1806.] G. l^ing — MdiertaU for a Flora of i^is Malayan Penitjsula. 427 
6 to 8. Ovary 2-celled, stigma bifid. Fruit 2-coccoi3S j eafili coccusf 
ellipsoid, pulpy, "35 to '5 in.* long. Sapindtis Bamir-ay Voigt Hort- 
Bofc, Suburb, Gale. 94 ; Hieru in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 684 j Kurz For. 
FloT-a, Burma, I, 298. ScjftaUa Dannra, Roib. Hort. Beug. 29; PI. Ind. 
II, 274. Sc. vertidllata, Roxb. Hort. Beng, 29; Fl. Ind. II, 273, 
Euphoria veriiciliata, Litidl. Bat. Reg. t. 1059 ; Wall. Cat. 8052 A, B, G, 
Bimocarpm veriicillatay Hb. Roxb. ex Wall, l.c, A. Nepheliuin veytlcil- 
laimh G. Don Gen, SysL I, 670. E, Danitm, Wall. Cat. 805U Bidy- 
mococcns Danura^ BltimG Rumph. Ill, 103. 2>. vertictUatus, Blume Lc. 
Nicobar Islande ; Kura, — Distei b. BritiBb ludia. 
6, Lepisanthes, Blume. 
Trees or sbruba. Leaves pinnate, exatipTilate, alternate; leafiets 
entire, suboppoaite. lu/lorescence axillary or lateral, in paniculate 
spikes. Flowers regular or iri^gnlar, polygarao-dioscioTaB. Sepals 5-4, 
widely imbricated in two rows. Felah 5-4, equal, eacli having at the 
base one or two abort wide inflected scales. Disc annular, regular or 
iiTeguIar (one-sidecl). Stamens 8 or 10, erect, inserted wifcbin tiie disc. 
Ovary sessile, 3-sidecl, 3-celled ; ovules solitary ; style simple ; stigma blant 
or trigonous. Fruit S-celled, 3-aided, not lobed. Seeds solitary, erect, 
exalbuminous ; cotyledons rerj tliick, tinequaL — DiaTRlB. about 16 
species, tropical Asiatic. 
Panicles 9 to 12 in. long. 
Fruit 1'5 in, in diam. ,., ... 1. L. KunsthH, 
Fruit '8 in. in diam, ... .... 2. L. andamanica^ 
Pain'cles 1 to 3 in* long. 
Leaflets 4 to n in. long 3. L, cxmeata. 
Leaflets 12 to 18 in, long. 
Frttit tomeutoae but not echinate ... 4. L. Scorlecliinii, 
Fruit tomentoae and ecliinato ... 5. L. iongifoUa. 
I. Lepisanthbs Kujf.STt.ERr, King n. sp. A tree 30 to 60 feet 
high ; young branches stout. Leaves 30 to 40 inches long, their rachisea 
glabrous: leajtets about 12, aubopposito, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
sbortiy cuspidate, ibe bnse rounded, both surfaces glabrous and reti- 
culate j main nerves 9 to 13 pail's, spreading slightly, ascending; length 
6 to 12 in., breadth 2' 5 to 3*5 in. impetioluUs "3 to '4 in., stout. Panicles 
slightly supra-ajcilhiry, erect, few-branched, shortly pedunculate, 9 to 
32 in. long: ultimate branchlets cymose, 3- to rj-flowered, minutely 
tomentoae. Flowers '4 in, long, globular in bud. Sepals 5, concave, 
minutely tomeutose outside. Petals 5, sericeous in the lower half exteF- 
nally, glabrous in the upper, each with an inflected glabrous bifid basal 
scale. Stamens 8, the filaments sericeous. Bisc semi-lunar, glabrous. 
