6 XLV. SABIACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Meliosma. 



neath. Leaves 12-18 by 3*-4 in., very long and narrow very acuminate, but not 

 caudate, very gradually narrowed into the short pcnvie ; "upper surface minutely 

 scabrid ; nerves numerous, arching. Panicle shorter than the leaves (in the only spe- 

 cimen). Flowers as small as in M. simplicifolia, crowded on the ultimate branchlets. 

 Inner sepals very coriaceous, obtuse, quite glabrous. Petals and fruit not seen. 



** Leaves odd-pinnate. 

 t Leaflets serrate or toothed. 



7. BX. pinnata, Roxb. FL Ind. i. 104 (Millingtonia) ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaflets 6-12 pairs oblong or oblong- or linear-lanceolate acuminate more or less 

 serrate glabrous, panicle puberulous very large, flowers pedicelled or sessile. 

 Maxim. Diagn. FL Jap. Dec. iv. and v. 263 ; Wall. Cat. 8115 & 8117. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1000 ft. J. D. H. SILHET, Roxburgh. KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 3-5000 ft. H.f. $ T. UPPER ASSAM, Griffith. DISTRIB. Japan? 



A middling- sized tree; branches smooth. Leaves 6-18 in. ; petiole cylindric; 

 leaflets 36 by 11^ in. shortly petiolulate, much acuminate, sometimes nearly entire. 

 Panicle as long as the leaves, terminal ; branches spreading ; bracts minute, cadu- 

 cous, subulate. Flowers white, minute. Sepals and bracteoles 5, broadly orbicular- 

 ovate, minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Petals subvalvate, glabrous. Disk 

 3-angled. Drupe as large as a pea. The M. rhoifolia, Maxim., of Japan seems to be the 

 same as this. 



8. DC. Wallichii, Planch, in Herb. Hook. ; pubescent, leaflets 3-6-pairs 

 oblong oblong-ovate or obovate-acuminate more or less spinulose-toothed, 

 pubescent beneath, panicle tornentose, flowers very shortly pedicelled. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, Herb. Griffith. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 4-6000 ft., H. f. $ T. DISTRIB. Korea. 



A small tree; branchlets rusty puberulous. Leaves, 6-12 in.; leaflets, 3-7 in., 

 straight or falcate, rather coriaceous; petiole, petiolules and under-surface clothed 

 with a spreading rusty tomentum ; nerves many, curved ; upper surface opaque ; 

 base rounded oblique. Panicle stout, much branched ; hairs short spreading; 

 bracts caducous. Flowers minute, on short stout pedicels. Sepals and bracteoles 5, 

 glabrous, orbicular-ovate. Petals subvalvate. Drupe globose, the size of a small 

 pea. Small specimens of this from Moflong in the Khasia seem identical with 

 a Corean plant collected by Wilford. 



tt Leaflets quite entire. 



9. 1VX. Arnottiana, Wight, III, i. 144, t. 63 (Millingtonia); rusty- 

 tomentose, leaflets 5-7 pairs subopposite ovate-lanceolate subcaudate acuminate 

 pubescent beneath, panicles rusty pubescent, flowers crowded sessile or shortly 

 pedicelled. Thwaites Enum. 59 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 1. 160. Sapindus ? microcarpus, 



W. & A. Prodr. 112. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; from Canara southwards, Wight. CEYLON; in the 

 central province, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



A tree ? ; branchlets, petioles, petiolules, leaflets beneath and panicle clothed 

 with a spreading subfurfuraceous or velvety rusty pubescence. Leaves 6-10 

 in. ; leaflets 35 by l^-lz in., rather membranous, lower often falcate and 

 recurved, base rounded, nerves not prominent, tips finely drawn out, upper surface 

 opaque ; petiolules J-|- in. Panicle axillary and terminal. Flowers very numer- 

 ous, crowded on the branchlets of the panicle. Sepals and bracteoles 5, orbicular- 

 ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, rather pubescent. Petals subvalvate. Drupe globose, the 

 size of pea. 



10. BX. sumatrana, Jack in Mai. Misc. ii. 30 (Millingtonia) ; glabrous, 

 leaflets 3-6 pairs elliptic- or obovate- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate base acute 

 panicle contracted pubescent, flowers large crowded. M. nitida, Blume Cat. 



