252 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Nephelium. 



long, glaucescent beneath ; calyx deeply lobed, browii-tomentose ; 



fruit with round tubercles or sometimes nearly smooth, red or purple, 



'5-*7 in. in diam 1 . Longana. 



Petals : 



Leaves 3-9 in, long with 2-8 pairs of lanceolate acuminate leaflets, 

 the lowest pair not stipuliform j calyx merely dentate, with golden 

 tomentum ; fruit with conical sharp tubercles, red, 1 in. in diam. or 



more Litchi. 



Leaves 6-15 in. long with 4-6 pairs of elliptic obtuse leaflets, the 

 lowest pair small, very unequally reniform, stipule-like, the rest 

 large ; calyx deeply lobed, villous ; fruit densely covered with soft 

 weak prickles, '75 in. in diam 2. stipulaceum. 



1. NEPHELIUM LONGANA, Camb. ; F. B. I. i. 688; My. & A. 

 113. Euphoria Longana, Lamk. ; Bedd. Fl. t. 156. 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara and Mysore to Tinnevelly, 

 common in evergreen forests up to 5,000 ft. The Longaii 

 tree. 



A large handsome evergreen tree, the young leaves red and 

 conspicuous. Bark smooth, yellowish-grey ; wood red, 

 moderately hard but little used. The aril of the seed is 

 edible. A common form has the leaflets narrow, linear- 

 lanceolate and the pericarp nearly smooth, but is not 

 distinct. Yern. Tarn. Puvatti, Katta puvan ; Mar. Wumb ; 

 Kan. Kaiiakindeli ; Mai. Pasakotta. 



2. NEPHELIUM STIPULACEUM, Bedd. ; F. B. I. i. 690 ; Bedd. 

 Ic. t. 103, Fl. 1. 155. 



W. Ghats, in the evergreen forests of Malabar, Travancore 

 and Anarnalais up to 3,000 ft. 



A moderate-sized handsome tree noticeable for the stipule- 

 like pair of lower leaflets. The wood is reddish-brown and 

 hard. Yern. Mai. Paviri mulei. 



Nephelium Litchi, Camb., is the tree which gives the delicious 

 fruit Lichi, the transparent aril being the edible part. The tree 

 comes from China and is sometimes planted in gardens. 



11. Harpullia, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, paripinnate, exstipulate ; leaflets 

 opposite and alternate, entire. Flowers regular, dioecious or 

 polygamous, in axillary or subterminal racemes or panicles. 

 Sepals 4-5, erect, equal, imbricate. Petals 4-5, usually clawed, 



