Nephelium] XXXIX. SAPIXDACE.E 193 



anthers glabrous. Ovary 2-3-lobed, hairy. Carpel usually one, ovoid or 

 globose, nearly smooth, yellowish-red, J in. diam. Seed entirely enclosed by 

 the succulent sweet edible arillus. 



West side of tile Peninsula, in evergreen forest, from the Konkan southwards, 

 Khasi hills, Burma. Cultivated in Northern India. Fl. H. S. Ceylon, Malay Penin- 

 sula, South ( hina. A variety with leaves tomentose beneath and panicles 15 in. long, 

 has been sent by Smales from Upper Burma, under the name Ki/oho. usually the name 

 of Witlsura piscidia. X. hi/poleucum, Kurz, Eastern slopes of the Pegu Toma and 

 Mariabau hills, with ovoid carpels, probably is only a variety. 2. N. stipulaceum, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 155. (Otonephelium stipulaceum, Badlk.) Moist forests in Malabar and 

 on the Anamalais. A middle-sized tree. Leaflets 3-4 pair, the lowest pair small, 

 obliquely curved or reniform, close to the base of petiole, resembling stipules. Calyx 

 segments 4—6, large, valvate. petals 0, fruit carpels ovoid, densely covered with weak 

 prickles. $ in. long, seed half covered with the succulent arillus. 3. N. lappaceum, 

 Linn. : Pierre Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 319. Indigenous in the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. Cultivated, for its fruit (Kamboutari). Fl. ^ in. diam. Sepals 4-6, sub- 

 valvate. petals 0, fruiting carpels ellipsoid, densely covered with long recurved soft 

 puberulous broad-based bristles, 1 in. long without the bristles, orange to dark-purple 

 wle-n ripe, aril completely enveloping the seed, pale, edible. 4. N. Litchi, Camb. : 

 Wight Ic. t. 43 (Litchi chinensis, Sonn. ; Ki/et mrnik. Burin.). Indigenous in China 

 [l.'xhi). Cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries on account of its delicious 

 fruit, entirely glabrous. Leaflets 2-6 pair, glossy, pale beneath, reticulate veins in- 

 distinct. Fl. minute. Calyx cup-shaped, indistinctly toothed, petals 0, fruiting 

 carpels red, sharply tuberculate, 1 in. diam.. seed completely covered with the white 

 succulent arillus. 



The above species are classed under 1 Genera by Eadlkofer. 



1. litchi. Calyx nearly truncate. 



2. Nephelium. Calyx segments valvate, radicle superior. 



3. Euphoria Calyx segments imbricate, radicle inferior. 



I. Otonephelium. Calyx segments imbricate, arillus covering half the seed. 



Order XL. SABIACE^). Gen. PL i. 413. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. L. alternate, stipules 0. Fl. small, 

 sepals 4-5, petals as many as sepals. Stamens hypogynous, opposite to petals. 

 auther-cells distinct, usually adnate to a large connective. Ovary 2-3-celled. 

 styles distinct or connate, ovules 1 or 2 in each cell. Fr. drupaceous. Seed 

 without albumen or with very thin albumen. 



Climbing shrubs, petals equal, all stamens fertile . . 1. Sabju.. 

 Erect shrubs or trees, petals unequal, 2 stamens fertile, 3 



sterile 2. Mei k>sma. 



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1. SABIA, Colebrooke; Fl. Brit. Iud. ii. 1. 



Climbing or sarmentose shrubs, wood normal as far as known, medullary rays 

 broad. L. simple, quite entire, the bud-scales frequently persistenl at the 

 base of branchlets. Fl. bisexual, sepals 4-5, equal, petals i.pposito to sepals, 

 imbricate. Stamens all fertile, inserted on the annular 5-lobed disk, filaments 

 thick. Ovary of two more or less distinct carpels, 2 ovules in cadi. Fruiting 

 carpels 1 or 2, endoearp hard, rugose, o.vearp dry or Hesby. Embryo curved. 

 Species IT. furio- Malayan region to China and Japan. 



A. Peduncles axillary, 1- or few -ill. 



1. S. campanulata. Wall. Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim 5 10,001) ft. Manipur. 



I., membrai 9, oblong-lanceolate, pale beneath, blade 2-4 in., glabrous, narrowed 



i 1 1 1 • > pel Lole 1 '. in, long, \\ hich i- often minute]] hairy. Peduncles 1-fld., 1-2 in. long : 

 il. green, brown, or pale purplish-yellow; i»ials J-j in., obtuse, parallel-veined ; fila- 

 ments shorter than petals. Fruiting carpels usuaflv 2, Bat, rugose, blue,) in. diam. 

 2. 8. leptandra, Hook, f . & Th. Sikiim 4-7,000 ft, Pednncl I Id., petals J in. Sta- 

 mens much exceeding petals. 8. S. purpurea, lh-.k. f. \- Th. Khasi and Nags hills. 

 Peduncles L-fld. ; il. purple, petals J in., 5-nerved. Fruiting carpels usually 2. 



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