Emigyrosa.] XLiv. sapindace^. (W. P. Hiern.) 671 



exserted. Ovari/ excentric, turbinate-trigonous, 3celled ; stigma trigonous, 

 blunt; ovule solitary. Fruit indehiscent, thickly coriaceous fleshy or 

 woody, trigonous or globose, hairy, 3-celled; cells tairy inside. Seeds 

 oblong, exalbuminous, exarillate, testa coriaceous; cotyledons fleshy, 

 equal! — Disteib. A few species, confined to the tropics of the old world. 



The venation of the leaflets is similar to that of the leaves of Diospyros Emhryopteris, 

 Pers. 



1. K. defidens, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 231 ; leaflets 8-14 opposite sub- 

 opposite or alternate oblong glabrous shining, racemes solitary crowded or 

 panicled axillary or scattered along the boughs shortly tomentose, petals 

 4-5 crenulate or subentire, scales entire half the length of the petals, bracts 

 ovate small, flowers fascicled. Sapindus? deficiens, W.<Se A. Prodr. i. 111. 

 Anomosanthes deficiens, Blume Rumph. iii. 151 ; Benth. & Hook, f. Gen. 

 PI. i. 402 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixxii. 



Westeen Penhjsdla, Gourtallam, Cochin, Travancor, Tinnevelley Ghats, and Anna- 

 mallaj hills, a,lt. 2-5000 ft. 



A middle-sized or small tree. . Bark slightly tinged with red. Leaves 1-2 feet 

 long; leaflets 5-9 by lJ-2 4 in'. Inflorescence i-ii in. J^Votoers J-i in. /Siomens 8-10, 

 rarely only 6 in male flowers ; 8 in female flowers, according to Beddoine. Fruit 

 unknown. — No specimens from Ceylon, as stated by Wight lU. i. 141. 



2. B. canescens, Thwaites Enum. 56, 408 ; leaflets 2-8, mostly oppo- 

 site eUiptic-oblong ovate or lanceolate glabrous shining, racemes simple or 

 panicled axillary or scattered over the branches shortly tomentose, brac- 

 teoles mostly subulate, flowers fascicled, petals with short cut scales at 

 base. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 151. H. trichocarpa, Thwaites I.e. ; Bedd. Anal. 

 6en. Ixxi. Molinaea canescens, Roxb. Cor. PI. i. 43, t. 60; Fl. Ind. ii. 243. 

 Sapindus tetraphylla, YaU Symh. iii. 54 ; Wall. Cat. 8040. S. bijugus, Wall. 

 Cat. 8045. Oupania canescens, Pers. Syn. PI. i. 413 ; Grah. Gat. Bomb. PI. 

 29; W. & A. Prod/r.i. 113; Dak. & GHhs. Bomh. Fl. 35. Cupania (sp.) 

 Wall. Gat. 9034. Cupania (sp.) 6, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 



Tesasseeim and Birma, Wallich, Heifer; Westeku Peninbula, from the Conoan 

 southwards ; common on the east side of the Madras Presidency. Ceylon, n^ar Kanally. 



A. shrub or good sized tree,- with a trunk of considerable size but not straight. Bark 

 cinereous. Leaves 5-22 in. ; leaflets usually obtuse or emarginate, occasionally acute, 

 2J-10 by |-5 in. ; petiolules rugose, ^-^ in. long, slightly fuscous. Inflorescence shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers white, f-J m. Fruit subglobose or 3-sided, tomentose, J-l 

 in. thick, ochre-coloured. — The pulpy meeooarp resembles an aril. 



3. H. longrifolia, Eiem.; leaflets 6 opposite or subopposite oblong 

 shortly acuminate acute glabrous shining base obtuse, racemes short 

 solitary crowded or branched axillary or supra-axillary, flowers tomentose, 

 scale of petals short shaggy flat entire or bifid. 



Malacca, Oriffiih, Maingay. 



Young parts inflorescence and fruit velvety. Leaves 2-2i ft. ; rachis velvety or 

 obsoletely so; leaflets 12-15 by 2J-3| in.; petiolules f-| in. obsoletely velvety. In- 

 florescence 2-3 in. ; flowers i in. ; braoteoles subulate, |-J in. Petals 6, obovate, 

 oblong. Fruit 1 in. long and broad, trigonous, with 3 broad shallow furrows, setose; 

 setse Sezuose, tomentose. 



3. DXTTEXiASnXA, Hook. f. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, pinnate, exstipulate, leaflets subopposite or 

 alternate, , quite entire. Panicles terminal, bracteate. Flowers pale. 



