Sapindus.] XXVII. SAPINDACE^. 107 



(Fl. Sylv. p. 73) correctly states that the petals are sometimes furnished 

 with 2 hairy glandular appendages. Disc concave, with a raised fleshy, 

 hirsute edge. Stamens 8 inside the disc ; filaments pilose ; anthers 

 oblong, apiculate. Ovary 3-lobed, covered with dense rusty tomentum. 

 Drupes fleshy, 2 or 3, slightly united, each the size of a cherry. 



2. S. emarginatus, Yahl j Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 279 ; W. & A. Prodr. Ill 3 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 154 ; Wight 111. t. 51. 



Leaflets ovate obovate or oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 2-3 pair, the 

 terminal longest, 3-5 in. long, glabrous above, soft tomentose beneath ; 

 main lateral nerves 6-10, with a few shorter intermediate ones. Petals 

 oblong or obovate, edge with long white hairs, with two thick tufts of 

 white hair on either side at the top of the claw, attached to scales more 

 or less coherent with the claw. On further examination, the petals and 

 their scales will possibly be found the same in these two species, and 

 then the only difference that will remain is in the shape of the leaf, which 

 in this case would probably not be sufficient to keep them separate, and 

 for all practical purposes, they may now be regarded as one species, which 

 should be called S. laurif alius, Yahl. 



The tree (S. laurifolius and emarginatus) is indigenous in South India. It 

 is cultivated in Bengal and the North- West Provinces. Fl. from Oct. to Dec, 

 and ripens its fruit from Feb. to April. 



3. S. detergens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 280. Syn. S.acuminatus,Wall. Vern. 

 Dodan, dodani, ritha, Pb., N.W.P., Bandelkhand; Kanmar, JST.W.P. 



Leaflets 8-14, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, generally alternate, the 

 terminal leaflet smaller, coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, with numer- 

 ous parallel lateral nerves close together, and shorter intermediate ones. 

 Inflorescence consisting of numerous small, generally 3-flowered cymes, 

 arranged in a terminal compound pyramidal thyrsus ; ramifications pubes- 

 cent or soft-tomentose ; bracts small, linear. Numerous bisexual flowers 

 mixed with male flowers. Calyx and petals purple, outside glabrous, 

 with ciliate edges. Petals 5 ; lamina ovate, with 2 scales on either side 

 at the top of the claw, covered with long white woolly hairs. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments covered with white woolly hairs ; anthers ovate, not apicu- 

 late. Disc glabrous, flat, pentagonous, with 5 elevated radiating lines. 

 Ovary 3-cornered, glabrous. Drupes fleshy, generally solitary, the size of 

 a cherry. 



Cultivated throughout North- West India, as far as the Chenab, but scarce near 

 its north-western limit, ascending to 4000 ft. in the Himalaya. Also culti- 

 vated in Bengal. Royle speaks of it as wild in the valleys of the NW. Hima- 

 laya, but its original home requires further inquiries. Fl. May, June, the fruit 

 ripening from July onwards. 



A handsome tree, 50-60 ft. high, with a straight trunk, attaining 8 ft. girth, 

 numerous ascending branches, forming a close oval crown. Bark of trunk light 

 or dark brown, with darker longitudinal furrows. The leaves are clustered 

 near the ends of branches, and in autumn get partly yellow, which gives the 

 tree a peculiar appearance. Wood whitish, with a red or yellow tinge con- 



