^l^hilium.] xLiv. SAPiNDACE^. (W. P. Hiern.) 689 



obtuse at both ends glabrous above subglaucesoent glabrous or nearly so 

 marked with lateral veins beneath wavy entire, base oblique, panicles ter- 

 minal and axillary, calyx deeply 5- rarely 6-lobed somewhat imbricated in 

 bud, petals spajthulate about equalling the calyx, disk tomentose, stamens 

 6-10 included in the female shortly exserted in the male flowers, ovary 

 2-3-lobed, fruit tubercled. £ot. Mag. t. 4096 ; W. & A. Prod/r 113 • 

 0rah. Bomb. Fl. 29 ; Blume Rumph. iii. 108 ; JDalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 35 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 58. N. Mora, Oardn. ex Thwaites I.e. N. bengalense, 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 570. Scytalia bengalensis, Roxb. ex G. Don Lc. Sc. 

 Longan, Rod). HoH. Beng. 29; Fl. Ind. ii. 270. Dimocarpus Longan, 

 Low. Fl. Gochinch. 233; Trans. Hort. Soc. ii. t. 28. Euphoria Longana, 

 Lamk Dtct. lii- 574; Bot Reg. t. 1729; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 156; Wall. Cat. 

 8049. Sapindus benghalensis, Roxh. ex W. <& A. I.e. Dimocarpus undulatus, 

 Wight exW.dsA. I.e. E. undulata, Hb. Heyne ex Wall. I.e. S. monogyna, 

 Eh. Heyne. I.e. D. pupilla, Momt Gat. 31. JST. pupillum, Wight III. i. 141. 

 Euphoria pupillum, Slewd. Norn. ed. 2, ii. 192 (under N. pupillum). K hypo- 

 leucum, Kurz in Journ. As, Soc. Beng. 1871, ii. 50.— Cupania (sp.), Wall. 

 Cat. &(m, letter Knot B. 



Easteen Bemoal. Pesu. Westekk Peninsula, from the Conoan sontliwards. 

 Cezlon. Often cultivated. — Distbib. Cultivated in the tropica. 



A tree of 30-40 ft. Leaves 4-18 in. ; leaflets 2-12 by ^-24 in. ; petiolules ^Vi '™- 

 Inflorescence ^uberulent ; flowers yellowish-white, J-i in. wide. Calyx shortly tomen- 

 tose on both sides. Petah 5 rarely 6, pubescent. Mlamenta pubescent ; anthers gla- 

 brous, shorter. Fruit reddish or purple, globose, J-f in. diam. ; tubereles rugose or 

 at length smooth. Aril wholesome. 



9. N. malalense, Grif. Notul. iv. 649 ; leaflets 6-8 subopposite or 

 alternate elliptic or ovate-oblong shortly acuminate above dark green gla- 

 brous beneath ferruginous-pubescent subglaucous marked with transverse 

 somewhat arched lateral veins base rounded, inflorescence terminal panicled 

 glandular pubescent, calyx deeply 5- lobed somewhat imbricated, petals entire 

 obovate shaggy inside, stamens short, fruit tubercled or almost obsoletely 

 so globose. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Young parts glandular-pubescent. Leaves J-IJ ft.; leaflets 2^-94 by 1-3| in.; 

 petiolules very short, ;^-J: in. Inflorescence about 1 ft. ; bracts lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 flowers fascicled, \ in. diam. Calyx-lobes obtuse, about equalling th^ petals. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments pabescent ; anthers glabjous, shorter than the filaments, scarcely exserted. 

 Ovary lobed, hairy, equaUing the style ; stigma capitate, 2-3-lobed. Fruit |-| in. 

 diam. ; aril fleshy. 



,^ 10. N. eriopetalum, Mia. Fl-. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 508; leaflets 6-8 

 '^'opposite or alternate elliptic-oblong or oblong "apex rounded emarginate or 

 apiculate base rounded or obtuse entire beneath ferruginous subtomentose 

 with well-defined lateral veins above shining, branches of the panicles 

 spike-like, calyx deeply 5-lobed subvalvate, petals spathulate hairy, fila- 

 ments pubescent, fruit echinate-muricate. 



Malacca, Maingay. — Distbib. Sumatra. 



Young parts and inflorescence ferruginous-tomentoee. Leaves I-I4 ft. ; leaflets 44-10 

 by l'i-34 in. ; petiolules i-\ in. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, shorter than the 

 leaves ; flowers jVrJ wide. Calyx lohes ovate-elliptic, obtuse, tomentose outside, gla- 

 brous inside. Petote small, often some deficient. IHsh haii-y. Btamens b-%, shortly 

 exSerted ; anther shortly oblong, not quite glabrous. Ovary 2-lobed, hairy. Cocci of 

 the fruit compresso-subgloboSe, 1-1 J in. diam., bright red ; setse subulate-obtuse, J in. 



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