Lepisanthes.] 
XLII. SAPINDACE^E. 
Tree; panicle 9 to 12 in. long 
Shrubs; panicles 1 to 3 in. long; leaves glabrous 
Leaflets 4 to 9 in. long; fruit ovoid 
Leaflets 12 to 18 in. long; fruit tomentose only 
3-angled . 
Fruit soft echinate and tomentose 
Whole plant except upper side of leaves softly hairy 
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(1) L. Kunstleri 
(2) L. cuneata 
(3) L. Scortechinii 
(4) L. longifolia 
(5) L. hirta 
(1) L. Kunstleri King, l.c. 427. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves 30 to 40 in. long, glabrous; leaflets 
12 oblong or elliptic-oblong cuspidate, base rounded, reticulate; 
nerves 9 to 13 pairs, 6 to 12 in. long, 2‘5 to 3-5 in. wide; petiolules 
•3 to *4 in. long, stout. Panicles 9 to 12 in. long unisexual erect 
few-branched; branchlets cymose 3- to 5-flowered tomentose. 
Flowers *4 in. long. Sepals 5 concave tomentose. Petals 5 silky 
inside at base, scale glabrous bifid. Stamens 8; filaments silky. 
Fruit sub-globose greenish yellow with 2 or 3 rounded angles, 
tomentose 1*5 in. through. Seeds 3. Hab. Perak, near Gunong 
Bubu at 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(2) L. cuneata Hiern, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 680; King, l.c. 428. 
A shrub or slender tree 20 to 25 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. 
Leaves 20 to 30 in. long; leaflets 10 to 14 thinly coriaceous oblong 
cuspidate, base narrowed, reticulate; rachis and bases of leaves 
beneath slightly puberulous; nerves 8 to 14 pairs, prominent 
beneath, 4 to 9 in. long, 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petiolules -25 to 
*35 in. long; petioles 5 in. long. Panicles on stem below leaves 
spike-like 3 to 5 together, 1 to 3 in. long, dense. Flowers *1 in. 
across greenish white. Sepals round puberulous. Petals glabrous 
with a scale at base. Fruit ovoid compressed with a vertical 
groove, minutely tomentose *25 in. long and as broad. Hab. 
Dense jungle near streams in low country. Pahang, Sungei Chenei 
(Fox). Sungei Ujong, Gunong Beremban (Cantley). Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); " Jenah (Wray); Tambun. Bindings, Tanjong Hantu. 
Penang, near Waterfall (Curtis). Native name: Perupoh. 
(3) L. Scortechinii King, l.c. 429. 
Tree. Leaves 2 to 3 ft. long; leaflets about 8 elliptic-oblong 
shortly acuminate, base shortly cuneate, glabrous except midrib 
and nerves 12 to 14 pairs elevate beneath puberulous, 12 to 18 in. 
long, 5 to 7 in. wide; petiolules 75 to 1 in. thick. Panicles narrow 
axillary 2 in. long pubescent. ^Bracts and bracteoles narrow 
*25 in. long; pedicels hairy. Flower-buds *3 in. across pink. 
Sepals 5 concave. Petals 5 with a recurved scale on base. Disc 
glabrous. Stamens 8; filaments hairy. Fruit sharply 3-angled, 
densely rusty-tomentose 1 in. long and as broad. Hab. Very rare 
in forests. Perak (Scorteehini). Kedah, Yan. 
var. hirta Ridl. 
Leaves very hairy on the back. Flowers white. Hab. Johor, 
Serom. Dindings, Lumut. 
This variety may be distinct specifically. 
