Sapindus.~\ SAPINDACE2E. 97 



The fruit is very largely used and exported as a substitute for soap ; tlie leaves are 

 given as fodder to cattle, and the seeds used in medicine. 



Ibs. 



H 117. Waziri Rupi, Kulu, 4,000 feet 44 



H 3050. Kepu, Sutlcj Vullry, 2,000 



3. S. attenuatus, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind., i. 684; Gamble 23. 

 Sapmdus ruder, Kuiz i. 298. Scytalia rubra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 272. 

 Vcrn. Achattaj^Q^} SirhoofuHgchir, Lepcha ; Lai hoi-pura, Sylhet. 



A shrub or small tree with thin grey bark. Wood white, moderately 

 hand. Annual rings marked by darker lines. Pores moderately Urge, 

 scanty, often in short radial or wavy lines. Medullary rays short, 

 white, very fine, numerous. 



Eastern Himalaya, Assam and Eastern Bengal, down to Chittagong. 

 Flowers red. Fruit eaten in Sylhet. 



E 3272. Western Duars. 



5. NEPHELIUM, Linn. 



Four indigenous and two introduced Indian species. The Ramlutan fruit is tho 

 produce of N. lappaceum, Linn., a tree of the Malay Archipelago. Of indigenous 

 trees N. stipulaceum, Beddome t. 135, is found in the forests of the Western Ghats ; 

 N. hypoleucum, Kurz i. 293 ; and N. rubescens, Hiern ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 688, in 

 Burma. 



Wood red, hard ; prominent wavy concentric bands. 



1. N. Longana, Camb.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 688; Kurz i. 294. 

 Euphoria Long ana, Lamk. ; Beddome 1. 156. Scytalia Longana, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 270. The Longan. Vern. Ashphal, Beng. ; Poovatij Tarn. ; 

 Puna, Courtallum ; Wumb, Bombay ; Mai ahcold, Kan. ; Kyetmouk, 

 Burm. Morre, Cingh. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood red, moderately hard. Pores 

 small, numerous, uniformly distributed; the transverse diameter equal 

 to the distance between the fine and very fine medullary rays. Prominent, 

 wavy bands, broader than the rays, divide the wood into a succession of 

 concentric strata which may possibly indicate the annual growth. 



Mysore, Western Ghats and Burma. It is also found in China, where it is called 

 Longan. 



Weight, 44 Ibs., Wallich, No. 179 ; 62 Ibs., A. Mendis ; . our specimens give 51 Ibs. 

 per cubic foot. The wood is not used, though Kurz says it is good for furniture ; but it 

 deserves notice. The fruit (the Longan) is eaten. 



Ibs. 



D 1278. Anamalai Hills, Madras 51 



No. 57. Ceylon Collection 62 



2. N. Litchi, Camb.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 687; Kurz i. 283. Scytalia 

 Litchi, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 2(59. The Litchi. Vern. Litchi, Hind, 

 (originally Chinese) ; Kyetmouk, Burm. 



A handsome evergeen tree with thin grey bark. Wood red, hard, 

 heavy. . Pores small to moderate-sized, the transverse diameter usually 

 greater than the distance bet;veen the rays. Medullary rays very line, 

 very numerous. Prominent wavy bands, as in N. Longana. 



Introduced from South China, and now cultivated largely iu India for its 

 delicious fruit. Weight, about 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



3260. Saharanpur. 



