Leea.] SAPINDACEZ. 341 
875. LEEA MACRoPHYLLA Hornem.; F. I. i. 653; F. B, I. i. 664 
pa E. D. L. 282. 
Chota Nagpur; Behar; Bengal generally. 
A herb, 1-3 feet high ; the lower leaf often 2 feet across, 
the upper ones ‘5-1 foot. Hind. and Beng, Dhol-samudra; 
Santal. Hatta: 
Order XLI. eueaiisioa 
‘fs 
4 
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ue 
Trees or shrubs, rarely und bs or herbs n 
or twining, Sisal adaity witht tendrils. Leaves Weis or less 
often opposite, pinnate with leaflets alternate or opposite, 3- folio- 
late, palmate, or simple, entire or serrate, sometimes lobed ; stipules 
very rare, Flowers regular or irregular, usually igo REN 
r 
valyate. Petals usually 5, or 4 the fifth sometimes absent, 
occasionally 0, flat or rarely cupular, often bearded or wi with a basal 
seale. Stamens 5-10; filaments often pubescent, always free, in 
serted between ovary and disk, on the disk, or at base of disk 
externally, occasionally declinate ; anthers 2-celled, basifixed or 
versatile ; dehiscence longitudinal usually lateral. Carpels unite 
through ou or below only, in a median or excentric, lobed or entire 
1-4. locular ov ary ; ae, Pee or Dried usually terminal, stigma 
. 
capsular, or indehiscent and berry-like or dry, sometimes samaroid 
Seeds a] e or compressed, with or without arillus; albumen 
tarely present ; embryo usually thick, occasionally pee or plicate. 
*Leaves alternate, stipules 0; seeds witheut albumen :—{p. 342] 
tOvules solitary in each cell of the ovary; stamens Psat inside the 
disk :— 342 
Leaves 3. nate ; seeds with a small arillus 
Tendril-bearing slender cant with 2-ternate - and a 
2 membranous inflated 3-celled capsule -------+++-- rmum. 
4 Shrubs without tendrils ; ti es oe 3- ‘nae . fruit of 
1-2 globose indehiscent cocci ....----.+eeesrereerrrtnee ophylu 
(in Aphania Danura only) simple ; fruit 
tSeeds without an achiie :—_[p. 342] 
§Coeci of fruit at first united, at length spontaneously separating 
342] Bapindye. 
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