698 XLIV. SAPINDACE^. (W. P. Hiern.) 



1. IKelianthus major, Linn. ; a South African plant, occurs in 

 Kumaon, where it is said to be an introduction, and has been cultivated in 

 the Nilghiris where it was first noticed l>y Wight (Kew Distrib. n. 542) ; it 

 is established at Ootacamund (Bedd. Fl. Sytv. A mil. (>'i-n. Ixxi.), and in 

 Bhotan reaches a limit of 9500 feet (</////'. ./<wr/t. 2(55). It is an undershrub 

 with glabrous coarsely serrate leaves emitting a fetid scent when bruised ; 

 it is synonymous with M. Himalayanns, IfV/. Cat. nno; J////. //.- ll<-rh. PL 

 Ind. Or. Hohenacker. n. 1059; 7Y<///,7/. /'// 7V"// x. A////*. ,s'-. /,f,W. xx. 416', 

 t. 20, f. 1-13; Hnnk. f. /// .hmm. Jif. 1^7:5, 3'ji;. The claw of the petals was 

 pubescent in the flower of AValliclfs specimen, which I examined, and thus 

 the character fails which Dr. Planchon relied on for the discrimination of 

 Wallich's species. 



22. STAPHYLEA, Linn. 



Branched shrubs or trees, with terete brandies. L"n->.t opposite, stipulate 

 trifoliate or pinnate ; leaflets stipellate, serrulate. Inflorescence later;'! ana 

 terminal, bracteate, pedicels jointed in the middle. '/'/<///'< /> regular, her- 

 maphrodite, pendulous. ,SVy//.< ;>, oblong, imbricated, coloured, deciduous. 

 Petals 5, as long as the sepals, obovate, imbricated, white. Starru //*.">, inserted 

 on the edge of the disk l>et \veen its lolu-s : ii laments slender, inibt-scent below; 

 anthers versatile, shortly oblong. Owir*/ :i -L'-lobt-d and -celled; styh 

 slender; stigmas Bubcapitate ; ovules (j or more in each cell, in 2 rows, 

 anatropous. Caj>x/<' membranous, vBttCtilar-inflated, 3-2-lobed and -celled ; 

 carpels dehiscing at the aprx along the ventral suture. *s'Mr/.s few, sub- 

 globose, exarillate; testa hard ; albumen fleshy. DlSTKii;. Abuiit 4 species 

 occurring in North America, Europe, and Asia. 



1. S. Emodi, 1 1'////. Cut. -li'7"> ; leaves glaluvseont or thinly pubescent 

 beneath tritoliolate leaflets nearly equal ovate or elliptic acuminate pale 

 beneath membranous base obtuse or cune;ite lateral ones subsessile terminal 

 one petioled, anthers shortly apiculate. Jlrau<l. /'<*,: 77. 114. 



^'i--sri I:N 'I'r.M IT:I:A'I i; HIMALAYA: from Marri to Kuinaon, alt. 6-7000 ft. DISTKIU. 

 Affgluuiistaii. 



A small tree with spotted bark. Lewes 4-14 in. ; lcalli-ts 2-6 by 1-3 in. ; petioles 

 l|-6i in. ; tenninal petiole ^-1| in. ; stipules linear, stijieU M-taecmis, l.otli eadin'ous. 

 OyiMt rather dense, 1^-4 in. ; flowers ^ in. long, ali^ut equalling the pedicels. ('<i/>- 

 siil'fi - .'! in. long; base turbinate. ProbaMy a form of tlie N. American S. trifolia, 

 Linn., dillcring only from the type by less pubescent foliage and anther-tips less obtuse. 



23. TURPINIA, Vent. 



Glabrous and shining trees or shrubs, with smooth terete branches. 

 Leaves opposite, stipulate, usually odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, stipellate, 

 serrulate, subcoriaceous. 7 '////< 7^- terminal and axillary; flowers small, 

 regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-partite, imbricated. Pebds 5, imbri- 

 cated. Stamens 5, inserted outside the lobed or crenulate raised disk ; 

 filaments flattened; anthers short. Ovary sessile, 3-lobed and -celled; 

 styles 3, combined or distinct ; stigmas subcapitate ; ovules 2 together or 

 more and then in two rows. Fruit subglobose, indehiscent, 3-celled. 

 Seeds angular ; testa hard, shining ; hile large ; albumen fleshy ; aril 0. 

 Embryo straight. DISTRIB. A genus of a few species widely dispersed 



1. T. pomifera, DC. Prodr. ii. 3 ; leaflets 3-9 elliptic oblong or ovate 

 acuminate, primary branches of the panicles opposite. Wall. Cat. 4276. 



