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dingv wliifce, iu terminal rustj^-pubescent panicles, the males numerous, 

 the bisexual flowers few. Sepals 5, rotund -ovate, eiliolate, fulvous- 

 pubesceut outside, glabrous within, ^ in. long. Petals 4-5, sliortly 

 clawed, narrower than the sepals, lanceolate, villous outside and more 

 or less so within, usually furnished with 2 villous scales attached at 

 each side of the petal about half way up. Disk concave with a fleshy 

 hirsute margin. Stamens 8 ; filaments villous ; anthers oblong, apicu- 

 late. Ovary densely hairy. Fruit fleshy, 2- (usually 3-) lobed, clothed 

 with fulvous hairs when young, glabrous and wrinkled when ripe, with 

 1 seed in each lobe. Seeds blackish, smooth, about the size of a large 

 pea, very hard. Grab. Cat. p. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 3-4: ; Brandis, For. 

 Flor. p. 106 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 306. S. trifoUatus, Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 682, in part (not of Linn.) ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 59 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 272 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 2, p. 468. — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. Veen. Eitha. 



Generally to be met with about villages in the Konkan, Graham. Konkan : 

 Slocks !, Dahell ! ; Eambdg (Matheran), H. M. Birdwood. S. M. Country : Kam- 

 gh4t, BUchie, 1000!; Londa, Bhiva I Kanaka: Kala naddi, Bitchie, 1000.'; indi- 

 genous on ibe GiiaLs of N. Kanara in evergreen foresta, Talbot. — Distrib. Cultivated 

 iu Bengal and in S. & W. India. 



Var. emarginatus. Leaflets ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong, glabrous 

 above, softly tomentose beneath, rounded or emarginate at the apex. 

 Scqnndus emarginatus (sp.), Vahl, Symb. v. 3 (1794) p. 54 ; "Wight & 

 Arn. Prodr. p. HI ; Grab. Cat. p. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 35 ; Bedd. Flor. 

 Sylvat. t. 154 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 307. -S. trifoUatus, Hiern, in Hook, 

 f. ¥1 B. I. V. 1, p. 682, in part (not of Linn.) ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 2, p. 468. 



Found in the same localities as the preceding. 



The berries of both trees are used as a substitute for soap ; hence the name Soap- 

 nid tree which is given to them by Anglo-Indians. The fruit is also employed in 

 native medicine, wliile the wood is hard and useful for many purposes. See Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



6. NEPHELIUM, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnate ; leaflets 

 subopposite, entire (rarely serrate). Flowers numerous, regular, small, 

 polygamo-dioecious, in terminal and axillax'y racemes or panicles. Calyx 

 small, 4-6-lobed, usually cupular ; lobes short, valvate or slightly im- 

 bricate in bud. Petals 4-6 or 0, villous, rarely with 2 scales. Disk 

 annular or swollen, glabrous or pubescent. Stamens 6-8, inserted 

 within the disk, long-exserted ; filaments filiform, usually pubescent. 

 Ovary pubescent, often verrucose, 2-3-lobed ; lobes 1-celled, 1-ovulate ; 

 style 2-3-fid or -partite, the lobes recurved. Fruit 1-3-coccous, inde- 

 hiscent, globose or ovoid, echinate, tubercled or smooth. Seeds ellipsoid 

 or globose, exalbuminous, covered with a pulpy aril ; cotyledons fleshy 

 but not plicate. — Disteib. Chiefly Malayan ; species about 20. 



1. Nephelium Longana, Camh. in Mem. Mus. Par. v. 18 (1829) 

 p. 30. A tree 30-40 ft. high ; bark smooth, flaking off in small pieces ; 

 young parts clothed with rufous stellate pubescence. Leaves 4-18 in. 

 long, equally or unequally pinnate ; rhachis rusty-puberulous when 

 young, afterwards glabrous ; leaflets 2-5 pairs, reddish wdaen young, 



