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32, SAPINDACE^. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, Barraa, Eastern and Western Peninsulas and 

 the Andamans, common throughout the Konkan and N. KAnara in moist 

 forests and along the banks of rivers and nalas. El. April-Aag. Fr. 

 C. S. An exceedingly variable species, no less than 30 synonyms being 

 quoted in the Fl. Br. T. by Hicrn, v^ho divides the specif s into 8 varieties. 

 The commonest, the W. Peninsular form, ho calls var, Ekeedii, which differs 

 principally from the others by its branched inflorescence. 



Scandent, Trunk 6-8 in. in diameter, irregular, fluted. Bark thin, 

 scaly ; inner bark thin, reddish, fibrous. Green cells developed. Wood 

 grey, soft. Pores moderate sized, numerous. Med. rays fine, short, 

 crossed by white, parallel, wavy, equidistant, concentric lines. Weighs 

 about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Ripe fruit said to be edible. Roots used in 

 native medicine for rheumatic pains. 



4. SCHLEICHERA, Willd. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, extipulate, pinnate. Flowers regular, 

 fascicled, polygamous. Calyx 4-8 cleft. Petals 0. Stamens 6-8, on 

 centre of the complete, glabrous, wavy disk. Ovary ovoid, 3-4-collcd, 

 narrowed into a rigid style ; stigma 3- 4-cleft, Fruit dry, indehiscent, 

 1-3-celled, spinous or smooth. Seeds arillate; embryo conduplicate ; 

 cotyledons unequal and closely coherent. 



S. trijuga, Willd. Sp. PI. IV. 1096; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 35; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 119 ; Brandis For. Fl. 105. Kusumb^ koon, kohan^ M. ; 

 Sag add f K. 



From the N. W. Himalaya to 0. & S. India and Ceylon, cultivated in 

 gardens in Sind, common throughout the Bombay Presidency in both 

 dry and moist forests. A large tree with a deeply fuiTowed trunk, 60-70 

 ft. high by 2 ft. in diameter. Bark '5 in. thick, greyish, with exfoliat- 

 ing scales. Wood red, heavy, close-grained, hard. Pores scanty, small, 

 m short radial lines or groups. Medullary rays very fine and numerous. 

 Weighs 60-70 lbs. to the cub. ft. Much in demand for sugarcane mills ; 

 also for agricultural implements, carts, &c. The flowers and young 

 foliage, which appear together early in March, are purple at first but soon 

 change to a light green. Oil is extracted from the seeds which ripen 

 during the hot season or at the beginnings of the rains. The bark contains 

 about 9 per cent, of tannin. 



5. SAPINDUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulato, usually paripinnate. 

 Inflorescence terminal or axillary. Flowers regular, polygamous. Calyx 

 of 5, somewhat unequal sepals, connate at the base, imbricate in bud; 

 deciduous. Petals 4-5, nearly equal, alternate with the sepals, claw 

 thickened and with or without scales on the inside. Disk complete, 

 annular, fleshy, glabrous and lobed. Stamens 8-10, inserted within the 

 disk. Ovary entire or lobed, 2-4-celled ; style terminal ; stigma 2-4- 

 lobed ; ovules solitary. Fruit 1-3-lobed, sometimes rusty — tomentosc. 

 Seeds with a crustaceous or membranous testa ; cotyledons thick, radicle- 

 short. 



