192 XXXIX. SAPINDACEJE [Aphania 



coast but also inland, Thaungyeen valley, evergreen forest. Fl. Febr.-April. 



2. A. bifoliolata, Radlk. (Sapindus bifoliatus, Hiern ; Nephelium bifoliolatum, Bedd. Ic. 

 t. 289). Kolay malai hills, Triehinopoli district, Ceylon, dry region. A middle-sized 

 tree. Leaflets 2 at the end of a common petiole. Fl. 5-merous, petals slightly 

 exceeding sepals, with a short ciliate scale at base, large masses of white blossom. 



3. A. montana, Blume. Andamans and Nicobars. A shrub, leaflets 1-2 pair. Fl. 

 tetramerous, in axillary panicles, petals fimbriate all round, with a short fimbriate 

 scale at base. 



4. A. rubra, Eadlk. — Svn. Sapindus attenuatus, Wall.: Nephelium 

 rubrum, G. Don; Wight Ic. t. 24, 25. _ 



A shrub or small tree. L. sometimes unifoliolate, usually paripinnate, 

 leaflets chartaceous, usually 4-5 pair, mostly opposite, glabrous, 4-18 in. long. 

 Fl. dark red, 4-5-merous, nearly glabrous, in large terminal or axillary 

 panicles, petals' about as long as sepals. Fr. red, 1-lobed, ellipsoid, 1 in. long. 



Sikkim, Terai and outer hills to 3,000 ft. Assam, Silhet, Cachar. Fl. Febr., March. 



Thrauloeoccus erectus, Radlk. [Sapindm erectus, Hiern; Nephelium erectum, Bedd. 

 Fl. Svlv. Manual 71). A large erect shrub, common on the western Ghats from the 

 AVainad southwards. Leaflets chartaceous, pale, 3-5 pair, glabrous. Fl. pentamerous, 

 in terminal panicles, petals distinctly clawed with a bifid or entire shaggy scale, 

 fruiting carpels glabrous, yellow, 1 in. long, arillus fleshy. 



12. ERIOGLOSSUM, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. (372. 

 (Species 2, one in New Guinea.) 



E. rubiginosum, Bl. ; Brandis F. Fl. 108. — Syn. E. edule, Blume; 

 Sapindus rubiginosa, Roxb., Cor. PL t. 62. Vern. Aukchinsa, Upper 

 Burma. 



A large shrub or middle-sized tree. Branchlets, young leaves and inflor- 

 escence clothed with dense rusty-golden tomentum. L. paripinnate, leaflets 

 opposite or alternate, 4-8 pair, 3-7 in. long, often tomentose beneath. Fl. 

 greenish-white, in a pyramidal thyrsus composed of long racemes, bearing 

 numerous small 3-5-fld. cymes with linear densely silky bracts, which are 

 much longer than the buds. Sepals 5, petals 4, unilateral, longer than sepals, 

 each with a bifid woolly scale at the base. Disk one-sided. Stamens 8. 

 Carpels glabrous, purplish-black, i in. long, sweet, edible. 



Oudh forests. Sikkim Terai, Assam, Dacca. Chittagong hills. Northern Circars, 

 North Kanara (indigenous ?), Andamans, Nieobars. Upper and Lower Burma. Fl. 

 Febr -April. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Australia. 



1.3. NEPHELIUM, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 686. 



Trees or shrubs. L. paripinnate. Fl. regular, <y and $ in large terminal 

 and axillary panicles. Calyx cup-shaped, almost truncate or deeply 4-8-cleft, 

 petals small, without scales, often 0. Disk fleshy, complete. Stamens 5-10, 

 filaments usually pubescent. Ovary pubescent, usually verrucose, lobes 

 1-celled, 1-ovuled, style erect, 2-3-lobed. Fr. indehiscent, .consisting of 1-3 

 globose or oblong carpels, generally echinate or tubercled. Seeds globose, 

 included in a pulpy aril, cotyledons thick, fleshy, usually obliquely superposed. 

 Species 30, Indo-Malayan regions and South China. 



1. N. Longana, Camb. — Syn. Euphoria Longana, Bedd.; Fl. Sylv. t. 

 156. Vern. Wumb, Mar. ; Kanakindali, Kan. ; Kyetmauk lower, Tawthayet 

 upper Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, attaining 50 ft. Leaflets coriaceous, 2-5 pair, shining 

 above, glaucous and often slightly pubescent beneath, panicles ample, rusty 

 pubescent. Fl. monoecious, ^ in. across. Calyx tomentose, segments 5-6, 

 narrowly imbricate, petals pubescent, spathulate, as long as calyx. Stamens 

 6-10, in (J long exserted, in { as long as calyx, filaments hairy near base, 



