100 



XXXIX. RAPINDACEiE 



[Schleichera 



Stamens 6-8, longer tlian calyx, filaments more or less hairy, disk flat undu- 

 late. Ovary 3-4-eelled, style rigid, stigma sometimes capitate, 3-4-cleft, one 

 erect ovule in each cell, Fr. 1 in. long, usually echinate, seeds 1 or 2, testa 

 brown, enclosed in a succulent arillus of pleasantly acid taste, cotyledons fu.ll 



of oil. 



SnbliimaLayan tract, from tlie Sutle] eastward, abcendmg to 3,000 ft., Central 

 Provinces, Western Peninsula. Burma, on tlie Shan plateau to 5,000 ft. (CoUett). Nob 

 o-iegarious, singly or a few together, mixed with, the other trees of the deciduous 

 forest. The old leaves are shed January, February, the young foliage comes out 

 towards the end of March or early m April, Avhile the other trees of the dry forest are 

 btill leafless, the you.ng shoots deep red. Fl. ^\ith the young leaves. Malay Arclii- 

 pelago. 



Xerospernimn muncatum, Badlk. (X noronhlanum, Kurz ; F. Fl. i. 295, not of Bl.) 

 Tenasserim. A small evergreen tree. Leaflets 1 or 2 pair, reticulate veins conspicuous. 

 Fl small, in slender axillary often fasciculate raceme^, sepals 4, imbricate, the outer 

 buialler, petals 4, scales 0. Ovary 2-celled, style 1, short, fruiting carpels densely 

 muricate. 



FiCr. 86.— Sapindus laurifolius, Vahh J. 



10. SAPINDUS, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. L G82., excluding ApJmaia, but 



including Dlttelasma, I.e. 671. 



Trees. L. alternate, paripinnate. occasionally unifoliolate, stipules 0. Fl. 



c? and c? . Sepals 5, unequal, petals 4 or 5, nearly equal, disk fleshy, circular 



or one-sided. Stamens usually 8, filaments hairy, anthers 'versatile. Ovary 



34olDed, 1 ovule in each cell, style 1. Fr. coriaceous or fleshy, consisting 



