NEPHEL1UM STIPULACEUM. (Nat. order Sapindaceffi.) 



Nephelium, Linn. — For Gen. Char, see Manual. 



NePHELIUM STIPULACEUM (Bedd.) A middling sized tree, leaves glabrous abruptly pinnate, 6-14 inches long, 

 leaflets 2-3 pair, the lowest pair opposite, quite at the base of the common petiole, very small obliquely curved and stipuliform, the 

 others alternate opposite or subopposite oblong obtusely or rather sharply pointed slightly attenuated and oblique at the base, glabrous 

 on both sides, pale or glaucous beneath and there furnished with small round pit-like glands in the axils of the primary veins, 3-6 

 inches long by 2-3 broad, panicles axillary and terminal slightly pilose, a little shorter than the leaves, flowers polygamo-dieacious 

 apetalous, calyx 5-6 partite in a single series, lobes distinct or nearly distinct subvalvate, stamens 5-9, only slightly exserted, ovary 2-3 

 lobed 2-3 celled, style 2-3 parted, lobes recurved, fruit oval (only 1 carpel coming to maturity) the size of a large gooseberry densely 

 covered with weak prickles, seed oblong half covered with the succulent aril, testa brown, cotyledons very large fleshy. Bedd. in Linn. 

 Trans, vol. xxv. and looms VI. Ind. Orient. Part VI. tab cm. page 21. 



A handsome tree, rather rare in the moist forests in Malabar and on the Anamallays ; the wood is strong and serviceable. 



Analysis. 



I. A small portion of the leaf, underneath view to show the glandular pits in the axis of the primary veins, 

 2, 3, 4. & 5. Magnified views of the apetalous flower, showing 5, 6, and 9 stamens and 2 lobed ovaries. 



6. A flower with a 3-lobed ovary. 



7. Ovary cut vertically. 



8. The same cut horizontally. 



9. The fruit, natural size. 



10. Magnified view of the muricated rind of the fruit. 



II. Fruit opened. 



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