Samadera.] xxxiv. SIMARUBE^E. (Alfred W. Bennett.) 519 



1. S. inclica, Gcertn. Frut. ii. t. 156 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate fleshy, 

 umbels many -flowered on very long peduncles equalling the leaves,, fruit 

 coriaceous glabrous smooth or slightly reticulated, Wight El. t. 68 ; W. & A. 

 ProcJr. 151 ; Grdh. Cat. Bomb. PI. 37 Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 7 ; Planch, in 

 Jlook. Lond. 'Journ. Bot. v. 562 ; Thwaites Enum. 70. Niota pentapetala, 

 Poir. in Lamk. Diet. iv. 490 ; DC. Prodr. i. 592. N. tetrapetala, Lamk. III. 

 t. 299, p. 436 ; Poir. in Lamk Diet. iv. 490 ; Blanc. Flor. Filip. eel. 2, 

 p. 213; Wall. Cat. 6349. N. Lamarckiana, Blume Bijd. 251, 260. Vitt- 

 mannia elliptica, Vahl Symb. iii. t. 62. Manungala pendula, Blanc. Flor. 

 Filip. p. SOQ.Rheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 18. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; throughout the S. Concan, and Malabar. CEYLON, not un- 

 common in the South of the Island. 



A small tree, 30-35 ft., with stout branches. Leaves 8 by 3 in. or larger, blunt, with 

 short thick petioles. Flowers numerous, shortly stalked, in dense umbels. Calyx small, 

 thick, ciliated, persistent in fruit. Petals narrowly oblong, often apiculate. Stamens 

 twice as many as petals ; filaments very long, with a scale at the base. Ovary 

 usually 4-celled. Fruit oval, 1| by 1 in. There appears to be no reason for identifying, 

 with Lamk. and DC., this with the Madagascar species. 



2. S. lucida, Wall. Cat. 1062; and Plant. As. Rar. ii. t. 168; peduncle 

 of umbel shorter than the leaves, fruit strongly reticulated. Planch, in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 562. Niota . lucida, Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. t. 168. 

 Vittinannia lucida, Steud. Nom. 



TENASSERIM, Wallich ; ANDAMAN ISLDS., Heifer. 



Very nearly allied to 8. indica, and perhaps only a variety. Leaves a paler green, 

 sometimes larger and with longer petioles. Umbels sometimes almost sessile. Fruit 

 smaller, pear-shaped, dark-brown, glabrous, with a very narrow wing. 



- 3. HARRXSONXA, Brown. 



Glabrous spiny shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate or 1-foliolate. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, in bracteate cymes. Calyx small, 4-5-fid. Petals 

 4-5, longer than calyx. Disk hemispherical. Stamens 8-10, with small 

 scales at the base. Ovary globose or 4-5-lobed, 4-5-celled ; styles connate 

 or distinct at the base ; ovules solitary,, pendulous. Fruit a small globose 

 berry. Seed solitary, sparingly albuminous. DISTBIB. Tropical Asia, 

 Australia, and Africa. Species 3-4. 



- Oliver (Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 311) has shown that the affinities of this genus are ratkej /^ 

 iwith this tribeof. the Order ib^n with Picramnietf, in which it is usually placed.^Cp*-*r* *** 



'**L*fi. ItfenxStfiT HooLf. in Gen. Plant, i. 314; leaflets 5-9 entire or 

 crenate, calyx persistent, filaments glabrous with a hairy scale at the base, 

 styles completely united hairy. Lasiolepis paucijuga and multijuga, Benn. 

 PI. Jav. Rar. 202, t. 42. L. Bennetii, Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 

 v. 570. 



BIRMA . and PEGU, Griffith, &c. DISTRIB. Java, Philippines, Siam, S. China, 

 Africa (?) 



A woody shrub, with sharp short recurved spines (stipules ?), especially on the lower 

 part of the branches. Leaflets ovate, glabrous ; rachis broadened and even winged and 

 articulated between the leaflets. Cymes terminal, 8-20-flowered. da/yx-segnaenta 

 very small. Petals lanceolate, glabrous. Filaments- longer than petals, 5 rather shorter 

 than the other 5. Berry formed of 2-5 carpels, surrounded l>y the persistent calyx. 

 A specimen in the Hookerian Herbarium from Madura, " Herb. Hort. Bot. Calc. No. 

 1794," with the leaves 3-foliolate, appears distinct 



Kurz (Andam. Rep. App. iv.) reports H. Brownii (?) a Philippine species, from 

 " Bird-Nest Cape, observed nowhere else, specimens lostX 



