192 XXXIX. SAPIXDACEiE [Apliania 



coast lotit al^o inland, Tliaungveen vallpy, evergreen forest. TL Febr.-April. 

 2. A. bifoliolata, 'Rd.Ol^L. {Sapindu^ hifoHafu^, Hieim ; NepJielliim hifoUolatmii, Beclrl. Ic. 

 t. 289). Kolay malai Mils, Tricliinopoli district, Ceylon, dry region. A middle-sized 

 tree. Leaflets 2 at the end of a common petiole. Fl. 5-merons, petals sliglitly 

 exceeding sepals, witli a sliort ciliate scale at base, large masses of wliite blossom. 

 8. A. montana, Blnme. Andamans and Nicobars. A slirub, leaflets 1-2 pair. 3?1. 

 tetramerons, in axillary panicles, petals fimbriate all ronnd, with, a sliort fimbriate 

 scale at base. 



4. A. rubra, Radlk. — Sjn. Saj^indus attemiatus, Wall.: NepJiellum 

 riihrumj G. Don ; Wigbt Ic. t. 24, 25. 



A slirnb or small tree. L. sometimes imifoliolate, usually paripinnate, 

 leaflets cliartaceoiis, usually 4-5 pair, mostly opposite, glabrous, 4-18 in. long. 

 El. dark red, 4~5-merous5 nearly glabrous, in large terminal or axillary 

 panicles, petals about as long as sepals. Fr. red, l-lobed, ellipsoid, 1 in. long. 



Sikkim, Terai and outer bills to 3,000 ft. Assam, Silliot, Cacliar. Fl. Febr., Maroli. 



Tliraulococcus erectus, Badlk. {Sapiiulu^ erectu^, Hiern ; NexoheUum eredum, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. Manual 74), A large erect shrnb, common on the western Gliats from tlio 

 Wanickl soutliwards Leaflets cliartaceous, pale, 3-5 pair, glabrous. Fl. pentamerous, 

 in terminal panicles, petals distinctly clawed with a bifid or entire shaggy scale, 

 fruiting carpels glabrous, yellow, 1 in. long, arillus fleshy. 



12. ERIOGLOSSUM, Blume; M. Brit. Ind. i. 072. 



(Species 2, one in Xew Gruinea.) 



E. rubiginosum, Bl. ; Brandis ¥. Fl. 108. — Syn. E. edule, Blume : 

 Saplndus richiglnosa^ Roxb.. Cor. PI. t, 62. Vern. Aukchinsa^ Upper 

 Burma. 



A large slirub or middle-sized tree. BranchletSj young leaves and inflor- 

 escence clothed with dense rusty-golden tomentum. L. paripinnate, leaflets 

 opposite or alternate, 4~G pair, 3-7 in. long, often tomentose beneath. M. 

 greenish-white, in a pyramidal thyrsus composed of long racemes, bearing 

 numerous small 3-5-fid, cymes with linear densely silky bracts, which are 

 much longer than the buds. Sepals 5, petals 4, unilateral, longer than sepals, 

 each with a bifid woolly scale at the base. Disk one-sided. Stamens 8. 

 Carpels glabrous, purplish-black, | in. long, sweet, edible. 



Oudh forests. Sikkim Terai, Assam, Dacca. Chittagong hills. Koi'thern Circars, 

 Korth Kanax'a (indigenous ?), Andamans, Nicobars. Upper and Lower Burma. Fl. 

 Febr.-April. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Australia. 



13. NEPHELIUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 686. 



Trees or shrubs. L. paripinnate. FL regular, ^ and ? in large terminal 

 and axillary panicles. Calyx cup-shaped, almost truncate or deeply 4-8-cleft, 

 petals small, withou.t scales, often 0. Disk fleshy, complete. Stamens 5-10, 

 filaments usually pubescent. Ovary pubescent, usually verrucose, lobes 

 1-celled, 1-ovuled, style erect, 2-3-lobed. Fr. indehiscent, consisting of 1-3 

 globose or oblong carpels, generally echinate or tubei-cled. Seeds globose, 

 included in a pulpy aril, cotyledons thick, fleshy, usually obliquely superposed. 

 Species 30, Indo-Malayan regions and South China. 



1. N. Longana, Camb. — Syn. EicpJioria Longana^ Bedd.; FL Sylv. t. 

 156. Vern. Wumb^ Mar. ; Kanakindall, Kan. ; Kyetmaiik lower, Taiotliayet 

 upper Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, attaining 50 ft. Leaflets coriaceous, 2-5 pair, shining 

 above, glaucous and often slightly pubescent beneath, panicles ample, rusty 

 pubescent. FL monoecious, \ in. across. Calyx tomentose j segments 5-6, 

 narrowly imbricate, petals pubescent, spathulate, as long as calyx. Stamens 

 6-10, in $ long exserted, in ^ as long as calyx, filaments hairy near base, 



