268 XLIII. SAriNDACE-l. 



coriaceous, 2|-8 bj 1-2 in., oblong or ovate- lanceolate, more or less 

 oblique, shortly acuminate, glabrous and reticulately veined, base 

 cuneate; main nerves 10-15 pairs, promiuent beneath; petiolules 

 ^-^ in. long. Flowers small, white, in clusters on the branches of 

 terminal and axillary large much-branched puberulous panicles ; pedicels 

 short, pubescent. Calyx 5-6-lobed ; lobes obtuse, densely pubescent. 

 Petals 5-6, linear-spathulate, pubescent, about as long as the calyx. 

 Disk pubescent. Stamens 6-10, included in the female, exserted" in 

 the male flowers ; filaments hairy at the base. Ovary 2-3~lobed ; style 

 long ; stigmas 2, recurved. Fruit supported on the persistent calyx, 

 edible when young, globose, reddish, tubercled. Seed solitary, enveloped 

 in a fleshy pale subacid aril, black, shining. Fl. 15. I. v. 1, p. 688 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 35; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 309; 

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

 p. 272 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 5, p. 348. — Flowers : Feb.-Apr. 

 Veen. Umb ; Vumb. 



KoNKAN : Law !, Stocks ! ; evergreen forests of Konkan Ghats, Talhot. Deccan : 

 Mahableshwar, Cooke ! ; Koina valley, H. M. Birdwood ; Par in a ravine near which 

 there is a forest chiefly of VumJi trees, ex Graham 1. c. S. M. Country : Ramghat, 

 Dalzell S; Gibson. Kanaka: Rlfchie, 1656.'; evergreen forests of N. Kanara Ghats, 

 Talhot; Aitishi (N. Kanara), r«/6oe;, 952 ! — Distrib. India (E. Bengal, W. Peninsula); 

 Ceylon. Often cultivated in tropical countries. 



The fruit is about the size of a cherry and the pulpy aril is eaten. See Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



Neplielium Lit-chi, Camb., the Litchi introduced from S. China has 

 been occasionally, though rarely, cultivated in Bombay. See Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 346. 



7. HARPULLIA, Roxb. 



Erect trees. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnate ; leaflets alternate, 

 entire. Flowers regular, dioecious or polygamous, racemose or paniculate, 

 pedicelled. Sepals 4-5, erect, equal. Petals 4-5, linear-obovate, some- 

 times clawed, but without either glands or scales. Disk obscure. 

 Stamens 5-8, elongate, centric. Ovary oblong, 2-lobed, 2-celIed ; ovules 

 2 in each cell; stjle usually elongate; stigma linear, usually more or 

 less twisted. Capsule coriaceous, inflated, 2-lobed, 2-celled, loculicidally 

 2-valved, cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds subglobose, exalbuminous, usually 

 arilla'e ; embryo thick. — Disxeib. Tropical Asia, Australia and Mada- 

 gascar ; species about 6. 



1. HarpuUia imbricata, Thicaites, Enum. (1858) p. 56. A large 

 tree with an erect straight trunk ; young parts finely fulvous-pubescent. 

 Leaves im pari pinnate ; rhachiscylindric, 6-10 in. long, pubescent ; leaflets 

 4-5 pairs, opposite or alternate, 3-6 by 1-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtusely acuminate, entire, glabrous and shining, bright light green, thin; 

 main nerves 8-12 pairs; petiolules ^-\ in. long. Flowers j^ in. long, 

 in lax drooping axillary panicles ; pedicels long, slender, puberulous. 

 Sepals 5, free, oblong, obtuse, fulvous-pubescent, subpersistent. Petals 

 much exceeding the sepals, spathulate, veined, and wilh a long claw 

 which is pubescent within. Stamens in bisexual flowers shorter than 

 the petals, in male flowers exserted beyond them. Ovary ovoid, hairy; 

 gtyle 3 or 4 times as long as the ovary, much exserted ; stigma oblong. 



