672 XLIV. SAriXDACE^E. (W. P. Hiern.) [Dittclasma. 



polygamo-monoecious. Sepals quincuncial, oblong, rounded at apex, rather 

 unequal. Petals 4, erect, oblong, concave, tomentose outside, the place of 

 the fifth vacant ; scale as large as the petal, obovnte-oblong, densely shaggy- 

 crested incurved and cohering at apex, inserted near the base of the petal 

 and closely applied to its lamina. J)i*k semilunate-annular, much wider 

 towards one side, glabrous. ,sV//^-//.< s, inserted around the base of the 

 ovary, equal ; filaments shaggy, slender at the tip ; anthers small, shortly 

 exserted. Ovary ovoid-globose, glabrous, 3-lobed, 3-celled, contracted at 

 the apex into short erect style, stigma shortly 3-h>bed ; ovules solitary in 

 the cells of the ovary. Fruit 1-3-coccous, 2 segments usually smaller or 

 obsolete, subglobose, rather hVshy, indehiseent. /v "/ globose, exarillate, ex- 

 albuminous ; testa very thick, bony, embryo curved, cotyledons largo 

 unequal incurved ; radicle short, incumbent. DISTRIB. A monotypic genus. 



1. D. Barak, JJook. . 7V. i. 396 ; leaflets 



14-26 usually Jano hortly 



petioluled, inii' ; ovoid-pyramidal shorter than or about 



equalling the leaves. Sapindus Rarak, J)< '. J'r<><ir. \. <;<K ; /;////,^- Humjdi. iii. 

 9:3, t. 167. IS. pinnutus, Mi//. (;<',-</. ])ict. NO. :,. S. saponaria, L<mr. Fl. 

 23s (,n,t <>j Li mi.} L'niiij'h. JI'i-li. AiiJ.'.in. ii. 134. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maitujay. (C.Vylon, introduced.) DISTRIB. Cochin-china, Java, 

 Seychelles (introdi: 



Trunk rising .~>i > 60 ft., ti-ivt.-, r-t.vriv<l with a glabrous tenacious smooth bark. 

 Leaves ranging up to U It., puri- or ittparipionftte ; p'-tiolc n.i winLr''l; k-;iH<-ts 2-4 

 by 4~li i n -i ' '''fe 6-14 in., tuwnj-vclvety. Flowers ^ in., toni' 



white or pule. J-'niit ;, : 1 in. 



4. BRZOGZ.OSSUBI, Uliiino. 



Erect trees or shnil . 8 odd-]iinimte, exstipulate, alternate. 



Lfijl>-t* njipositi- or sub.|>i,<.siti-. entire. Panicles terminal, tTeet, bearing 

 the white irregular pplygalno-aicfeciotia ll\\ers on elongated hram.-lii's. 



>< / 5, uneiual, orbicular, concave, l.roadly inil>ricated, the two outer 

 ones smaller. 7V/*//x 4, une<iual, oltovate, clawed, the place of the 5th 

 vacant, scale hairy, houdol, with an apical lohed ajipenda^e. I) ink one- 

 sided, lobed. Xt<tin<nx i>, more <>r less turned to nnc >ide, rather uneijual : 

 iilanients hairy. (>/v//-// stipitate, obcdnlatc, 3-lobed, 3-celled ; style 

 slender, stigma obscurely 3-lobed; ovules sol tary in the cells of the ovary. 

 Fruit 1-3-lobed to the jinents oblong, indehiscent, diver.: iu_:. 



oblong, exarillate, exalbuminous, testa membranous ; embryo 

 straight; cotyledons thick. DJSTIMI;. Species i 1 , one of which is at present 

 known to occur only in ^enenainbia. 



For the morphology of the flower in this genus, see Griffith Notul. iv. 549. 



1. B. edule, fihtw /,'/>/>-. 229; Rumphia iii. 119, t. 166; leaflets 8-12 



cllii-tio- or ovate-ouiung ol'ton acuminate shortly pubescent at least on the 

 veins beneath, base visually oblique obtuse shortly petioluled, flowers 

 crowded. Benth. Fl. A u*fi->t/. i. 4r>4. E. rubiginosum, tti-timl. For. FL 108. 

 Moulinsia cupanioicles, Cambess in Mem. Mint. P<n\ xviii. 27, 40, t. 2. 

 Sapindus rubiginosa, Rnxb. Cor. PL i. 44, t. (J2 ; Fl. Ind. ii 282; W. <( A. 

 Frodr. i. 112 ; Graft. C<((. J>n,,<l>. J'(. i'i) ; Wall. Cat. 8041 ; (,'rif. Xotul. iv. 

 548; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL /S'///yy/. 14; JJ.~,/,/, FL fyjv. A mil. (>'m. Ixxiii. 

 ^5. friixinifolius, DC. Pr<><lr.\. cuts. S. eciuiis, Blume Cat. Buiteir-. C4. >1. 

 rubiginosa, G. Don Gen. tiyst. i. 667. S. alternifolitis and longifolius, //(-/'>. 

 llauult, ex W. & A. I.e.; Wail. Cat. 8041 D, 8046. S. pinnatus, AW;. Ic. 89. 



