Nepkelinm.] XLIV. SAPiNDACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) 



obtuse at both ends glabrous above subglaucescent glabrous or nearly so 

 marked with lateral veins beneath wavy entire, base oblique, panicles ter- 

 minal and axillary, calyx deeply 5- rarely 6-lobed somewhat imbricated in 

 bud, petals spathulate about equalling the calyx, disk tomentose, stamens 

 6-10 included in the female shortly exserted in the male flowers, ovary 

 2-3-lobed, fruit tubercled. Bot. Mag. t. 4096 ; W. & A. Prodr. 113 ; 

 Grah. Bomb. PI. 29 ; Blume Rumph. iii. 108 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 35 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 58. N. Mora, Gardn. ex Thwaites I.e. N. bengalense, 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 570. Scytalia bengalensis, Roxb. ex G. Don I.e. Sc. 

 Longan, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 29 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 270. Dimocarpus Longan, 

 Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 233; Trans. Hort. Soc. ii. t. 28. Euphoria Longana, 

 Lamk. Diet.' Hi. 574; Bot. Reg. t. 1729; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 156; Wall Cat. 

 8049. Saj tindus benghalensis, Roxb. ex W. & A. I.e. Dimocarpus undulatus, 

 Wight ex W. & A. I.e. E. undulata, Hb. Heyne ex Wall. I.e. S. monpgyna, 

 Hb. Heyne I.e. D. pupilla, Moon Cat. 31. N. pupillum, Wight III. i. 141. 

 Euphoria pupillum, Stead. Norn. ed. 2, ii. 192 (under N. pupillum). N. hypo- 

 leucum, Kurz in Jo-urn. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, ii 50. Cupania (sp.), Wall. 

 Cat. 8067, letter A not B. 



EASTERN BENGAL. PEGU. WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concari southwards. 

 CEYLON. Often cultivated. DISTRIB. Cultivated in the tropics. 



A tree of 30-40 ft. Leaves 4-18 in. ; leaflets 2-12 by 4-24 in. ; petiolules T Vs in- 

 Inflorescence puberulent ; flowers yellowish-white, J-4 in. wide. Calyx shortly tomen- 

 tose on both sides. Petals 5 rarely 6, pubescent, filaments pubescent ; anthers gla- 

 brous, shorter. Fruit reddish or purple, globose, -f in- diam. ; tubercles rugose or 

 at length smooth. Aril wholesome. 



9, N. malaiense, Griff. Notid. iv. 549 ; leaflets 6-8 subopposite or 

 alternate elliptic or ovate-oblong shortly acuminate above dark green gla- 

 brous beneath ferruginous-pubescent subglaucous marked with transverse 

 somewhat arched lateral veins base rounded, inflorescence terminal panicled 

 glandular pubescent, calyx deeply 5-lobed somewhat imbricated, petals entire 

 obovate shaggy inside, stamens short, fruit tubercled or almost obsoletely 

 so globose. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Young parts glandular-pubescent. Leaves 4-14 ft.; leaflets 2|-94 by 1-3| in.; 

 petiolules very short, y^-J in. Inflorescence about 1 ft. ; bracts lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 flowers fascicled, | in. diam. Calyx-lobes obtuse, about equalling the petals. Stamens 

 8; filaments pubescent; anthers glabrous, shorter than the filaments, scarcely exserted. 

 Ovary lobed, hairy, equalling the style ; stigma capitate, 2-3-lobed. Fruit -| in. 

 diam. ; aril fleshy. 



10. N. eriopetalum, Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. Suppl. i. 508; leaflets 6-8 

 opposite or alternate elliptic-oblong or oblong 'apex rounded emarginate or 

 apiculate base rounded or obtuse entire beneath ferruginous subtomentose 

 with well-defined lateral veins above shining, branches of the panicles 

 spike-like, calyx deeply 5-lobed subvalvate, petals spathulate hairy, fila- 

 ments pubescent, fruit echinate-muricate. 



MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Young parts and inflorescence ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves 1-14 ft. r , leaflets 4.J.-10 

 by 14-34 in. ; petiolules ~i i n - Inflorescence axillary and terminal, shorter than the 

 leaves ; flowers tV-lr wide. Calyx-lobes ovate-elliptic, obtuse, tomentose outside, gla- 

 brous inside. Petals small, often some deficient. Disk hairy. Stamens 5-8, shortly 

 exserted ; anther shortly oblong, not quite glabrous. Ovary 2-lobed, hairy. Oocei of 

 the fruit compresso subglobose, 1-1 in. diam., bright red; setse subulate-obtuse, i in. 



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