674 XLiv. SAPiNDACEiE. (W. P. Hiem.) [Allophylns. 



Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 322 ; Rood). M. Ind. ii 268. Usubis triphylla, Burm. Fl. 

 Ind. 89, t. 32, f. 1. O. Schmiedelia, Pers. Syn. L 412. Schmidelia Kobbe, 

 Lamk. lU. ii. 443, t. 312, f. 2. S. Cobbe, DC. Prodr. L 610 : W. dc A. 

 Prodr. 109 ; Grak Cat. Bcmh. PI. 29 ; Wight III. i. 141 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 9642 ; 2'hwaites Enum. 55. Toxicodendrum Cobbe, Gaertn. Frttct. i. 207, t. 

 44, f. 5. O. serrata, Roxh. Cor. PI. i. t. 61 ; • Fl. Ind. ii. 266. S. serrata, 

 DC. I.C.: Wight III. i. 141; W. & A. Prodr. 110; Berdh. Fl. Austral, i. 

 455 ; W'aU. Cat. 8061 (O. malabarica, Hb. Mad/r.). S. racemosa, lAnn. 

 Mant. 67 ; Wall. Cat. 8059. O. Aporetica, Roxb. HoH. Beng. 28 ; Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 264. Aporetica teraata, J. R.&G. Ford. Charact. Gen. PI. 132, 

 t. 66. O. villosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 28 ; Fl. Ind. I.e. 265. S. villosa, Wight 

 Ic. t. 401 ; Thwaites I.e.; Wall. Cat. 8060. S. Eheedii, Wight Ic. t. 964 ; Spic. 

 Neilgh. Bot. 33. O. glabra, Roxb. EoH. Beng. 28; Fl. Ind. l.c, 267, 

 ARophyllus lanatus, Rosob. Hort. Beng. 88 ; Fl. Ind. iL 263. S. distachya, 

 DC. l.c. 610. S. Aporetica, Wall. Cat. 8058 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1870, ii. 74. S. glabra, Wall.Cat. 8057; Steud. Mom. ed. 2, ii 531. 

 Pometia ternata, G. Forst. Fl. Ins. Atistr. Prodr. 74 (1786). 1 S. dentata. 

 Wall, ex Voigt Hort. Sub. Cole. 93. Schmidelia (AllopliyUus ornitro- 

 phioides. Herb. Roxb.) ; Wall. Cat. 8055. S. adenophyUa, Wall. Cat. 8063. 

 S. vestita, Wail. Cat. 8066. S. timorensis, DC. Prodr. L 611. S. orientalis, 

 Sw. Fl. Ind. Dec' iL 666. S. ternata, Gamhess. in Mim. Mus. Par. xviiL 24. 

 O. asiatica, Hort. ex Steud. Norn. ed. 2, ii. 230. — Rheede Hort. Mai. v. t. 25. 



Assam, Silhet, Biema, and southwards through the Easteeh Peninsdla. Western 

 Peniksula, from the Concan southwards. Ceylon. — Distkie. N. Australia, Indian 

 Archipelago, &c. 



A small tree, or on the low lands and near the coast a shruh, sometimes of consi- 

 derable size with a climbing habit. Bark grey or purple, spotted. Leaves very vari- 

 able in size, shape, margin, and surface. Leaflets 1-10 by ^-i in.; terminal petinliiles 

 ranging up to 1 in., lateral ones very short. Inflorescence 3-9 in. ; flowers yellowish or 

 ■white, clustered, small ; pedicels short. Fruit red, shining, globose, i in. — The root is 

 said to be astringent ; the ripe fruits are eaten by the natives. According to WigM <& 

 Arnott in their Pro&romus, AllopliyUus tematua, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 232 (= S. oo- 

 chinchinensis, DC. l.c. 611), and (iemella trifolia, Lour. l.c. 649 (= S. Gemella, Camb. 

 l.c.) appear to belong to this plant. 



An exceedingly variable species, widely spread in India and the Archipelago, and 

 perhaps extending to Africa and America. The following is a rough key to the prin- 

 cipal forms, which are, however, connected by various intermediate links ; — 

 Bacemes simple, solitary. Petals somewhat declinate. 

 Leaflets oval or ovate. 



Glabresoent or somewhat hairy. 



Leaflets creuate-dentate. Bracts short racemosus. 



Leaflets serrate-denticulate. Bracts subulate serratus. 



Shoots and leaves ■^ery hairy villosvs. 



Leaflets oval-oblong or lanceolate-acuminate. 



Leaflets subentire or serrulate. Bracts short glaher. 



Leaflets acutely serrate. Bracts long, linear Aporetica. 



Eacemes simple, 2 together. Petals not declinate, but the place of the 



fifth petal vacant - distachys. 



Eacemes branched, solitary Rheedii, ■ 



EXCLUDED species Or ALLOPHYLijs (Schmidelia). 

 Allophtlub pinnatus, Boxi. Ic. t. 1407, is Qtophora fruticosa, Mume. 

 Schmidelia (sp.), Wall. Cat. 8056, is probably Walsura villosa, Wall. 

 S. (Oenitkophe) PffiTiDissiMA, Wall. Cat. 8064. Cfr. Gynocardia. 

 S. MTEGEEEiMA, WaU. Cat. 8065, is Erodia Eoxburghiana, Benth. 



