694 XLiv. SAPiNDACEiE. (W. P. Hiern.) , [^cer. 



l-li in. long ; wings venose, slightly diverging, widened above, back usually curved; 

 cells not angular. — Wood used for building. 



** Leaves with 5 basal nerves. 



4. A. sikkimense, Miq. in Archives Neerlandaises, ii. 471 ; leayes un- 

 divided minutely serrate ovate cuspidate subcoriaceous glabrous penni- 

 nerved both sides green base cordate 5-nerved, racemes spicate contem- 

 porary with the leaves glabrate. 



Easterk .Temperate Himalaya, from Sikkim, alt. 7-9000 it., and Bhotan, to the 

 Mislimi hills, Gnffith. , . -r, n- 



A large tall tree. Leaves 3-6 by l|-3§ in. ; petioles f-1 J m. Baeemes ecjuaUmg 

 or shorter than the leaves ; pedicels very short alternate and opposite. Sepals lanceo- 

 late. Peirfs short. /SSomms glabrous, short. i^Vwii glabrous ; carpels l-j lO. long ; 

 wings venose, diverging, widened above, back straight or slightly curved; cells not 

 angular. 



5. A. Kookerl, Miq. in Archives Neerlandaises, ii. 471 ; leaves un- 

 divided finely duplicato-serrate ovate caudate-acuminate submembranous 

 sabglabrate both sides green base 5-nerved cordate, racemes simple nearly 

 equalling and contemporary with the leaves puberulent. 



Easteeh Temperate Himalaya; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. H. Bhotan, 

 Griffith. 



A tree of 40-50 ft. Leaves 2^-6 by 1 |-3i in. ; petioles 1-2 m. Macemes .2-44 m. ; 

 pedicels J-| in. Flowers J in., glabrous. Sepals elliptic or ovate. Petals obovate, 

 about equalling the sepals. Stamens 8, scarcely exserted. fruit glabrous ; carpels 

 §-| in. long ; wings venose, diverging, widened above, back slightly curved ; cells not 

 angular. 



6. A. stac&yophylluiu, Hiern; leaves undivided serrate ovate 

 caudate-acuminate submembranous penninerved upper surface subglabrous 

 lower surface hoary-velvety base rounded or slightly hollowed 5-nerved, 

 racemes simple or branched about equalliDg the leaves. 



Eastern Temperate Himalata ; Sikkim, in the Lachoong valley, alt. 9-10,000 ft., 

 J. J). H. Bhotah, Griffith. 



A small tree. Leaves 2^-34 by 1^-2^ in.; petioles 1-3 in. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruit glabrous ; carpels 1 j-2 in. long ; wings venose, somewhat widened upwards and 

 diverging ; cells angular, cuneate at base, woody. 



Sect. II. Leaves 3-lobed. 



7. A. isolobum, Ktvrz in Joum. As. Soc. Seng. xli. 302, 1872; leaves 

 deeply 3-lobed glabrous shining acutely serrulate base subcordate 3-nerved 

 lobes lanceolate acuminate acute. 



Peso, Kwz. 



A large glabrous tree. Leaves 3-44 by 3-5 in. wide ; petioles 1-2 in. Flowers and 

 fruit unknown. 



8. A. pentapomlcum, J. L. Stewart ex Brand. For. Fl. Ill: leaves 

 3-lobed glabrescent except tufts of hairs in the axils of the 3-5 basal nerves 

 base truncate or cordate lobes ovate obtusely, serrate, peduncles fascicled. 



North Western Temperate Himalaya; in hot dry places from Kashmir to 

 Kumaon, alt. 2300-5300 ft. 



A tree ; girth of trunk rarely as much as b\ ft. ; twigs grey or reddish. Leaves 1^-4 

 by 24-6 in., pale on both sides; lobes about half the depth of the leaves; petioles 

 14-4 in., thinly tomentose when young, afterwards glabrate. Flowers unknown. P&- 



