Nephelium. | SAPINDACER. 293 
ets more coriaceous, pale beneath or almost one-coloured ; 
prickles of fruit subulate, variously curved and incurved, 3-3 
i es : - WV. lappaceum. 
Leaflets very coriaceous, small, the net-veination quite obsolete, the 
nerves thin and faint; fruit-lobes ellipsoid-oblong, the size of 
& prune, covered with sharp compressed-tesselate tubercles . NW. Litchi. 
; ase. 
ts 
cent, the lateral nerves thin and slightly prominent; fruit- 
lobes oblong, shortly muricate, the murices about a line long, : 
Shar. =. E : : x : “ : : . WV. rubescens. 
Leaflets thin coriaceous, more or less glaucescent beneath; fruit- 
strongly tubercled as in NV: Litchi, but not tesselate .\ NV. hypoleucum, 
As former, but leaflets usually smaller; fruit-lobes globose, the 
ize of a cherry, obsoletely tubercled, minutely tawny velvety 
over 3 Sey Seer oe s Z 
Fruits with subulate, long, soft prickles. ‘5 . -  « WV. lappaceum. 
Has.—Rare in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the P Yomah, 
but frequent in those of Martaban, up to 2,000 ft. elevation; also cultivated.— 
Fl. Jan.; Fr. Apr.—s.—SS.=SiS. Metam., Lat. p. 
2. N. Litchi, W. A.; Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 687.—Kyet-mouk.—An 
evergreen tree (30—40 + 12—20 + 3—4), all parts glabrous ; leaves 
abruptly pinnate ; leaflets in 6 to 2 pairs, opposite, lanceo- 
; ed : 
leaves or longer one ; filaments and ovary 
; t; style with 2 stigmatic lobes ; fruit-lobes usually soli 
by abortion, rare ly , oval, the size of a pigeon’s egg, covered 
by the red muricate-areolate somewhat crustaceous epicarp, 1- 
seeded ; the seed large, completely covered with the sappy, whitish, 
edible, sweet arillus. 
