744 



L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



drow I.e. 1898; Lohkandi t. Cooke; Vatoo zoonah, tamulice fid. sched. Hb. Wight 

 propr. p. 389 adjeetae in Hb. DC; Kadduma marum fid. sched. speeim. a Klein? 

 ad Tranquebar lecti; Chhocu bon bon in lingua Moi t. Pierre in scheda, et Soc sol 

 in lingua Kmer t. eod. I.e. (1895, var. cambodiana). — Frutex subscandens (Pierre) 

 vel arbor sat magna denique tortuosa, trunco crasso, cortice griseo; rami teretes, 

 cinerei petiolique striati puberuli, dein glabrati; folia 2-,rarius 3-juga, brevius petiolata, 

 foliola oblonga vel subobovata, obtusa vel emarginata, rarius subacuta, nervis lateralibus 

 subtus, vix supra, prominentibus, subebroacea, laevia, nitidula, canescenti-livida, 

 mesophyllo toto staurenehymatico, epidermidis utriusque membranis superficialibus 

 totis punetatis, utrinque glandulis profunde immersis (a Pierre, ut videtur, in var. 

 sua cambodiana pro lacunis oleigeris habitis) ornata; thyrsi ad foliorum axillas vel 

 cicatrices, interdum e trunco erumpentes, singuli vel fasciculati, rarius in paniculam 

 brevem congesti, cincinnos sessiles, raro substipitatos gerentes, sordide puberuli; 

 alabastra subglobosa; flores majusculi; sepala 5, extus canescenti-tomentoso-sericea; 

 petala 4 (raro 5), spathulata, extus puberula, ad laminae basin villosa, intus glabra, 



squamis binis apice deflexis cristatis villo- 

 siusculis aueta; discus semilunaris glaber; 

 stamina 8, filamenta villosa, antherae ellip- 

 ticae, apiculatae, connectivo lato, glabrae; 

 germen ovatum, trigonum, triloculare, vil- 

 losum, stigma obtusum trinodosum ; fruetus 

 breviter ovatus,trilocularis, trigonus, trisul- 

 catus, apice interdum subimpressus, extus 

 adpresse canescenti - ochraceo - tomentosus, 

 intus pilis longis adpressis vestitus, peri- 

 carpium cellulis secretoriis substantia nunc 

 saponino affini nunc resinosa foetis instruc- 

 tum.endocarpium denique a sarcocarpio so- 

 lutum et semini adhaerens; semenglabrum, 

 testa coriacea, hilo infra medium laterali 

 lineari; embryo carnosus, cotyledones obli- 

 que superpositae vel fere juxtapositae, ra- 

 dicula grossiuscule punetiformis, dorsalis. 

 Arbor 6—15 m alta. Rami 0,5 — 1 cm crassi. Folia petiolo 6—8 cm longo adjeeto 

 15—30 cm longa; foliola (superiora paullo majora) plerumque 10 — 15 cm longa, 4 — 

 6 cm lata, rarius latiora (var. cambodiana Pierre). Inflorescentia 4 — 12 cm longa. 

 Alabastra diametro 3 mm. Fruetus 2,5 cm altus, 1,8 cm latus. — Fig. 15. 

 Var. cambodiana Pierre: Foliolis latioribus, nullius momenti videtur. 

 In Indiae orientalis peninsula occidentali a montibus Circars (Roxb. 1. c.) 

 et a Concan meridiem versus, praesertim in parte orientali provinciae Madras (Hiern 

 1. c), in Zeylania, Tenasserim et in Gochinchina: In Indiae peninsula: Rox- 

 burgh! 1. c. (Circars; Hb. Deless.); Hooker f. et Thomson Hb. Ind. or., Cupania 

 n. 6! (leg. Stocks, Concan, fl. et fr.; Hb. varia); Kanitkar (Concan, Matheran, 

 t. Cooke 1. c); H. M. Birdwood (ibid., t. eod.); Woodrow (Concan, Parel, t. eod.); 

 id. 1. c. 1898 (Matheran, Diggi Ghaat); A. Meebold n. 47101 (Matheran, alt. 4000 ped., 

 m. Apr. 1906, fl.; Hb. Berol.), n. 4711! (Lonaula, alt. 2000 ped., m. Apr. 1906, fl.; 

 Hb. Berol.); Graham 1. c. 1839 (Kandalla, in the ravines); Gibson (Koosur Ghaat, 

 t. Grah. I.e.; Deccan, Bimashankar, t. Cooke 1. c); Woodrow (Deccan, Palasdari, 

 t. Cooke 1. c); Dalzell et Gibson (in Mahratta australi, Ramghat, t. Cooke I.e.); 

 Hooker f. et Thomson, Hb. Ind. or. sine n.! (Mysore; Hb.Vindob.); Wight, Distrib. 

 Kew. n. 537! part. (ex confus. c. Sapindo trifoliato ad Cannanore lecto, in Hb. Berol. 

 etc.; cfr. Sap.trifol.); Koenig! (Madras?; »Sap. tetraphyllus Vahl«; Hb. Vahl, nunc 

 Havn.); Patr. Russell!(Madras?; Hb. Vindob. ex Hb. Banks); Wallich, Cat. n.8040B! 



Fig. 15. Lepisanthes tetraphylla (Vahl) Radlk. 

 A Fruetus, uno loculo aperto. B Fr. trans- 

 verse sectus. C, D Semen. E Petalum. — See. 

 Radlkofer in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzen- 

 fam. III. 5. 320, Fig. 165. 



