.E,sculus] XXXIX. SAPIXDACE.E IHo 



1. iESCULUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 075. 



Deciduous trees, with large scaly "buds and opposite digitate leaves, stipules 

 0. Fl. showy, zygomorphic, in an ample upright terminal panicle, polygamous, 

 the fertile flower generally near the base of the branches of the panicle, pedicels 

 articulate, bracts deciduous. Calyx campanulate, 54obedj the lobes more or 

 lebS unequal. Petals 5, often only 4, from the abortion of the 5th. Stamens 3-8, 

 free, inserted inside of a lobed disk. Ovary 3-celled, 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Fr. a large leathery capsule, loculicidally 2-3 valved, seeds 1-3, large, testa 

 coriaceous, shining. Cotyledons thick, fleshy, incumbent on the short conical 

 radicle, albimien 0. Species 14. Asia and North America. 



1. A. indica, Coiebr. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 19. — Syn. Fnria Indfca, Wall. ; 

 Jacquemont Voy. Bot. t. 35, The Indian Horse Chestnut, Vern. Torjaga^ 

 Trans Indus; KaJcra, Kashm. ; Bankhor^ Khancn% Pb. : Pu^ Kun.; 

 Pangar^ KandaVj Jauns. 



A large deciduous tree, trunk shorty attaining a large girth, wood white, 

 soft, close-giained, med. rays very fine, very numerous. Outer scales of buds 

 coriaceous, resinous, shining, inner membranous, slightly puberulous, oblong, 

 2 in. long, the leaves immediately above them with a broad membranous petiole. 

 Leaflets 5-9, sharply serrate, blade 6-9, petiolules .]>-l in. long. Panicle 12-15 

 in. long, bearing numerous short-pedunculate scorpioid cymes. Calyx \ in. long, 

 irregularly lobed, often splitting so as to appear 2-lipped. Petals 4, white, red 

 and yellow^, 2 narrower than the rest. Stamens 7 or 8, filaments longer than 

 petals. Disk unilateral. Capsule brown when ripe, rough, not echinate, irregu- 

 larly ovoid. Seeds 1-2 in. diam. 



Traufe Indus in Kafiristan, 7-8,000 ft. Noith-West Himalaya, 4,000-9,000 ft. Indus 

 to Nepalj-chiefly in moist and shady valleys. PL April, May. Oiobelj' allied ifc>^2. A. 

 punduana, TVall. {Cherhnugri^ Dbigrl^ Nep.) Sikkim (Hooker) AV(^&tern DuarSj KliaNl 

 hills, Upper Burma, Tenasserim, Siain, Tonkin. L. thinly coriaceous, leaflets nearly 

 sessile, up to 15 in. long, ohtnsely serrulate. Panicle of scorpioid cymeb on long 

 peduncles, branches of panicle (peduncle and cvme) tip to J: in. long. Calyx \ in., 

 4 small and 1 broad obcordate segment. Seeds> 1 in. diam. 



Pometia pinnata, Porst. ; King in Jonrn. Ah, Soc. Beiig. vol. 65,441.— Syn. P. tomentosa, 

 Kurz ]?. Fl. i. 295 5 F. exlmia, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 157. Andamans, very connnoii. 

 Cejdon, Malay Peninsula. A middle-sized tree. L. paripinnate, leaiieK d-O pair, 

 serrate, the upper 4-12 in. long, the lowest pair small, round, resembling stipules, 

 deciduous. Fl. minute, polygamous, in long cylindrical paniculate racemes. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, pubescent, teeth 4-5, triangular, petals 4 or 5, small, %\itliont scales. 

 Disk complete, glabrous. Stamens 5 or 6, anthers small, filaments hairy, long exserted. 

 One, rarely two, oblong drupes, |-1J in. long. 



2. ALLOPHYLUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. G7B. 



Shrubs or small trees. L, simple or trifoliolate, stipules 0. FL ^ minute, 

 polygamous, slightly zygomorphic, in spiciform racemes. Sepals 4, in pairs, 

 the outer smaller. Petals 4, with a large hairy scale at the base. Disk one- 

 sided, consisting of 4 rounded glands. Stamens 8, inserted inside the disk. 

 Ovary 2-lobed, 2-celled, 1 ovule in each cell. Fr. indehiscent, of 2 distinct 

 carpels. Cotyledons plicate, no endosperm. Species 80-90, in the tropics of all 

 countries. 



1. A. Cobbe, Blume; Kurz F. Fl. i. 299 (including A. berratun^ DO. and 

 A. aporeticu^, Kz.).— Byn. Schnudeii'a Cohbe^ DC. : Wight Ic. t. 904 i2) ; H. 

 vilJosa, Wight Ic. t. 401; ^S^. Eheedil, Wight Ic. t. 9(J4; Ornifrojjhe .sermta, 

 Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 61. Vern. Tipani, Mar. ; Guagufl^ Tel. 



A tall, much branched scrambling shrub, or small tree, young shoots densely 

 tomentose. L. trifoliolate, petiole 3-4 in., leaflets more or less serrate, softly 

 pubescent on both sides, paler beneath. Fl short, white or pale-yellow, on 



