43ft G. Kmg — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, [N"o, 3, 
Malacca: Griffith, No. 996 ; Maingay, W o. 452. Singapore: Wallich, 
Ridby, Noa. 5095, 6211. Pmik : Klng'ii CoUeciuiv Noa, 65'23, 6750. 
4. Nepeklium LAPPA€iiUJ!, Liuu. Mant- 1, 125. A trea 30 to 60 
fetifc high : young braticlies rusty-puboscont. Leaves 4 to 10 in. long: 
lea.fletH4i to 6, elliptic, Bub-c)bovate-eIli|»(ic or elliptic-oblong, smb-acute, 
entire, the base cimeate : both sarfaces glabioaa and minutely reliciilaie ; 
maia nervea 7 to 9 pairg, aaceiiding, prominent beneath ; length 2 5 to 
6 in., breadth 1'25 to d in., petioliiies "2 to -^5 in. Paufdes shorter ihan 
the leaves, tonientose, terminal and axiilai-y, with iiuraeroas racenioae 
bramches. Flowers '1 in, in diam., in cymoae fascicles on the bi-anches. 
Sepals 4 to 6, snb-valvate. Petals 0. Stamens 5 to 8, exBert^jd, the 
filaments pubescent. Ovary 2-3'iobed aud 2-3.celled, pnbeacent and 
echinata. Style stout, deeply 2^-lobed ; the lobes divergent, recurved. 
Fruit nanally with 1 or 2 lobes, t'acb elliptic and densely covered with 
Jong 8ub-compressed recnrved soft puberulous setae with broad bases, 
yellowiah-orange to dark purple when ripe, 1 in. long, and '75 in. in diain. 
(exclading the setae) ; aril of the seed pale, fleshy, edible. Gsertn. Frnct. 
II, 272, t. 140, f. 1 ; Blnme Rumph. Ill, JOS ; Lamk, 111. t. 764 ; Hussk. 
PI. Jav. Bar. 287; Miq. FL Ind..Bat. I, pfc. 2, 9. 554; Hiem in Hook. fil. 
FL Br. Ind. I, 687. Euphoria Nephelitim, DC. Prodr, I, 612 ; Bl. Bijdr. 
235; Wall. Cat. 8053 (excL part of B). Sajtalia Ramhoutun, Eoxb. Hoi t. 
Beng. 29 ; Fl. Ind. II, 271, Dimocarpus crinita, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 234. 
N. ecMnatum^ Noronh. in Batav. Genootsh. Yerh, V, SO. 
In all the Provinces except the Nicobars and Andamans : often 
cultivated for its fruit which is known as the Ram Boutan, 
5. Nephelium COSTATUM, Hiern in Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. I» 688. 
A tree 50 to 60 feet high : young brauches puberulous, slightly lenti- 
cellate. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long, equally pinnate : leaflets 4 to 10, 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, the apex snb-acute or shortly 
and bluntly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed but rounded, upper 
surface glahrons, the lower minutely puberulous near the nerves but 
becomiug glabrescent, sub-glancouH ; main nerves 10 to 18 pairs, 
spreading, piomiuent beneath ; length 2'76 to 5*5 in., breadth 1-25 to 
1'75 in., petiolules *25 in, Panioles usually 3 or 4 together, mostly 
axillary, 4 to 6 in. long, puberulous, the branches abort, mcemose. 
Flowers *2 in. in diam., pedtcelled, iu short cymules. Sepals 5, sub- 
rotund, thick, minutely tomentoae outside and pubescent inside. Petals 
5, much smaller than the sepals, Bpathulate, viOoas. Disc lai-ge, flat, 
glabrous. Stamens 8 to 12, exserted, the filaments hairy at the base, 
the anthers glabrous. Ovary broadly ovate, ^-lobed, covered wilh 
course villi ; styh short, stout, simple. Fruit of two or usually of only 
one sub-globular lobe densely covered with long stout curved pnbem- 
