Acer.] XLIV. SAPINDACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) 695 



duncles in short little-branched corymbose cymes, which measure 2-3 in. long. Fruit 

 glabrous ; carpels 1 in. long ; wings venose, slightly diverging, widening above, back 

 nearly straight ; cells somewhat nodose. 



SECT. III. Leaves 5-lobed and nerved (3-lobed in A. villosum var. 

 Thomsoni). 



9. A. caesium, Wall, ex Brand. For. Fl. Ill, t. 21 ; leaves palmately 

 5-lobed pale beneath serrate base cordate 5-nerved lobes ovate acuminate 

 basal ones smaller, cymes corymbose appearing after the leaves. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Nipal, alt. 7-10,000 ft., extend- 

 ing to Kumaon. 



A tree, 70-80 ft. high. Leaves 34-7 by 4-8 in., thinly pubescent, especially on the 

 veins beneath, usually glabrescent except in the axils of the 5 (rarely 7) basal nerves ; 

 petioles 24 6g in. Cymes nearly equalling the leaves; flowers pentamerous. Petals 

 short, white. Stamens short. Fruit glabrate ; carpels lf-2 in. long; wings venose, 

 somewhat diverging, back slightly curved ; cells angular, black. "Wood soft ; inferior 

 drinking cups are made of it in Tibet. 



10. A. villosum, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 4 ; Cat. 1227 ; leaves normally 

 5-lobed upper surface glabrate lower surface pubescent or nearly glabrate 

 rather paler base cordate 5-nerved lobes ovate or lanceolate serrate or repand, 

 racemes branched or simple pubescent usually appearing rather before the 

 leaves. Brand. For. Fl. 111. A. sterculiaceum, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 3, 

 t. 105; Cat. 1224. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Nipal, alt. 7-9000 ft. 



A large handsome tree. Leaves 3^-10 in. long and wide ; petioles 2-5 in. Cymes 

 lateral shorter than the leaves. Sepals elliptic or ovate, ciliate, 3-nerved. Petals 

 linear-oblong, ciliate, about equalling the calyx. Stamens 5-8, glabrous, exserted. 

 Fruit puberulent, brownish; carpels 14-21 in. long, diverging; wings venose, margins 

 often crenulate, back rather curved ; cells angular-nervose. According to Dr. 

 Wallich his A. sterculiaceum differs from the type of A. villosum in being much 

 smoother; he thinks, however, that this difference may perhaps be due to its less 

 elevated situation. 



VAR. THOMSONI, Mig. in Archives Neerlandaises, ii. 470 (sp.} ; basal lobes of leaves 

 obsolete, the three other lobes small, fruit 2-3 in. long. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 

 7-9000 ft., /. D. If. ; Bhotan, Griffith. This is probably A. platanifolia, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes, 200, and perhaps distinct from A. villosum. 



11. A. caudatum, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 4, 28, t. 132; Cat. 1225; leaves 

 5-lobed serrate submembranous nearly or quite glabrescent except axils of 

 the 5 basal nerves base cordate or truncate lobes ovate caudate the two 

 basal ones small, racemes short in flower longer in fruit nearly glabrous. 

 Brand. For. FL 112. A. pectinatum, Wall. I.e. ; Cat. 1226. A. acumiuatum, 

 Wall, ex D. Don Prodr. 249. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Chumba to Sikkim, alt. 7-11,000 ft. 



A large tree, with somewhat glaucous shoots. Leaves in some cases with persistent 

 puberulence especially along the veins beneath, 2^-5 in. long and wide ; petioles 

 li-3 in., reddish, puberulent. Cymes appearing about the time of the leaves. Sepals 

 % in., oblong, obtuse, whitish, 5-4. Petals white, obovate, rather shorter than the calyx. 

 Stamens 4-6, exserted. Fruit glabrous, subglaucous ; carpels f-lg i n - l n g, more or 

 less diverging or (in A. pectinatum) quite patent ; wings pink, or at length ferruginous, 

 venose, back arcuate, front sinuous-crenulate ; cells rugose, darker. A. pectinatum is a 

 form with setosely serrate leaves. 



