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S. trifoliatus, Linn. Sp. PI. eel. 1. 367 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. G82. S, laurifoUa, 

 Valil.; Djilz. & Giba. Born. FL 34 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 73 ; Bnindis For. Fl. 

 ]0G. 8. emarginata^ Jioxb.; Bcdd. Fl. Sylv. t. 154; Ualz. & Gibe. Bomb. 

 Fl. 35 ; Brandis 1. c. 107. Aratala, kantalhai mara, K. j liitUt ardal, 

 pitha, M. Soapnut Tree of Southern India. 



Common about villages in Southern India and Ceylon, cultivated in 

 Bencfal, where it is doubtfully indigenous. Throughout the presidency ; 

 usually planted about villages. Both the varieties are found in North 

 Kanara. Var. laurifaUa, is indigenous on the ghf'its, in evergreen forests. 

 Fl. Oot,-Dec. Fr. Feb.-Apl. 



A large tree. Wood hard, yellow, heavy. Pores moderate sized, joined 

 bv wavy bands of light tissue. Medullary rays very fine, indistinct. 

 Weighs about 56 lbs- to the cub. ft. Used for building purposes, carts, 

 &c. The fruit is largely used in Southern India as a substitute for 

 soap, and in native medicine as a tonic. 



6. WEPHELIUM, Linu. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate, alternate, exstipnlate, rarely 

 simple ; leaflets entire, glaucous beneath_, flowers regular, polygamous. 

 Calyx 4-ti-lobed, usually cup-shaped, subvalvate or slightly imbricating 

 in bud. Petals or 4-6, villous or with 2 scales, Stamens 5-10, iuseit- 

 ed within the fleshy, glabrous or pubescent disk, exserted ; filaments 

 filiform, glabrous or hairy. Ovary short, 2-3-lobGd, often verrucose, 

 lobes 1-celled, 1-ovuIed ; stigma subsessile, 3-4-lobed. Fruit 1-4- 

 lobed, i: .dehiscent, globose or oblong, echinate, tubercled or smooth. 

 Seeds globose, enclosed in a pulpy arillus. 



N. Longana, Camb. in Mem. Mns. Par. XVIII. 30 ; Fl. Br. T. 1. 6S9 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 35. Euphoria Loiigana, Lamk. Bedd. FL Sylv, 

 t. 156. Wuvib, M. ; Kanakindali, K. The Longan. 



Burmah, Pegu, Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon. 

 In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara ; common in tho 

 forests near the Ainshi ghat. Fl. Mch. Fr. R. S. A very large tree. 



Wood red, moderately hard. Pores small, numerous. Med. rays fine 

 and very fine, crossed by prominent wa^y, concentric bands, liable to split, 

 not much used in North Kanara. Fruit edible, very like a small litchi. 



N. Litchi^ Camb. Fl. Br. I. 1. 687. Litchi, Vern., is cultivated near 

 Bombay. 



This tree was introduced into India from South China. The fruit 

 ripens in May. 



7. HARPULLIA, Roxb. 



Trees,, leaves. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, imparipinnate, leaflets 

 alternate, ovate, glabrous. Flowers regular, dioecious, paniculate. 

 Sepals 4-5, equal, erect, imbricate. Pecals 4-5, obovate, clawed, 

 without glands or scales. Stamens 5-8, elongate. Ovary oblon^.^*, 

 2-lobcd, 2-cclled, ovules 2 in each coll, superposed; style elongated 



