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outside. L. broader than longj 5~7-lobed, base truncate or siibcordate, lobes 

 long-acuminate, separated by rounded sinus, naargin entire, basal nerves 5-7, 

 petiole longer than blade. M. appearing before or witb the leaves, in sessile 

 or shortly pedunculate corymbs, pedicels lliform, male and bisexual flowers on 

 the same branch. Carpels 1^ in. long, wings red, divaricate, almost in a line. 



North-West Himalaya, Indus to Sarda, 4-9,000 ft., common in mixed forests above 

 7,000 ft. Bhutan (Griiiitli). Fl. April, Ma3^ L. turn yellow and red in antnnin "before 

 they are shed. Pax (Engl. Jalirb. vii. 236) limits A. picfnm to tlie tiee of Japan and 

 Mandslin.ria ; tlie Himalayan and West Asiatic tree lie lefers to A. Lohelii, Ten. (J.. 

 IcBtum, C. A. Meyei). 15. A. Campbellii, Hook, fil. et Tlioms. Sikkim, very common, 

 7-10,000 ft. A "tall tiee, \^ood even grained, woiks well, foliage bright liglit-greem 

 L. deeply 5~7-lobed, berrnlate, lobes caudate-acuminate, basal nerves conspicuously 

 penninexved, petioles red. Fl. in elongate narrow panicles, carpels divaricate, 1 in. long, 

 wings^broacl and rounded at apex. 



Order _ XXXIX. SAPINDACE^. _ Gen. PI. i. 388 (partly) 

 Hippocastaneac(xe,FBjX,2inA. Sfipindacece^ Radlkofer in Engl. 

 01. Prantl iii. 5. 273, 277. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing, rarely herbs. L. alternate, simple or pinnate, 

 with the exception of Jtlbcidua, M. res;nlar or zygomorphic, generally poly- 

 gamous. Sepals 5, imbricate in bud, or calyx small, cn.p-shaped (^campannlate or 

 tubular in uEscuhcs). Petals usually 4, generally with scales or tufts of hairs. 

 Stamens inserted between disk and ovary, filaments as a rule hairy. Disk 

 frequently imilateral, in Dodomea inconspicuous. Ovary usually of 3 carpels, 

 3-ceUed, often 3-lobed. Albumen 0, embryo as a rule curved. 



A. L. opposite, digitate 1. iSscunus. 



B. L. alternate, pinnate, trifoliolate or nnifol iolate, leaflets serrate. 



L, pinnate, tlie basal pair hinall, stipuliform . . Pometia (p. 185). 

 L. tri- or mii-foliolate 2. Allophylus. 



0. 3J. alternate, pinnate or nnifoliolate, leaflets entire. 

 I. Fr. a deliiseent winged capsule. 



If. pinnate 3. 



L. bimple . 4. 



IT. Fr. a dehiscent cai)snle, not winged. 

 L. simple, eapsnle inflated, membranous . 

 L. pinnate, capbule inflated, 24obed . . . .5. 

 L. pinnate, capsule mnrioate, 3-valved 

 Jj. pinnate, capsule coriaceous, not mnricate. 

 Fl, 4-ineroxis, sepals lanceolate, longer than petals 

 Calyx minute, cup-shaped 

 Beticulate veins conspicuous, capsule pyriform 6. 

 Beticulate veins obscure, capsule 2-3 lobed 



III. Fr. indehiscent, entire, winged 



lY. Fr. indehiscent, entire, not winged. 

 Common petiole broadly winged 

 Common petiole not winged. 



Petals 4-5, filaments hairy .... 



Petals none 



Y. Fr. indehiscent, lobed, sepals broadly imbricate. 

 Fr. mnricate. Fl. tetramerous .... 

 Fr. not mn.ricate, ripe carpels quite distinct . . 10. 

 Fr. not muiicate, ripe carpels united at base. 

 FL regular, disk complete. 

 Petals not unguiculate, pericarp succulent . 11. 

 Petals unguiculate, pericarp orustaceon.s . 

 Fl. zygomorphic, disk unilateral , . . .12. 



YI. Fr, indehiscent, lobed, generally echinate or 

 tubercled, calyx cup-shaped, segments valvate 



GUIOA. 

 DODON^EA. 



Stocksia (p. 187). 

 Harpullia. 

 Parankphelium (p.l87). 



Lbpidopetalum (p. 187). 



MiSCHOCARPUS. 



Abytera (p. 188). 



ZOLLINGEKIA (p. 188), 



7. FiLIOIUM. 



8. Lepisanthes. 



9. schleicheea. 



Xerospermum (p. 190). 

 Sapindus. 



THEAunococ cus (p. 192). 

 ERioanossuM. 



13. Nepheliuk, 



