682 XLIV. SAPirs T DACE;E. (W. P. Hiern.) [Glennieaf 



12. GLENNIEA, Hook. f. 



A large glabrous much branched leafy tree. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, 

 1-2-jugate ; leaflets opposite, entire or wavy-repand, coriaceous. Flwrrs 

 in spicate racemes forming a terminal panicle, regular, polygamous. ( V//./; 

 5-lpbed, valvate. Petals minute, broader than long, shortly clawed, concave, 

 hairy. Stamens 8; filaments short, subulate; anthers short. JJifk com- 

 plete, wide, fleshy, glabrous, and lobed. Ovary 3-sided, ovoid, contracted 

 at the base, puberulent, 3-celled, narrowed into a very short style ; stigma 

 shortly 3-lobed. Ovules solitary. Fruit depresso-globoee, indehiscent, 

 fleshy, obscurely lobed. Seeds subglobose, exalbuminous, exarillate. 



1. G. zeylanica, Hook. /. in ^ Bent h. (' llnnl; Gen. PL i. 404 (ex 

 Thwaites Enum. 408) ; leaflets elliptic or 'oblong shining both ends obtuse, 

 inflorescence shortly pubescent. Bedd. Fl. tiylv. t. 153. 



CEYLON, ascending to 3-4000 ft. 



Leaves 4-7 in. ; leaflets 1^-5 by f-2 in. ; petiolnlcs tumid, &-J in. Calyx \ in. diam. ; 

 lobes ovate, subacute. Fruit |-1^ in. diam. l>r. Tlnvaites I.e. gives t\vu varieties : 



VAR. 1, leaflets 2. SSapimlus unijnira. Th trade*, I.e. 56. 



VAR. 2, leaflets 2-4. Nephelimn t'lisratuni. T/m-ditm, I.e. 58; Euphoria fuscata, 

 Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. PI. i. -im;. S. (JU-nici, T/nralUs, I.e. 408. 



13. SAPINDUS, riiim. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or subverticillate (and then simple), 

 exstipulate, usually paiipinnate j leaflets coriaceous, commonly entire. 

 Inflorescence terminal <r axillary. /'/.,"/> polygamous, regular. Sepal* 1 -."> 

 widely imbricated in 2 rows. !'</>//.< 1 .">, with or \vitliout scales. /W,- com- 

 plete, annular, fleshy. Stamens usually 8-10, inserted within the disk ; fila- 

 ments usually pilose ; anthers versatile. Oi'nry entire or -2 1 loU-d, 2-4-celled. 

 tift//f terminal; stigma L' 4-lobed. O/'//A.s- solitary. Fruit fleshy or coria- 

 ceous, 1-2-coccous; cocci oblong or globose, intlehisccnt. Seed* with a 

 crustaceous or membranous testa j cotyledons thick; radicle short. Dis- 

 TRIB. A rather large genus inhabiting the tropical regions of the whole 

 world. 



* Ovary hairy. 



1. S. trifoliatus, L inn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 367 ; leaves (normally) abruptly 

 pinnate leaflets 6-4 elliptic or oblong acuminate or einarginate glabrous or 

 especially beneath pubescent with short curved or stellate hairs base 

 obtuse, inflorescence terminal panicled pubescent, scale of the petals mem- 

 branous pilose-ciliate, ovary 3-lobed ferruginous-tornentose. IS. lauritolia, 

 Vald tiymb. iii. 54; Dalz. & Gibs. Bvmb. FL 34; lioxb. Fl. I ml. ii. 278 j 

 W. & A. Prodr. Ill ; Grak Cat. Bvmb. PI. 29; Bedd. Fl. tiylv. Anal. Gen. 

 Ixxiii. ; Brand. For. Fl. 106; Wall. Cat. 8038 (not of Bulb. ///;.). S. acutus, 

 Roxb. ex W. & A. I.e. ; Ic. t. 1965; not of Wall. Cat. 8096. S. emarginata, 

 yaJd I.e. ; Roxb. I.e. 279 ; W. & A. I.e. ; Grah. Cat, Bomb. PL 29 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 154; Brand. I.e. 107; Wig lit III. t. 51 ; Wall. Cat. 8039; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 35. S. abstergens, Roxb. Ic. t. 1235. Rhtede llort. Mai. iv. 

 43, t. 19. 



Common about villages in SOUTH INDIA; cultivated in Bengal, where it is a doubtful 

 native. 



A handsome tree. Leaves 5-12 in. ; leaflets 1J-8 by 1-4 in.; petiolules short. 

 Flowers &-- in. loiig, white, hairy. Sepals 5, elliptic, obtuse. Petals 4-5, narrower 



