Sapindus. 653 



translata; Soap-nut tree of North. India (Duthie I.e.); Dodan, Dodani in Pend- 

 schab t. Brandis 1. c. ; Kanmar in prov. septentr. oeeid., t. Brandis 1. c. 1874; Ritha, 

 Thali, North West Himalaya, t. Brandis 1. c. 1906; in Argentina planta eulta, Quillai 

 sive, uti S. Saponaria, Jaboncillo t. Lorentz et Hieronymus (cfr. Fl. Bras. XIII. 3., 518). 

 — Arbor sat alta; rami teretes, striati, juveniles puberuli, mox glabrati, lenticelloso-punc- 

 tati; foliaö — 7-juga, rhachi teretiuscula superne leviter bisulcata ( minus exaete a Royle 

 I.e. p. 139 »angustissime marginata« dieta) glabra; foliola alterna vel opposita, oblongo- 

 vel ovato-lanceolata, ^ inaequilatera (latere exteriore angustiore saepius etiam con- 

 spicue breviore) acuta vel acute acuminata, interdum obtusa et (morbide) retusa, basi 

 subacuta in petiolulos plerumque longiusculos oblique attenuata, chartacea, nervis 

 lateralibus intermediis adjeetis approximatis patulis tenuibus subtus prominulis palli- 

 dis, tenuiter reticulato-venosa, subglabra, supra nitida, subtus opaca, saturate viridia, 

 glandulis crebris gracilioribus apice fuscis foveolis ineumbentibus adspersa; panicula 

 terminalis, pyramidalis, ramosissima, rhachi sulcata et ramis ramulisque thyrsoideis 

 divaricatis sordide tomentellis sat dense cymuligeris, cymulis subsessilibus; alabastra 

 subglobosa, parvula; flores albi vel purpurei (t. Hiern), sicci nigro-fusci; sepala 5, 

 ovalia, glanduloso-ciliolata (glandulis creberrimis), extus puberula; petala 5, lanceolata, 

 ciliolata, extus basi villosiuscula, intus supra unguem squamulis binis (si mavis lobulis 

 baseos inflexis) villosissimis aueta; discus regularis, glaber; stamina 8, exserta, fila- 

 menta filiformia, inferne villosa, antherae breviter ellipticae, glabrae; germen trigono- 

 ovatum, 3-loculare, glabrum, in stylum rectiusculum attenuatum; fruetus plerumque 

 abortu 1-coccus, cocci e globoso breviter obovoidei, conspicue (in var. carinatus) ob- 

 scuriusve circumcirciter carinati, glabri, Iutei, sicci spadicei nitiduli tenuius crustacei, 

 loculis abortivis dilatatis modice prominentibus(in var.minoribus magisprominentibus), 

 piano commissurali late obovato magno laevi, intus basi albide villosi; semen e sub- 

 globoso breviter ellipsoideum, laeve, hilo lineari. 



Arbor 10 — 15-metralis. Rami 5 — 6 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 6 — 10 cm longo ad- 

 jeeto 25—40 cm longa; foliola 10 — 14 cm longa, 4 — 5 cm lata, petiolulis ad 5 mm longis. 

 Panicula 20 — 30 cm longa. Alabastra diametro vix 2 mm. Fruetus cocci ad 2 cm longi, 

 1,5 cm lati (resp. alti) et crassi (in var. majores). Semen 1,3 cm longum, 1,2 cm latum, 

 1,1 cm crassum, hilo 6 mm Jongo. 



Var. carinatus Radlk. (S. mukorossi fructibus valde carinatis Radlk. 1. c. [1878] 395 ; 

 S. mukorossi X rarak? id. ibid.; S. utilis Trab. c. syn. variis, cf. supra): Fruetus cocci 

 magni, lateraliter compressi, basi ultra insertionem produeti, valde carinati, 2,5 cm alti 

 et lati, 2 cm crassi, punetis pallidioribus (lenticellis) conspicue notati, pericarpio cras- 

 siore (attamen formis intermediis minus carinatis et subglobosis transeuntes in fruetus 

 normales). Foliola interdum maxima (20 cm longa, 9 cm lata). 



In China indigena, in Japonia (introdueta) locis montanis, a mense Junio ad 

 Augustum florens (ex Bl.), in Tonkin et Laos (vix spontanea), in India septen- 

 trionali et Bengala eulta et spontanea, vix indigena, in Himalaya adscendens 

 usque ad 4000 ped. ex Brandis 1. c, in India indigena t. Prain 1. c. 1905, nee non 

 in Burma superiore: In Ghinae prov. Hupeh: A. Henry n. 1652! (Ichang, a. 1885 — 

 1888; Hb. Barbey); in prov. Tschekiang: Allen (Ningpo, t. Forbes et Hemsl. 

 I.e.); Garles n. 48! (Ningpo, m. Sept. 1881, fruet.; Hb. Berol.); in prov. Fokien: 

 Bourne (Futschu, t. F. et H. 1. c.); — in prov. Kwantung: Loureiro (Can- 

 ton, 1. c); Reeves (Canton, t. F. et H. 1. c); Hance n. 10963! (Ganton, eulta 

 a. 1875; Hb. Kew.); A. Henry n. 7960! part. (part. Euphoria Longana; ins. Hainan, 

 m. Nov. 1889, flor.; ex Hb. Kew. comm. c. Hb. Berol., Barb.); ex Diels (1900): Ost- 

 Distrikt von Central-China, prope Ichang (Henry); Stuhl mann! (ibid., flor.; Hb. 

 Berol.); - in Tonkin: H. Bon n. 1561! (prov. Ninh Binh, Minh Thinh, m. Maj. 1882, 

 flor., arbor vix subspontanea; Hb. Turic.); Balansa n. 3429! (Tu-Phap, in hortis, 

 m. Maj. 1887, fruet.; Hb. Barb.); — in insula Formosa: Faurie, PI. Form. n. 32! 

 (Maruyama, m. Jun. 1903, fl., arb. 7 — 8 m alta, Hb. Berol.), id. n. 379! (prope Paohina, 



