J XLiv. SAPiNDACEiE. (W. P. Hiem.) 679 



oblong or ovate-oblong slightly or scarcely acuminate glabrous thinly 

 coriaceous delicately reticulated lateral veins rarely conspicuous sometimes 

 with axillary glands, flowers pentamerous rarely tetramerous ?, calyx cleft, 

 petals small or wanting without scales, filaments exserted pubescent. 

 Mischocarpus sumatranus, Blume Rumph. iii. 168. Sapindacea, Wall. Gat. 

 9035, 8108. C. sp. 4, Herb. Ind. Or. R.f.&T. 



SiLHET, Gomez, S. f. & T. Tenasserim, at Moulmein, Griffith. — Distetb. Sumatra. 



A tree of 30-40 ft. or loftier, branched high up. Branches as well as the raohis of 

 the leaves reddish. Leaves 8-24 in. ; leaflets 3J-11 by lJ-3 in.; petiolules J-J in. 

 Inflorescence 6-12 in. ; flowers whitish ^ in. wide. Petals when present minute or not 

 exceeding the calyx, narrow, somewhat pubescent. Capsvh f-f in., pyriform, marked 

 with 3-4 ribs, constricted at base into a thick trigonous stipes, apiculate, glabrate, red 

 {Blume, I.e.). — A specimen from Pegu (Kurz) in Hb. Kew., consisting of a leaf 33 in. 

 with 10 leaflets 15-18 by about 3 in., has heen named Batonia sumatrana by Kurz 

 in Hb, Kew. 



11. C. Kelferi, .ffi«m / leaflets 4 alternate elliptic-oblong subacuminate 

 glabrous delicately reticulated base obtuse, flowers pentamerous on short 

 patent racemes arranged in racemose pubescent subterminal panicles, calyx 

 cleft subvalvate, petals 0, filaments pubescent, ovary pyriform stipitate 

 pubescent not lobed. 



Tenasseeim, or Andaman Islds., Heifer. 



Leaves about 1 ft. ; rachis terete ; leaflets 6-8 by 2^-2^ in. ; petiolules J-J in. 

 Panicles exceeding the leaves. Calyx I in. diam. ; lobes ovate. Stamens 8. 



EXCLUDED SFECIES. 



C. CANESCENS, Pers., is Hemigyrosa oanescens, Thwaites. 



C. (sp.) 6, Herb. Ind. Or. S.f. & T., is Hemigyrosa canesceus, Thwaite.1. 



C. (sp.), WaU. Cat. 8067 A, is Nephelinm Longaua, Camh. 



C. (sp.). Wall. Cat. 8067 B, is perhaps Aglaia edulis, A. Gr. 



C. (sp.), IfaH. Cat. 8069, is Chisooheton panioulatus, Siern. 



C. (sp.), WaU. Cat. 9034, is Hemigyrosa canesoens, Thwaites. 



9. XiSFISANTKES, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate, exstipulate, alternate; leaflets entire, 

 subopposite. Inflorescence axillary and lateral, spike-like. Flowers regular, 

 polygamo-dioecious. Sepals 5-4 widely imbricated in two rows. Petals 

 5-4, equal, furnished at the base with a short wide inflected entire scale. 

 Disk annular, regular. Stamens 8, erect, inserted within the disk. Ovary 

 sessUe, 3-sided, 3-celled ; ovules solitary ; style simple : stigma blunt. 

 Fruit drupaceous, 3-celled, 3-sided, not lobed. Seeds solitary, erect, ex- 

 albuminous ; cotyledons very thick, unequal— Disteib. Species few, all 

 except the following confined to the Indian Archipelago. 



1. X.. montana, Blume Bijdr. 238 ; Rumph. iii 151 ; leaflets 8-10 sub- 

 opposite elliptic- or ovate-oblong subacuminate base very shortly petioluled 

 subcordate, racemes subfascicled axillary lateral simple or branched. 



Biema; hills between Sitang and Beeling, 5ra»(?is.—DisTRiB Java. 



A tree with dark smooth bark. Leaves 14-2 ft., paripinnate ; leaflets 5-10 Y>ji-6m., 

 glabrous above, glabrate or pubescent beneath along the midnb. Inflorescence 2-10 m., 

 shortly pubescent. Calyx i in. ; petals rather longer, long-clawed. Jrmt hairy.— 

 A fruiting panicle from Pegu, about 18 in. long, without leaves in the Hb. Kew, named 

 by Kurz L. montana, Bl., has fruits nearly 1 in. long. 



