688 XLIV. SAPINDACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) [Nephclium. 



Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 233. Scytalia chinensis, Gwrtn. Fruct. i. 197, t. 42, f. 3. 

 Sc. Litchi, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 28 ; Fl. I ml. ii. 269. E. Lit-clii, Jiiss. Gen. 

 248 ; Wall. Cat. 8048 (part). N. dimocarpus, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 

 (N. duriocarpus, T. Anders. FL BeJiar 11). Soim. Voy. Ind. t. 129. 



Widely cultivated in India ; introduced from S. China. 



A fine tree of moderate height, with spreading branches. Leaves 3-9 in. ; leaflets 

 14-6 by 4-l|in. ; petiolules ^-J in. InfloreAcenc*- ta\vny-piibenile.nt ; flowers greenish- 

 white, t^-i i n - wide. Anthers shorter than the filaments. Disk glabrous. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled, ferruginous-hairy; style 2-3-lobed, lobes recurved. Fruit '2-1-lobed, globose, 

 about 1 in. diam. ; pericarp dry, at length brittle ; tubercles angular. Aril He-shy, 

 whitish, edible. The Litchi of commerce. 



** Petals present. Calyx usually with deep divisions. 



t Leaflets quite entire. 



$ Lateral veins of leaflets obsolete. 



5. K. rubescens, U'uni ; leaflets 2-10 opposite or alternate lanceolate 

 or oblong acuminate base obtuse or cuneate both sil-s .iriahnms .shining 

 lateral veins obsolete reticulation minute, panicles axillary and terminal 

 pubescent, calyx rather deeply 4-5-lobed imbricated in bud, petals 4-5 

 small hairy, stamens 8-10 exserted, ovary Bxnarginate or didymons, fruit 

 sharply tubercled. Euphoria Lit-chi, Wall. Cat. 048,' letters G, H only, not 

 of Juss. 



MARTABAN and SINGAPORE, Wallich. MALACCA Griffith. 



Glabrous and shining except the infloivse.-ix-f. I. cures 6-18 in. ; leaflets 2-7 4 by 

 i-2 in., turning somewhat red in drving ; jM-tiohilcs ^-^ in. Flowers -jV-J in. wide. 

 Petals linear-obtuse or ovate acute. />/.>/.: gtftbrOQS, Anthers sin.ill ; filaments pube- 

 scent, shorter in the female flowers. Fruit-lobes oblong or ellipsoidal, generally solitary, 

 green or red, f-1 in. loag ; setae tubular, short, compressed. 



t Lateral veins of leaflets more or less conspicuous. 



6. N. ? IVIaing-ayi, ////;/ ; leaflets 2 or 4 opposite obovate or elliptic 

 glabrous coriaceous shortly petioluled obtuse base obtusely narrowed lateral 

 veins not much raised, flowers tetramerous, calyx-lobes shortly ciliated 

 otherwise glabrous, petals smaller without scales, stamens 8 included, lobes 

 of capsule usually solitary oblong nearly glabrate. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



f Glabrous except ferruginous-puberulent shoots and inflorescence. Leaven 4-1 OJ in. ; 

 rachis not winged; leaflets 2.^-6^ by 1^-3^ in.; petiolules ^-| in. Inflorescence 

 ranging up to 8 in.; flowers ^ in. diam., in interrupted globose clusters; bracts 

 ranging up to 1 in. long or more. Calyx clefi, lobes imbricated. Pttals shaggy- 

 tomentose. Filaments hairy. Ovary hairy. Fruit (immature) f-1 in. long, shortly 

 stipitate. 



7. N. costatum, Hiern ; leaflets 4-6 opposite or alternate elliptic or 

 oblong glabrous entire above dark green beneath pale obtuse emar- 

 ginate or shortly acuminate base obtuse, flowers panicled tomentose, calyx 

 deeply 5-lobed imbricated in bud, petals 5 minute obtuse attenuate towards 

 base, stamens exserted. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Leaves 6-10 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by 1|-2| in., marked with subparallel lateral veins 

 beneath ; petiolules &- in. Panicles densely flowered, nearly equalling the leaves ; 

 flowers | in. diam. Filaments pilose. Ovary pilose. 



8. N. Long-ana, Camb. in Mem. Mus. Par. xviii. 30; leaflets 4-10 

 opposite or alternate elliptic ovate oblong or lanceolate usually rather 



