184 XXXVIII. ACEBACE.E [Acer 



outside. L. broader than long, 5-7-lobed, base truncate or subeordate, lobes 

 long-acuminate, separated by rounded sinus, margin entire, basal nerves 5-7, 

 petiole longer than blade. Fl. appearing before or with the leaves, in sessile 

 or shortly pedunculate corymbs, pedicels filiform, male and bisexual flowers on 

 the same branch. Carpels 1| in. long, wings red, divaricate, almost in a line. 



North- West Himalaya, Indus to Sarda, 4-9,000 ft., common in mixed forests above 

 7,000 ft. Bhutan (Griffith). Fl. April, May. L. turn yellow and red in autumn before 

 they are shed. Pax (Engl. Jalirb. vii. 236) limits A. pictum to the tree of Japan and 

 Mandshuria ; the Himalayan and West Asiatic tree he refers to A. Lobelii, Ten. (A. 

 latum, C. A. Meyer). 15. A. Campbellii, Hook. fil. et Thorns. Sikkim, very common, 

 7-10,000 ft. A tall tree, wood even grained, works well, foliage bright light-green. 

 E. deeply 5-7-lobed, serrulate, lobes caudate-acuminate, basal nerves conspicuously 

 penninerved, petioles red. Fl. in elongate narrow panicles, carpels divaricate, 1 in. long, 

 wings broad and rounded at apex. 



Order XXXIX. SAPINDACEjE. Gen. PI. i. 388 (partly) 

 Hippocastaneacece, Pax, and Sapindacece, Radlkofer in Engl. 

 u. Prantl iii. 5. 273, 277. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing, rarely herbs. L. alternate, simple or pinnate, 

 with the exception of JEsculus. _ Fl. regular or zygomorphic, generally poly- 

 gamous. Sepals 5, imbricate in bud, or calyx small, cup-shaped (campamdate or 

 tubular in JEsculus). Petals usually 4, generall}' with scales or tufts of hairs. 

 Stamens inserted between disk and ovary, filaments as a rule hairy. Disk 

 frequently unilateral, in Dodoncea inconspicuous. Ovary usually of 3 carpels, 

 3-celled, often 3-lobed. Albumen 0, embryo as a rule curved. 



A. L. opposite, digitate 1. JEsculus. 



B. L. alternate, pinnate, trifoliolate or unifoliolate, leaflets serrate. 



L. pinnate, the basal pair small, stipuliforni . . . Pometia (p. 185). 

 B. tri- or uni-foliolate ....... 2. Allophylus. 



C. L. alternate, pinnate or unifoliolate, leaflets entire. 



I. Fr. a dehiscent winged capsule. 



L. pinnate 3. Guioa. 



L. simple 4. Dodos^a. 



II. Fr. a dehiscent capsule, not winged. 



L. simple, capsule inflated, membranous . . . Stocksia (p. 187). 

 B. pinnate, capsule inflated, 2-lobed . . . .5. Hakpullia. 



L. pinnate, capsule muricate, 3-valved . . . Paeanephelium(p.187). 

 L. pinnate, capsule coriaceous, not muricate. 



Fl. 4-merous, sepals lanceolate, longer than petals Eepidopetalum (p. 187). 

 Calyx minute, cup-shaped 



Reticulate veins conspicuous, capsule pyriform 6. Mischocabpus. 



Reticulate veins obscure, capsule 2-3 lobed . Aeyteka (p. 188). 



III. Fr. indehiscent, entire, winged .... Zollixgeria (p. 188). 



IV. Fr. indehiscent, entire, not winged. 



Common petiole broad^ winged . . . .7. Filicium. 

 Common petiole not winged. 



Petals 4-5, filaments hairy . . . . .8. Lepisaxthes. 



Petals none 9. Schleicheea. 



V. Fr. indehiscent, lobed, sepals broadly imbricate. 



Fr. muricate. Fl. tetramerous Xerospermum (p. 190). 



Fr. not muricate, ripe carpels quite distinct . . 10. Sapisdus. 

 Fr. not muricate, ripe carpels united at base. 

 Fl. regular, disk complete. 

 Petals not ungniculate, pericarp succulent . 11. Aphasia. 

 Petals unguiculate, pericarp crustaceous . . Thraulococcus (p. 192). 



Fl. zygomorphic, disk unilateral .... 12. Erioglossum. 



VI. Fr. indehiscent, lobed, generally echinate or 



tubercled, calyx cup-shaped, segments valvate . 13. Nephelium. 



