1428 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



1858); Linden, Gat. Nr. 13 etc. (1858 etc.) 10,15. — Jurighas decipiens O. Kuntze, 

 I.e. (1891). — Vulgo: Jurighas Zeylonensib. t. P. Herrn. 1. c. (ghas = arbor); 

 Pehimbia-gass t. Thwait. 1. c. (1858); Pehimbiya singalesice t. Trimen, 1. c. (1893); 

 Maniglia t. P. Herrn. 1. c; Mail-nochye t. Wight et Arn. 1. c. (qui eodem nomine 

 >>Mallea Rothii A. Juss.<< quoque salutari dicunt); Ningal, Tarn., Niroli, Mal. 

 t. Brandis, 1. c; Athalangi in lingua Tamil in Malagar t. Trimen, 1. c. (1893). — Arbor 

 mediocris, ramis foliiferis subangulatis sulcatis cinerascenti-pulverulentis, foliorum 

 cicatricibus latis valde prominentibus. Folia in ramorum apice dense congesta, erecto- 

 patentia, rigida, regulariter pinnata, 5 — 8-juga, petiolo rhachique alata robustis, linea 

 mediana inter alas angustas a basi foliolorum decurrentes sensimque angustatas valde 

 prominente ; foliola approximata, subaequalia, sursum haud vel vix accrescentia, opposita 

 vel alterna, lineari-oblonga vel oblonga, basi saepius obliqua intus magis angustata, 

 apice ut et basis breviter angustata obtusiuscula breviter acuteque emarginata, mar- 

 ginibus subundulatis, nervis lateralibus numerosis stricte parallelis utrinque minutim 

 prominulis, coriacea, supra glanduloso-punctata, vernicoso-nitida, subtus opaca. 

 Paniculae rigidae, erectae, breviter ramosae, exinde angustae, longitudine folia vix 

 aequantes. Flores generis. Drupa ovoidea, apiculata, laevissima, nitida purpurea. 



Lignum structura densa, grave, durum, pallide rubrum (ex Trimen, 1. c), ad 

 aedes exstruendas aptum (P. Herm. 1. c. 5). Folia 25 — 30 cm longa, circ. 12 cm lata, 

 rhacheos ala singula circ. 2,5 mm lata. Foliola 6 X 1,8 cm— 10 X 2,2 cm metientia. 

 Paniculae 13 — 20 cm longae, 3— 4 cm latae. Flores diametro 4 — 5 mm, roseo-albidi 

 (ex Trimen). Drupa 13 — 16 mm longa. 



In Africa austro-orientali nee non centrali indigena, in Indiae orientalis 

 peninsulae anterioris partibus australibus et in insula Geylania sat commune 

 et in insulis Fidji obvium: In Africa: K. J. Gameron! (Brit. Gentr. Afr., Namasi, 

 in a plantation, fl. ; Hb. Kew.); Kirk! (Usagara Mounts, trop. East Afr.; Hb. Kew.); 

 J. Buchanan n. 621! (Nyasaland, 1891, fl.; Hb. Berol.); — in India orientali: 

 Beddome (Western Penins., throughout the Western Ghats ascending to 4 — 5000 ft. ; 

 ex Hook. f. 1. c); A. Meebold n.l2978! (Fl. of S. India, Kumili Trav., alt. 3000 ped., 

 Dec. 1910, alab.; Hb. Berol.); — in Geylania: Forests in the low country, common 

 (ex Trimen); Walker! (Hb. Engl.); — in insulis Fidji: E. Swayne! (Rewa, Mart. 

 1903; Hb. Sydney); — in Java interdum culta (Backer, 1. c; Koord. I.e.). 



2. F. elongatum Radlk. in lit. ad P. Taubert (Nov. 1894), ap. Taubert in Engl. 

 Pflanzenwelt Ostafr. G. (Pfl.-Verz., 1895) 252 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 

 III. 5. (1895) 360; Engl. Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 287. - Frutex glaberrimus, 

 vernicosus, parum ramosus, trunco recto, ramis teretibus cinerascentibus. Folia 6 — 8- 

 juga, petiolo rhacheosque segmentis (superioribus latius, inferioribus angustius) 

 cuneato-alatis, foliolis oppositis vel alternis elongatis, sublinearibus, supra medium 

 angustatis, apice obtusiusculis vel subemarginatis, basi inaequaliter et praesertim intus 

 attenuata sessilibus, margine subundulatis, subchartaceis, nervis lateralibus gracilibus 

 numerosis sed minus parallelis oblique patulis percursis, junioribus vernice obductis. 

 Flores et fructus ignoti. 



Frutex arbusculiformis 2 — 3 m altus. Folia circ. 18 cm longa, rhachidis alis ad 

 6 mm latis; foliola 8 — 10 cm longa, 1,7 — 2 cm lata. 



In Africa tropica orientali: Volkens n. 1715! (Kilimandscharo, im Misch- 

 walde unterhalb Marangu, 1100 — 1300 m, 23. Jan. 1894). 



Obs. Maxime accedens RdF. decipiens; forsan Status juvenilis ejusdem speciei (Th. Herzog). 



3. F. abbreviatum Radlk.*) in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 277, in Engl. 



*) Descriptio accuratior conf. apud P. Danguy et P, Ghoux in Bull. Mus. Hist. Natur. Paris 

 XXXIII. (1927) 102. — Accedunt specimina seq.: Louvel n. 211 (Cöte est de Madag., Tampina; 

 1923); Geay n. 7847 (prov. de Mananjary). — Adjectum synonymum: Phyllarthrum Thouarsianum 

 DG. Prodr. IX. (1843) 244 (errore Bignoniaceis adscriptum). — Folia interdum 2-juga, rhachi alata. 

 — H. Harms. 



