Sapindus.] XLIV. SAPINDACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) 683 



and rather longer than the sepals ; " scale fringed with a dense mass of long white 

 hairs, more or less attached to the claw and inner surface of the petal, probably free 

 when quite young, sometimes attached along the middle line only and free at the sides, 

 in which case it happens that the two edges of the scale separate from the middle part 

 and appear as lateral appendages " (Dr. Srandis, i.e.). Stamens 8 ; anthers apiculate. 

 Disk concave, with a raised fleshy hirsute edge. Fruit fleshy, 2-3-lobed, 4~f in. l n o 

 at length glaucescent, saponaceous. There are two forms of this tree, usually regarded 

 as distinct species, and corresponding to Vahl's names ; one with acuminate glabrous 

 leaves, the other with emarginate leaves pubescent beneath. The wood is used for 

 making combs and other small articles. 



2. S. erectus, Hiern ; leaves abruptly pinnate leaflets 6-10 suboppo- 

 site narrowly elliptic acuminate entire glabrous thin base more or less 

 narrowed, panicles terminal, shorter than the leaves, flowers pentamerous, 

 petals with an erect bifid or entire shaggy scale, ovary hairy, lobes of fruit 

 ellipsoidal nearly glabrate. Nephelium erectum, Thwaites Enum. 57. 



CEYLON ; in the southern provinces, alt. 3000 ft. 



An erect shrub, not or sparingly branched, 6-10 ft. high. Leaves pallid, 1-2 ft. 

 leaflets 4-10 by 1|-3| in. ; petiolules |-i in. Flowers ^ by ^ in. Calyx shortly and 

 appressedly pubescent outside ; sepals rounded. Petals shortly exceeding the 

 calyx, oblong-obovate, ciliated a*f the claw, glabrous and rounded above, involute at the 

 margin ; scale glabrous at the back, inserted at the top of the claw, falling rather short 

 of the petals. Disk glabrous, fleshy. Stamens 8 ; filaments rather shorter than the 

 petals, pubescent above ; anthers glabrous. Style very short ; stigma minute, 3-lobed. 

 Fruit fleshy, yellow, about 1 in. long. Aril fleshy. 



3. S. Thwaitesii, Hiern ; leaves simple obovate-oblong narrowly 

 acuminate entire glabrous pallid base attenuate, racemes terminal short 

 simple or slightly branched obsoletely tomentose, sepals 5, rounded, petals 5, 

 obpvate obtuse upper half patent each furnished at base with an oblong 

 hairy scale more than half the length of the petals, disk glabrous 5-cornered, 

 filaments slender somewhat hairy above shorter than the petals, anthers 

 small, ovary hairy 3-lobed. Nephelium simplicifolium, Thwaites Enum. 57. 



CEYLON; south of the Island, at no great elevation, rare. 



An erect shrub, 6-10 ft. high, sparingly branched. Leaves 8-12 by 2^-4 in. ; pe- 

 tioles ^-2 in. Racemes 2-4 in. Flowers peutamerous, - in. Petals exceeding the 

 calyx, not clawed. Stamens 8. 



** Ovary glabrous, 

 t Anthers stvort. 



4. S. BXukorossi, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 342, t. 70, f. 3, g, h; leaves pinnate 

 leaflets 10-16 rarely fewer lanceolate-oblong alternate or subopposite 

 acuminate or obtuse glabrous closely not conspicuously veined base oblique 

 obtuse, inflorescence terminal and lateral panicled obsoletely tomentose, 

 petals 5 each with a woolly scale on each side at the top of the claw, ovary 

 3-cornered glabrous. ? S. abruptus, Lour. Fl. Coch. 238. 



Cultivated throughout N.W. INDIA and BENGAL. KUMAON. SILHET. ASSAM. 

 DISTRIB. China, Bonin Islands, Japan. 



A handsome tree. Shoots, &c., obsoletely tomentose. Leaves 6-18 in., crowded 

 near the ends of the branches ; leaflets approximated, 2-6 by f-2^ in., shortly petioluled. 

 Flowers T V in., white or purple, ciliated. Stamens 8-10 ; anthers small, exserted, 

 obtuse. Disk glabrous, flat, with 5 elevated radiated lines. Fruit fleshy, subglobose, 

 somewhat glaucescent, saponaceous, | in. diam., yellow. There are two forms of this 

 tree ; one with obtuse or shortly and suddenly acuminate leaflets (S. detergens, Hoxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 29; Fl. 2nd. ii. 280; not of Wall. Cat. 8042 ; nor S. fuscatus, Hb. Ham. 



