682 XLiv. SAPiNDACE^. (W. P. Hiem.) [Glenniea^ 



12. GI.EirNXEA, Hook. f. 



A large glabrous much branched leafy tree. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, 

 1-2-jugate ; leaflets opposite, entire or wavy-repand, coriaceous. Flowers 

 in spiqate racemes forming a terminal panicle, regular, polygamous. Gdyx 

 S-lobed, valvate. Pdxils minute, broader than long, shortly clawed, concave, 

 hairy. Stamens 8 ; filaments short, subulate ; anthers short._ Disk com- 

 plete, wide, fleshy, glabrous, and lobed. Ovary 3-sided, ovoid, contracted 

 at the base, puberulent, 3-celled, narrowed into a very short style ; stigma 

 shortly 3-lobed. Ovides solitary. Fruit depresso-globose, indehiscent, 

 fleshy, obscurely lobed. Seeds subglobose, exalbuminous, exariUate. 



1. G. [zeylanlca, Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. i. 404 {ex 



Thwaites Enum. 408) ; leaflets elliptic or oblong shining both ends obtuse, 

 inflorescence shortly pubescent. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 153. 



Cejtloh, ascending to 3-4000 ft. 



Leaves Ar-1 in. ; leaflets 1 J-5 \>-j f-2 J in. ; petiolnles tumid, J-J in. GoUyx \ in. diam. ; 

 lobes ovate, subacute. Fruit %-l\ in. diam. — Dr. Thwaites I.e. gi.ves two Tarielies: — 



Vak. 1, leaflets 2. Sapindus unijuga, Thwaites, I.e. 56. 



Vak. 2, leaflets 2-4. Nephelium fuscatum, Thwaites, i.e. 58 ; Euphoria fiiBcata, 

 BeiUh. & Hooh.f. Gen. PI. i. 406. S. Gleniei, Thwaites, I.e. 408. 



13. SAPXITSUS, Flum. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or subverticillate (and then simple), 

 exstipulate, usually paripinnate; leaflets coriaceous, commonly entire. 

 Inflorescence terminal or axillary. Flowers polygamous, regular. Sepals 4r-5 

 widely imbricated in 2 rows. Petals 4-5, wdth or without scales. Bisk com- 

 plete, annular, fleshy. Stamens usually 8-10, inserted within the disk; fila- 

 ments usually pilose ; anthers versatile. Ovary entire or 2-4^1obed, 2-4-celled. 

 Style terminal ; stigma 2-4-lobed. Ovules solitary. Fruit fleshy or coria- 

 ceous, 1-2-coccous; cocci oblong or globose, indehiscent. Seeds with a 

 crustaceous or membranous testa ; cotyledons thick j radicle short. — Dis- 

 TRDB. A rather large genus inhabiting the tropical regions of the whole 

 world. 



* Ovary hairy. 



1. S. trifollatus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 367; leaves (normally) abruptly 

 pinnate leaflets 6^ elliptic or oblong acuminate or emarginate glabrous or 

 especially beneath pubescent with short curved or stellate hairs base 

 obtuse, inflorescence terminal panicled pubescent, scale of the petals mem- 

 branous pilose-ciliate, ovary 3-lobed ferruginous-tomentose. S. laurifoUa, 

 Vahl Symh. iii. 54; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 34; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 278; 

 W. & A. Prodr. Ill ; Grah Cat. Bomh. PI. 29 ; Bedd. Fl. Syh. Anal. Gen. 

 Ixxiii. ; Brand. For. Fl. 106; Watt. Cat. 8038 {not of BaJh. Hb.). S. acutus, 

 Uoocb. exW.&A. I.e. ; Ic. t. 1965 ; not of Wall. Gat. 8096. S. emarginata, 

 Vahl l.c. ; Boxb. I.e. 279 ; W.& A. I.e. ; Grah. Cat. Bmnb. PI. 29 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 154 ; Brand, l.c. lo7 ; Wight III. t. 61 ; Watt. Cat. 8039 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 35. S. abstergens, Eoxb. Ic. t. 1235.— Eheede Hwt. Mai. iv. 

 43, t. 19. 



Common about villages in South India ; cultivated in Bengal, where it is a doubtful 

 native. 



A handsome tree. Leaves 5-12 in. ; leaflets lJ-8 by 1-4 in. ; petiolules short. 

 Flowers J-J-, in. long, white, hairy. Sepals 5, elliptic, obtuse. Petida 4-5, narrower 



