. high, with smooth grey bark. Leaves abruptly 

 pinnate ; petioles and rhachis terete, pubescent ; leaflets 2-4 pairs (the 

 It-aflets of the lowest pair 2-3| by 1-2| in., those of the terminal pair 

 4-9 by 1^4 in.) opposite or nearly so, usually very obtuse (rarely 

 shortly acuminate), entire, glabrous, base rounded or tapering ; lateral 

 nerves 12-20 pairs with reticulate veins between ; petiohiles very short, 

 articulated with the rhachis. Flowers white or yellowish, fascicled, on 

 interrupted often branched racemes which are axillary or below the 

 leaves, often several on short branchlets. Calyx-lobes acute. Fruit 

 size of a small plum, pointed, often echinate with stout rather blunt 

 prickles. Seeds 1 or 2, enclosed in a pulpy edible aril which has a 

 pleasant acid taste; testa smooth brown. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 681 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 35 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 304 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 59 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 272; 

 "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 487. Supindus trifoliata, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. (1753) p. 367.— Flowers : Feb.-May. Veen. Kosimb. 



KoNKAN : stocks I ; Bombay, Law ! ; Kanheri forests and Salsette, Graham ; Thana 

 districts, Cooke ! ; Matheran Ghat, H. M. Birdwood. Deccan : Khandala, Woodrow. 

 Kanaka : Mandgod (N. Kanara), Talbot, 364 ! ; Sirsi, Woodrow ; Kala naddi (below 

 fall), Ritchie, 1657! — Distrib. Throughout India; Oeylon, Java, Timor. 



The tree is sometimes known as the Lac tree, the lac which is produced on it being 

 the most highly prized quality. The wood is hard and durable and the oil obtained 

 from the seeds has been employed for the cure of itch. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



5. SAPINDUS, Tournef. ex Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, simple, 1-foliolate or 

 abruptly pinnate ; leaflets usually entire. Flowers polygamous, regular, 

 in terminal or axillary racemes or panicles. Sepals 4-5, in 2 series, 

 much imbricate. Petals 4—5, naked or with scales above the claw. 

 Disk complete, annular or fleshy, usually lobed. Stamens usually 8-10, 

 inserted within the disk ; filaments free, usually pilose ; anthers versa- 

 tile. Ovary entire or 2-4-lobed, 2-4-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell ; style 

 terminal ; stigma 2-4-lobed. Fruit fleshy or coriaceous, 1-2 (rarely 

 3-4-) coccous, the cocci oblong or globose, iiidehiscent. Seeds usually 

 globose, usually exarillate ; testa crustaceous or membranous ; cotyledons 

 thick ; radicle short. — Disthib. Tropical regions of the world ; species 

 about 40. 



1. Sapindus laurifolius, Vahl, Symb. v. 3 (1794) p. 54. A 

 handsome tree. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; leaflets subopposite, 2-3 

 pairs, 3-7 by 1-4 in., lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath, base acute ; 

 inm nerves about 8-12 pairs ; petioles ^ in. long, pubescent. Flowers 



