ISfejylielhim] XXXIX. SAPIXDACEiE 193 



anthers glabrous. Ovary 2~34obed, liairy. Carpel usually one, ovoid or 

 globose, nearl}^ smooth, yellowish-red, | in. diam. Seed entirely enclosed by 

 the succulent sweet edible arillus. 



"West side of the Peninsula, in evergreen forebt, from the Konkan boutli wards, 

 Ivliahi hills, Burma. Cultivated in Northern India. Fl. H. S. Ceylon, Malay Penin- 

 sula, South China. A variety %\itli leaves tonientose beneath and jDanieles 15 in. long, 

 has been sent by Sniales from Upper Burma, under the name K/joho^ usually the name 

 of WaJstira pisckJia. N. hypoleiicum, Kurz, Eastern slopes of the Pegu Yoma and 

 Martaban hills, with ovoid carpels, probably is only a variet3^ 2. N". stipulaceum, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 155. {Otonephelhim stqmicfceum, Eacllk.) Moist forests in Malabar and 

 on the Anamalais. A middle-sized tiee. Leaflets 3-4 pair, the lowest pair small, 

 obliquely curved or reniform, close to the base of petiole, resembling stipules. Calyx 

 segments 4-6, large, valvate, petals 0, fruit carpels ovoid, densely covered with weak 

 prickles, | in. long, seed half covered with the succulent arillus. 8. N. lappaceum, 

 Linn. ] Pierre FL For. Cochinch. t. 319. Indigenous in the Malay Peninsula and 

 Arehijjelago. Cultivated for its fruit (Bamhoi(f(fu), Fl. ^ in. diam. Sepals 4-6, sub- 

 valvate, petals 0, fruiting carpels ellipsoid, densely coveied with long recurved soft 

 puberulous bioad-hased bristles, 1 in. long "\\ ithout the bristles, orange to dark-purple 

 when ripe, aril completely enveloping the seed, pale, edible. 4. N". LitcM, Camb. ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 43 {LlteJil rhincn^i^, Sonn. ; K/jftrnaitk, Burm.). Indigenous in China 

 (Liehi), Cultivated in tropical and suhtropical countries on account of its delicious 

 fruit, entirely glabrous. Leaflets 2-6 pair, gloss}-, pale beneath, leticulate veins in- 

 distinct. Fl. minute. Calyx cup-&ha]jed, mdistinctty toothed, petals 0, fruiting 

 carpels red, sharply tuberculate, 1 in. diam., seed completely" covered ^\ith the whit<^ 

 succulent arillus. 



The above species are classed under 4 Genera by IRadlkofer. 



1. LitcM. Calyx nearly truncate. 



2. Neplieliiim. Calyx segments valvate, radicle superior. 

 8. Euplioria. Calyx segments imhiicate, ladicle inferior. 



4. Otoneplielium. Calyx segments imbricate, arillus covering half the t.eed. 



Obdek XL. SABIACE^. QeB. PI. i. 413. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. L. alternate, stipules 0. FL small, 

 sepals 4-5, petals as many as sepals. Stamens hypogynous, opposite to petals, 

 anther-cells distinct, usually adnate to a large connective. Ovary 2~3-celled, 

 styles distinct or connate, ovules 1 or 2 in each. cell. Fr. drupaceous. Seed 

 without albumen or with very thin albumen. 



Climbing shrubs, petals ec^ual, all stamens fertile . . 1. Sabia 

 Erect shrubs or trees, petals unequal, 2 stamens fertile, 3 



sterile 2. Mkliosma. 



1. SABIA, Oolebrooke; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 1. 



Climbing or sarmentose shrubs, wood normal as far as known, medullary ray^s 

 broad. L. simple, quite entire, the bud-scales frequently persistent at the 

 base of branchlets. Fl. bisexual, sepals 4-5, equal, petals opposite to sepals, 

 imbricate. Stamens all fertile, inserted on the annular 5-lobed disk, filaments 

 thick. Ovary of two more or less distinct carpels, 2 ovules in each. Fruiting 

 carpels 1 or 2, endocarp hard, rugose, exocarp dry or fleshy. Embryo curved. 

 Species 17, Indo-Malayan region to China and Japan. 



A. Peduncles axillary, 1- or few-fld. 



1. S. campanulata, Wall. Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim 5-10,000 ft. Manipur. 

 L. membranous, oblong-lanceolate, pale beneath, blade 2^ in., glabrous, narrowed 

 into petiole ^-l in. long, which is often minutely hairy. Peduncles 1-fld., 1-2 in. long ; 

 fl.. green, brown, or pale purplish-yellow ; petals J-f in., obtuse, parallel- veined ; fila- 

 ments shorter than petals. Fruiting carpels usually 2, . flat, i-ugose, blue, |: in. diam. 

 2. S. leptandra, Hook. f. & Th. Sikkim 4-7,000 ft. Peduncles 1-fld., petals | in. Sta- 

 mens mucli exceeding petals. 8, S. purpurea, Hook. f. & Th. Khasi and Naga hills. 

 Peduncles 1-fld. *, fl. ijurple, petals J in., 5-nerved. Fruiting carpels usually 2. 



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