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32. SAPINDACE.E. 



[liar pallia » 



stigma lineal' twisted. Fruit a 2-lobed inflated, loculicidally 2-valved 

 capsule, valves 1-2-seeded. Seeds subglobose, arillate ; embryo thick, 

 cotyledons hemispheric. 



H. eupanoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. IT. 442; Fl. Br, I, 1. 692, IT. irnhn- 

 cata, Bedd, FL S>lv. t. 158, BidsaU, K. 



Eastern Bengal, Burma, the Andamans, Western Peninsula from the 

 Konkan, southwards Ceylon, 



In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, very common 

 in the forests near Groond, Fl. Dec.-Jany. Fr. Mch.-April, A moderate 

 sized tree. Bark smooth. Wood yellowish grey, smooth, compact, mode- 

 rately hard. Annual rin^s distinct. Pores small, equally distributed. 

 Medullary rays fine, white wavy and very fine. Weighs 46 lbs. to the 

 cub. ft. 



Beddome remarks that the stigma is much more twisted in the Ceylon 

 specimens than in those from the Western Peninsula, In the North 

 Kanara tree the stigma seems to be usually entire and not at all twisted, 

 Tbe orange coloured, iuflated fruit is conspicuous in n^any of the K^nara 

 evergreens. 



8 .DODON^A, Linn. 



Usually erect shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, usually simple* 

 Flowers small, polygamous, or unisexual. Inflorescence various, 

 terminal or axillary. Sepals 5-2, imbricated or valvate. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 10-5, usually 8, On the outer s.de of the disk. Disk small 

 or incouspicuous. Ovary 3-6-sided and celled; style 3-6-sided, 3-^- 

 cleft at the apex. Capsule membranous, septicidally 2-6-valved, valves 

 winged at the back, cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds with a thickened f unicle, 

 exarillate ; embryo spirally involute. 



D. viseosa, Linn. Mant. PI. Alt. 228 ; Fl, Br. I, 1. 697 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 113 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 75. D. Burmctrmiatia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 36. Lutchmi, paorki, M. ; Buudurgiy K, 



Throughout the drier parts of India, very common and gregarious over 

 large areas of the Deccan, common in the dry districts of the Bombay 

 Presidency and Sind ; outside India it is found in Africa, Australia, Ame- 

 rica, China, Polynesia, &c, 



Fl. R. S. Fr. R. & C. S. Wood hard, yellowish-brown, close-grained. 

 Distinct rings of growth marked by fine white lines. Med, rays fine, 

 white, numerous. Used for engraving, tool handles and walking sticks. 



9. TURPINIA, Vont. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, oddpifmate, leaflets 

 stipulate, serrulate, subcoriaceous. Flowers small, in termmal or 

 axillary panicles, regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-partite, imbri- 

 cated. Petals 5, imbricated. Stamens 6, inserted outside the disk. 

 Disk lobedor granulate. Ovary sessile^ 3-lobed and 3-celled ; styles 3^ 



