Sapindus] XXXIX. SAPINDACEiE VJl 



oi 1-3 distinct incleliiscent carpels, pericarp contains saponiney A^iiicli makes 

 latlier with water. Seeds globose, testa black, os&eoiis, embryo curved, cells 

 filled with oil. Species 11, tropics of Asia and America. 



A. Leaflets 2-3 jjair, pubescent beneath. Ovary hairy. 



1. S. laurifolius, Yahl ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 306. — Syn. /S. tyifolkdua^ 

 Linn. M. Brit. Ind. i. 682. S. cmarglnafiis^ Vahl ; Wight 111. t. 51 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 154. The Soajmut, Vern. IHtlm^ Hind.; Aratala^ Anfaimla^ 

 Kan. ; Kunkifditj Tel. 



A large tree. Leaflets elliptic, generally obtuse and somewhat emarginate, 



at times acute, those of the terminal pair longest, 3-7 in., inflorescence ancl 



calyx rusty-pubescent, petals 4 or 5, oblong or lanceolate, without scales or 



with two tufts of white hair, disk concave, edge fleshy, hirsute, anthers 



oblong, apiculate. Ovary densely rusty-tomentose. Drupes 2 or 3, fleshy, 



slightly united. 



Oommon on the Aravalli killb, and hi tlie Western Peninsula, on tiie toast 

 (Siiliaiikotaj and inland, cultivated in Bengal and in North India. Fl, Oct.-Dec, 



B. Leaflets numerous, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. 



2. S. Mukorossi, Gaertn. — Syn. S. defergens^ Eoxb. Brandis F. M. 107. 

 Vern. Rltha^ 27iah\ North- West Himalaya. 



A handsome tiee, attaining 60 ft. Leaflets generally alternate, lanceolate, 

 4-6 in. long, the terminal pair smaller, sec. n. numerous, close together, with 

 shorter intermediate nerves. FL j'^y in, diam., mostly bisexual, in numerous 

 small generally 3-fld. cymes arranged in a terminal compound j^yramidal 

 thyrsus, ramifications pubescent. Sepals 5, petals mostly 4, purple^ nearly 

 glabrous outside, with cilia te edges, with tw^o scales at the top of claw, 

 bearded with long white w^oolly hairs. Stamens 8, long exserted, anthers 

 short, elliptic, not apiculate. Disk complete, glabrous. Drupes fleshy, f in. 

 long, solitary or in pairs. 



Noitli-West Himalaya from the Siitle,] eastward, 2-4,000 ft. Asbam, Sillxet. Culti- 

 vated m Nortli-Webt India and Bengal. PL May, June. China, cultivated in Japan. 

 The feaponaceoub pulp of the fruit is an aitlcle of trade. Similar in appearance 

 but diifeient m the structtiie of flower is 3. S. Earate, Blmne, "Rumpliia, vol. iii. t. 

 167 (Dittelasma Bmalc^ Hook, f.) in alluvial evergreen forefotb on theMu river, 700 ft., 

 Upper Buima (Slnpadi, Burm.), Malav Peninsula and Archipelago, attains 50 ft. PL 

 I 111. diam, Sepals (5) ab well as petals (4) densely bilky at back, petals with a densely 

 villous basal scale parallel to and nearly as long as blade. Bisk semicircular, glabrous, 

 bulcate. Stameiib 8, as long ab petals, anthers short, elhptic, not apiculate. Bipe 

 carpels usually solitary, |— 1 in. diam , with 2 small undeveloped carpels at the base. 



11. APHAKIA, Blume ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 65 { 1897), 425. 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate; paripinnate, sometimes ixnifoliolate, leaflets 

 entire, nearly opposite. M. 4~5-merons, racemose or paniculate. Sepals 

 large, petaloici, widely imbricate, petals 4-1), small. Disk complete, slightly 

 lobed. "Ft. fleshy, deeply divided into divergent lobes, united only at the base. 

 Species 12, one African, the others in the Indo-Malayan region. 



1, A. Danura, Radlk, — Syn. Sapindus Damtrcij Voigt; Kiirz P. PL i. 

 298. NimcJia^ Beng. 



Evergreen, a shrub or small tree. L. unifoliolate, often crovv'ded so as to 

 appear verticillate, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, entire, 6-12 in. long, 

 petiole thick, very short. PL nn.merous, white and pink, pentamerons, in 

 terminal pedunculate pubernlotis panicles. Sepals unequal, petals with a 

 hairy scale at their base, disk annular. Stamens G-8, Ovary 2-eelied, style 

 biiid. Ripe carpels fleshy, l^] in. long, generally 1 only. 



Assam, Khasi hills, Salhet, Baiisal, Chittagong, Andamans. Lower Burma , on tho 



