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XLII. SAPINDACEjE. 
[Erioglossum. 
(i) E. edule Bl. Bijdr. 229; King, lx. 425 (Fig. 49, p. 491). 
A big tree, more or less pubescent. Leaves 8 to 20 in. long; 
leaflets 4 to 13 oblong-lanceolate to elliptic acute, base cuneate 
slightly oblique, above more or less pubescent; midrib and under¬ 
side usually tomentose; nerves 6 to' 10 pairs, 2*5 to 7 in. long, 
*75 to 2-25 in. wide. Panicles 6 to 12 in. long, pubescent dense- 
flowered. Flowers white *2 in. across. Fruit lobes *4 in. long, 
*15 in. through, pubescent astringent sweet, red then black. Hah. 
Common in villages and open country. Singapore to Penang and 
Perlis and Kelantan. Native names: Mertajam; Terajang (Kelan- 
tan); Kulat Layo; Kulalayo. Use: The small astringent fruits 
are beloved by children. A decoction of the root for fever. Distrib, 
Malaya. 
6. APHANIA, Bl. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate (rarely simple); leaflets 1 to 6 
pairs. Flowers panicled or racemose. Sepals 4 to 6 imbricate. 
Petals 4 to 6, small with bases infolded or with a scale. Disc 
regular slightly lobed. Stamens 5, rarely 3. Fruit deeply 2- 
(or 3)-lobed; endocarp thin cartilaginous or crustaceous. About 12 
species, African and Asiatic. 
(1) A. paucijuga Radik. Sitzb . Akad. Math. Phys. ix. 239; 
King, lx. 425. Otophora paucijuga Hiern, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 680. 
Tree 60 ft. tall. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; leaflets 2 to 4 oblong- 
lanceolate or elliptic acuminate much narrowed at base, glabrous 
coriaceous; nerves 6 to 8 pairs fine, 3’5 to 8'5 in. long, 1*2 to 3 in. 
wide; petiolules '2 in. long; petioles 1-25 in. long. Racemes 
axillary slender puberulous 6 to 8 in. long. Flowers globular 
•15 in. across, red. Sepals orbicular imbricate. Petals smaller, 
edges infolded at base. Stamens 8; filaments hairy at base. 
Disc pentagonous. Ovary stalked ovate; styles short sub-connate. 
Fruit deeply 2-lobed; lobes obovate round *35 in. long with style 
between. Hab. Forests, Selandor (Cantley). Malacca (Maingay). 
Perak (Scortechini). Selangor, Rawang (Kloss). Weld’s Hill 
(Murdoch). Sungei Ujong, Bukit Danan (Cantley). Penang, 
Penara Bukit (Curtis). Native names: Kelat Julong Putih; 
Puketjantan; Sutingga; Mumjilai. Use: Timber, hard flexible, 
heavy used in building. 
7 . LEPISANTHES, Bl. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves pinnate alternate; leaflets entire. 
Inflorescence axillary or lateral in panicled spikes. Flowers small 
unisexual white or pink. Sepals 5 or 4 imbricate in 2 rows. Petals 
5 or 4 equal with 1 or 2 wide inflected scales at base. Disc annular 
or semilunar. Stamens 8 or 10 within disc. Ovary sessile 3-sided, 
3-celled; ovules solitary. Fruit 3-celled, 3-sided or ovoid not lobed. 
Seed solitary. About 16 Asiatic species. 
