270 XLIII. SAPINDACB^. 



D. anf/ns(ifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. PI. p. 218. — Flowers : Nov. Vern. 

 Jakhmi. 



Throughout the Presidency, chiefly in dry oy)en situations. Ivonkan : Sfoc/i's '., Law ! 

 Deccan : Khandalix Gliat, Graham. S. M. Country : Badauii, Kanitkar\, Woodrow, 

 Cooke I ; Dliarwar, Woodroiv ; very common on sandstone liills north and east of 

 Belgaum, Graham, Ua/ce/l if Gibson. Sind : Stocks, 573'., Cooke I 



The specimens from Sind are usually very narrow-leaved. — Distrib. Throughout 

 India, Ceylon und in most warm countries. 



9. TURPINIA, Vent. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs with terete branches. Leaves opposite, 

 stipulate, usually imparipinnate ; leaflets opposite, serrulate, sometimes 

 with coriaceous stipules. Flowers white, small, regular, hermaphrodite, 

 in terminal and axillary panicles with opposite branches. Calyx 5-fid, 

 imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, sessile, imbricate. Disk raised, crenate 

 or lobed. Stamens 5, inserted outside the disk between the lobes ; 

 filaments flattened. Ovary sessile, 3-lobed, 3-celled ; ovules few or very 

 many and then 2-seriate, ascending, anatropous ; styles 3, united or free ; 

 stigmas subcapitate. Fruit subglobose, indehiscent, fleshy or coriaceous, 

 3-celled ; cells few- or many-seeded. kSeeds angular, compressed, ex- 

 arillate ; testa crustaceous or bony ; hilum large ; albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo straight ; cotyledons plano-convex. — Distrib. East and West 

 Indies, Malaya, China and the northern provinces of S. America ; species 

 about 8. 



1. Turpinia pomifera) DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 3. A large tree; 

 young parts glabrous. Leaves 6-15 in. long, opposite, sti]nilate, usually 

 imparipinnate ; rhachis glabrous ; stipules intrapetiolar, triangular, 

 caducous ; leaflets 3-9, opposite, 2^-8 by 1-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, finely serrate, glabrous and shining ; main nerves 5-6 

 pairs, distant, ascending ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets \-^ in., of 

 the terminal ones up to 2 in. long; stipels lanceolate-subulate, caducous. 

 Flowers numerous, near the ends of the branches, in lax axillary and 

 terminal panicles shorter than the leaves ; pedicels glabrous. Calyx- 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Petals white, oblong, obtuse, slightly 

 exceeding the calyx, ciliate. Stamens about equalling the petals or a 

 little shorter ; filaments glabrous. Ovary broadly ovoid, glabrous, 

 furrowed, tapering into a stout style. Fruit globose, smooth, purplish- 

 black, |-1 in. in diam. ; pericarp fleshy. Seeds angular, shining, dark 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 6!)8 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 313 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. GO ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat." v. 11 (1807) p. 272; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 203. T. ne^udensis. Wall. Cat. -1277 ; 

 Dalz. &" Gibs. p. 47. — Flowers : Jan. 



Konkan: Law I, Stock.s], I)c Crcspipv]/ ex Woodrow; evergreen forests, Talhot. 

 S. M. Country : Parva Ghat, Dahcll f Gibson. Kanara : evergreen forests, Talbut. — 

 DisTRiD. India generully ; Ceylon, Yunan, China. 



Order XLIV. SABIACE^. 



Trees or erect or climbing shrubs, glabrous or with simple hairs. 

 Leaves alternate, simple or compound, exslipulate. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite or polyg.imous, usually panidcd. Calyx 4- 5-partito, imbricate. 



