684 xLiv. SAPiNDACEiE. (W. P. Hiern.) 



toi Wall. l.c), ; the other with more lanceolate acuminate leaflets (S. acuminata, Watt. 

 Cut. 8035; Eoyh 111. 139), 'sometimes, as stated by Dr. Eoyle, with the raohis of the 

 leaves very narrowly bordered. 



tt Anthers oblong. 



5. S. attenuatus, Wall. Oat:8QZT ; leaves pinnate or rarely unifoliolate 

 leaflets usually 8-10 ovate lanceolate elliptic or oblong acuminate glabrous , 

 base rounded or cuneate, inflorescence terminal and axillary puberulent or 

 nearly glabrous, petals 4-5 imbricated about equalling the sepals, scale 

 present or obsolete, ovary glabrous. Scytalia rubra, Boxh.Hort. Beng. 29; 



. M. hid. ii. 272. Nephelium rubrum, G. Don Gen. Syst. L e7l ; Wight Ic. tt. 

 24, 25. Euphoria verticillata, Wall. Cat. 8052 D, E, not A, B, 0. E, rubra, 

 Boyle El. 138. E. attenuata, Planch, mss. in Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. d: T. Sa^ 

 pindacea, Griff. Notid. iv. 551 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 599, f. 2; Itin. Notes 11% 

 n. 163. 



Assam, Silhet and the Mishmi Hills, WaUich, Griffith, &c. ; Sikkim Himalaya, 

 J.D.H.; Cachae Keenan; Bhotan, Griffith. 



A shrub or tree of moderate size. Leaves 4-3 ft. ; always attenuate at base when 

 unifoliolate; leaflets alternate or opposite, 2-18 by f-lf in. Flowers, ^^ in., nearly 

 glabrous, red; bud greenish. Stamens 6-8, not exserted ; anthers yellow, oblong j 

 filaments short or 0. Ovary bilobed. i?rra*^l-2-lobed, ellipsoidal, size of an oUve, 

 red or dark purple ; aril eaten. — There is a scandent state of this plant. 



6. S. Danura, Voigt Hart. Sub. Calc. 94 ; leaves simple alternate or at 

 the extremities subverticillate obovate elliptic or oblong narrowed - or 

 shortly acuminate at apex glabrous gradually narrowed towards a rounded 

 very shortly petioled base veins slender close not conspicuous, paniclea 

 terminal puberulent composed of rather remote diverging compound rami- 

 fications, petals 5 each with a very short woolly incurved scale at b^se, ovary 

 glabrous 2-3-lobed. Scytalia Danura, Roocb. Uort. Beng. 29 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 274. 

 Sc. verticillata, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 29 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 273. Euphoria verticil- 

 lata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. -1059 ; Wall. Gat. 8052 letters A, B, C, not D, E. 

 Dimocarpus verticillata, Hb. Roxb. ex Wall. I.e. A. Kephelium verticUlatum; 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 670. E. Danura, Wall. Cat. 8051. Didymococcus 

 Danura, Blume Rumph. iii. 103. D. verticiUatus, Blume I.e. 



North West India, Kohilcdnd, Assam, Silhet, Bibma, Chittasomo, and Tb^ 



HASSEEIM. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree 6-10 ft. high. Leaves 4-12 by 1-5J in. ; petioles 

 x^-\ in. Flowers J-f in., pale yellow tinged with pink. Stamens 6-8 ; anthers ohlnng 

 obtuse ; filaments short. t>ish glabrous. Fruit 3-1-ooccous, shortly stipitate, ellip- 

 soidal, ^-i in. long, pulpy when ripe, orange -coloured. 



7. S. bifoliolatu^, Hiern ; leaves bifoliolate leaflets opposite elliptic- 

 oblong glabrous closely and inconspicuously veined both ends obtuse, 

 panicles terminal and axillary puberulent equalling or exceeding the leaves, 

 petals 5 each with a small rounded ciliate scale at the base, ovary glabrous 

 bilobed. Mephelium bifoliolatum, Thwaites Enum. 57; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 289. 



Ceylon; lower Badulu road from Kandy. Madeas ; KolayMallay Hills, Beddome. 



A much-branched tree, 20-30 ft. high. Leaves 2^-74 in. ; leaflets 2-54 W f-'i '"'! 

 petiolules J-J in. .Flowers J in. Sepals rounded, glabrous, shortly ciliated, connate 

 at base. Petak rather exceeding the sepals, glabrous, ciliated, iisi fleshy, glabrous,, 

 Stamens usually 7, short ; anthers ovate-oblong. Young fruit bilobed. — An allied new 

 species from Siam, collected by Sir R. Schomburgk, diflers by shorter petioles and ]es9 

 branched iufloresc^uc^. 



