Hemigyrosa.} XLIV. SAPINDACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) 671 



exserted. Ovary excentric, turbinate-trigonous, 3 celled ; stigma trigonous, 

 blunt; ovule solitary. Fruit indehiscent, thickly coriaceous fleshy or 

 woody, trigonous or globose, hairy, 3-celled; cells hairy inside. Seed* 

 oblong, exalbuminous, exarillate, testa coriaceous; cotyledons fleshy, 

 equal. DISTEIB. A few species, confined to the tropics of the old world. 



The venation of the leaflets is similar to that of the leaves of Diospyros Einbryojjteris, 

 Pers. 



1. H. deficiens, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 231 ; leaflets 8-14 opposite sub- 

 opposite or alternate oblong glabrous shining, racemes solitary crowded or 

 panicled axillary or scattered along the boughs shortly toinentose, petals 

 4-5 crenulate or subentire, scales entire half the length of the petals, bracts 

 ovate small, flowers fascicled. Sapindus? deficiens, W. & A. Prodr. i. 111. 

 Anomosanthes deficiens, Blume Humph, iii. 151 ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI i. 402 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixxii. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Courtallam, Cochin, Travancor, Tinnevelley Ghats, and Anna- 

 mallay hills, alt. 2-5000 ft. 



A middle-sized or small tree. Bark slightly tinged with red. Leaves 1-2 feet 

 long; leaflets 5-9 by 1^-24 in. Inflorescence 2-24 in. Flowers &-| in. Stamens 8-10, 

 rarely only 6 in male flowers ; 8 in female flowers, according to Beddome. fruit 

 unknown. No specimens from Ceylon, as stated by Wight 111. i. 141. 



2. H. canescens, Thwaites Enum. 56, 408 ; leaflets 2-8, mostly oppo- 

 site elliptic-oblong ovate or lanceolate glabrous shining, racemes simple or 

 panicled axillary or scattered over the branches shortly toinentose, brac- 

 teoles mostly subulate, flowers fascicled, petals with short cut scales at 

 base. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 151. H. trichocarpa, Thwaites I.e. ; Bedd. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixxi. Molinaea canescens, Roxb. Cor. PL i. 43, t. 60 ; FL Ind. ii. 243. 

 Sapindus tetraphylla, Vahl Synth, iii. 54 ; Wall. Cat. 8040. S. bijugus, Wall. 

 Cat. 8045. Cupania canescens, Pers. Syn. PL i. 413 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 

 29; W. & A. Prodr. i. 113; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 35. Cupania (sp.) 

 Wall Cat. 9034. Cupania (sp.) 6, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 



TENASSERIM and BIRMA, Wallich, Heifer; WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concan 

 southwards ; common on the east side of the Madras Presidency. CEYLON, near Kanally. 



A shrub or good sized tree, with a trunk of considerable size but not straight. Bark 

 cinereous. Leaves 5-22 in. ; leaflets usually obtuse or emarginate, occasionally acute, 

 2^-10 by f-5 in. ; petiolules rugose, \-^ in. long, slightly fuscous. Inflorescence shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers white, 4 in. Fruit subglobose or 3-sided, tomentose, ^-1 

 in. thick, ochre-coloured. The pulpy mesocarp resembles an aril. 



3. H. longifolia, Hiern. ; leaflets^ 6 opposite or subopposite oblong 

 shortly acuminate acute glabrous shining base obtuse, racemes short 

 solitary crowded or branched axillary or supra-axillary, flowers tomentose, 

 scale of petals short shaggy flat entire or bifid. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Young parts inflorescence and fruit velvety. Leaven 2-2 \ ft.; rachis velvety or 

 obsoletely so ; leaflets 12-15 by 2-3f in. ; petiolules |i in. obsoletely velvety. In- 

 florescence 23 in. ; flowers 4 i n - i braeteoles subulate, \-^ in. Petals 5, obovate, 

 oblong. Fruit 1 in. long and broad, trigonous, with 3 broad shallow furrows, setose; 

 setae flexuose, tomentose. " . 



3. DITTELASBXA, Hook. f. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, pinnate, exstipulate, leaflets subopposite or 

 alternate, quite entire. Panicles terminal, bracteate. Flowers pale, 



