1506 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



lateral 0,5 in. long, terminal one 1 in. long. Panicles 4 in. long; branches 1,5 in. long 

 or less. Flowers 0,1 in. long sessile or pedicels very short. Stamens shorter than petals. 

 Fruit red, pulpy bilobed 0,5 in. wide.<< 



In Peninsula Malayana; »Penang Hill at 2200 ft. altitude (Gurtis).<< 



Napeodendron Ridiey. 



Napeodendron Ridiey in Journ. As. Soc. Str. Br. LXXXII. (1920) 179, Fl. Malay 

 Penins. I. (1922) 504. 



»Tree glabrous. Leaves alternate pinnate; leaflets coriaceous 2 pairs. Panicle 

 large erect. Flowers small. Sepals 4 ovate. Petals longer 4. Stamens 8; filaments 

 Short thick hairy; anthers ovoid oblong shortly apiculate. Ovary sunk in disc 2-celled, 

 2-ovuled; style short stout. Stigma large discoid. Fruit unknown.<< 



N. altissimum Ridl. 1. c. — »A big tree. Leaves alternate glabrous; petioles 2,5 in. 

 long; leaflets 4 alternate or sub-opposite coriaceous glaucescent beneath, elliptic acute, 

 base blunt; nerves elevate beneath 12 pairs, 3,5— 5 in. long, 1,75 — 2,5 in. wide; pe- 

 tiolules 0,2 in. long. Panicles axillary terminal Sin. long, basal half nude; branches 

 1,5 in. long. Flowers on short cymes at the branchends 0,1 in. long, shortly pedicelled. 

 Sepals 4 ovate puberulous. Petals 4 longer oblong puberulous. Stamens 8 outside the 

 disc; filaments broad oblong hairy; anthers ovoid terminal apiculate. Disc deep an- 

 nular, edge thick. Style short thick; ovary partly free from disc 2-celled; ovules 1 in 

 each. Stigma large discoid. Fruit not seen.<< 



In Peninsula Malayana: >>In dense forest in the hill ranges, Selangor, Ulu 

 Gombak (Ridiey). << 



PoCUlodiSCUS Danguy et Ghoux. 



Poculodiscus Danguy et Ghoux in Bull. Mus. bist. nat. Paris XXXIII. (1927) 

 103-105. 



»Flores reguläres (hermaphroditi?). Galyx carnosus, breviter 5-partitus, lobis in- 

 aequalibus, late rotundatis, extus rufo-pubescens. Petala 5, carnosula, breviter ungui- 

 culata, apice bilobata, lobo posteriore rotundato, lobo anteriore cum duobus cornibus 

 lateralibus in medio intra curvato, pilosa, calycem valde superantia. Discus poculi- 

 formis, carnosus, altus, pentagonus angulis episepalis. Stamina 8 longe exserta, intra 

 disci cupulam circa pistillum inserta. Germen integer, 3-loculare, Stylus brevis 3 lineis 

 stigmatosis; gemmulae in loculis solitariae pendentes. Fructus junior lignosus. FoHa 

 alterna paripinnata. Racemi plures in fasciculis e cortice truncorum enascentes, cymulas 

 ferentes.<< 



Poculodiscus Louvelii nov. spec. — »Foholis oppositis vel suboppositis, 2-jugis, 

 ovatis-ellipticis, apice obtusis, basi in petiolulos breves (5 mm) vel nullos inaequahter 

 contractis, 10 — 16,4 cm longis, 4,7 — 7 cm latis, marginibus integerrimis, subtus repandis, 

 coriaceis, glaberrimis, paUide viridibus, nervis secundariis obhquis subtus manifeste 

 prominentibus, venis dense reticulatis; petiolo rachique 11 — 13,5 cm longis. Racemis 

 brevibus, 3 — 4 cm longis. Galyce 8 mm diam. Petalis 5,5 — 7 mm longis, 5 — 6 mm latis, 

 pubescentibus. Disco 2,5 — 3 mm alto, basi 4 — 4,5 mm lato, supra 5,5 — 6 mm lato. 

 Staminum filamentis 9 mm, parce pilosis, antheris 2 mm longis, extus pubescentibus. 

 Germine sessili, 3 — 3,5 mm alto, rufo-pubescente.<< 



In Madagascar: Louvel n. 249; >>for§t de Gampina, forgts cötieres et forets 

 montagneuses de l'Est. Nom indigene: Lanary ä grandes feuilles.<< 



>>Le p6tiole, qui est nettement aplati sur sa face superieure, et le rachis, qui est 

 un peu carenö sur cette meme face, sont fortement lignifies. Dans chaque feuille, las 

 folioles de la paire sup6rieure sont nettement plus developpees que Celles de la paire 

 inf6rieure, et, de plus, presque sessiles, alors que les autres sont p6tiolulees. De plus, 

 tout au moins dans la paire superieure, la nervure mediane, et par suite toute la foliole, 

 est nettement arquee. La nervation est camptodrome. Les fleurs males et les fleurs 



