718 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



minora, subchartacea, margine petaloideo ciliolato, dense pilis brevibus adpressis 

 flavescentibus puberula. Petala 5, ovalia,' sepala ^ superantia, longiuscule late unguicu- 

 lata, praeter unguem extus puberulum et marginem ciliolatum subglabra, extus papu- 

 losa, intus supra unguem squama lata petalum dimidium subaequante biloba decurvata 

 margine villose barbata aucta. Discus completus, subcupularis, 5-crenatus, glaber. 

 Stamina 8, intra discum inserta; filamenta filiformia, paullulum complanata, erecta, 

 superne pilosa; antherae sagittato-oblongae, obtusae, introrsae, glabrae, dorso supra 

 excisuram basalem affixae; pollinis granula^trigono-placentiformia, 3-porosa. Germen 

 (floris <$ rudimentarium) trigono-ovatum, 3-sulcatum, 3-loculare, pilis adpressis hirsu- 

 tum; Stylus breviusculus, leviter 3-sulcatus, puberulus, apice 3-lobus, lobis dorsalibus 

 erectis; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, supra basin anguli centralis affixae, patentes, 

 campylotropae, apotropae, micropyle extus infera. Fructus corticoso-carnosus, siccus 

 crustaceus fragilis, coccato-lobatus, 3- vel abortu 2 — 1-coccus, perbreviter stipitatus, 

 coccis ellipsoideis oliviformibus horizontaliter patentibus ochraceo-tomentellis, sarco- 

 carpio parte exteriore e cellulis crystallorum concretiones gerentibus aliisque scleren- 

 chymaticis crebris exstructo, intus glaberrimis pallidis, strato intimo e cellulis paren- 

 chymaticis elongatis contexto. Semina coccis conformia, testa tenui e tela spongiiformi 

 compressa exstructa atrofusca, hilo parvo suborbiculari, arillo nullo. Embryo curvatus ; 

 cotyledones crassae in diametro seminis (coccique horizontalis) longissimo superpositae, 

 amyligerae; radicula a medio dorso descendens, lata, complanata, plica testae subbasilari 

 lata sat profunda excepta. 



Frutices pauciramosi vel caule simplici. Folia sparsa, abrupte pinnata vel simplicia, 

 longiuscule petiolata, exstipulata, foliolaque, ubi sunt, sat larga, oblonga, integerrima, 

 chartacea, nervis lateralibus pallidis subtus prominentibus patentibus apice furcatis 

 ante marginem anastomosantibus, laxius reticulato-venosa, glabra, pallide viridia, 

 cellulis secretoriis nullis, diachymate crystallorum concretionibus crebris persito, 

 epidermide mucigera, glandulis microscopicis clavatis stipitatis basi in epidermidis 

 foveolas profunde immersis utrinque sparsim obsita. Thyrsi supraaxillares vel sub- 

 terminales, interdum basi ramo uno alterove aucti, foliis multo breviores, rhachi crassa 

 sulcato-angulata vel tereti, sat dense cymulas subsessiles gerentes, ochraceo-tomentelli, 

 dein glabrescentes. Flores breviter pedicellati, expansi 5 mm longi, (sicci) cerini. 

 Fructus cocci sicci (glabrati) viridescentes, crustacei, fragiles. 



Species 2, insulae Zeylaniae incolae, altera (t. Beddome) Indiae quoque con- 

 tinentalis. 



Genus fructu coccato-lobato valde affine generi Aphaniae, attamen pericarpii et praesertim 

 endocarpii structura nee non embryone insigniter curvato sat recedens. 



Conspectus specierum. 



A. Folia pinnata 1 . Th. erectus. 



B. Folia simplicia 2. Th. simplieifolius. 



1. Th. erectus (Thwaites) Radlk. 11. cc. (1877) 22 (92), (1895) 318 et in Sitzungsber. 

 bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 300 n. 32; Brandis, Indian Trees (1906) 192. — Nephelium 

 erectum Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. (1858) 57!; Walp. Ann. VII. (1869) 630; Beddome, 

 Anamallay PI. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXV. (1866) 212. — Sapindus erectus Hiern in 

 Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1875) 683; Trimen, Catal. in Journ. Geyl. Branch R. As. Soc. 

 IX. (1885) 20 et Hand-Book Fl. Geyl. I. (1893) 308. — Frutex erectus, non vel parce 

 ramosus; rami teretes, striati, cortice cinerascente lenticelloso-punctato, glabri; folia 

 3— 5-juga, iongius petiolata, foliola alterna vel opposita, oblonga, acuminata, basi ^ 

 acuta petiolulis longiusculis basi incrassatis insidentia, chartacea, nervis lateralibus 

 oblique patentibus, subtiliter reticulato-venosa, glabra, supra nitidula, subtus opaca, 

 viridia; thyrsi axillares vel subterminales, interdum basi ramo uno alterove instrueti, 

 sparsim cincinnos sessiles gerentes, rhachi angulato-sulcata crassa, ochraceo-puberuli; 

 alabastra subglobosa, breviter pedicellata; flores et fructus ut supra. 



