XLII. SAPINDACE2E. 
Xerospermum.] 
497 
Petals 4. 
Leaflets one pair . . . . . . (3) X. echinulatum 
Leaflets 2 pairs or more. 
Fruit sharply muricate . . . . . (4) X. intermedium 
Fruit rough not muricate . . . . (5) X. Wallichii 
(1) X. laevigatum Radik. Sitz. Bayer. Akad. Math. Phys. 1878, 
p. 305; King, l.c. 431. 
A large tree, glabrous. Leaves 4 in. long; leaflets 2, elliptic 
acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 pairs faint, 2*25 to 3 in. long, 
1 to 1-25 in. wide; petiolules slender, ‘2 to -25 in. long; petioles 
1*5 in. long. Racemes or panicles terminal and axillary 2 to 4 in. 
long, slender. Flowers *15 in. across. Sepals 4, round. Petals 5, 
limb woolly, claw slender. Stamens 5, filaments woolly. Disc 
annular waved. Ovary tomentose. Fruit usually i-lobed, obovate 
ellipsoid compressed, 1-35 in. long, -85 in. across sharply muricate. 
Hah. In forests, Pahang, Kwala Tenok, Tahan River. Perak 
(Scortechini). Penang, Waterfall, the spout (Curtis). 
(2) X. unijugum Radik. Rec . Bot. Snrv. Ind. iii. 351. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves 3^9 to 6 in. long including petiole 
•4 in. long; leaflets one pair, elliptic to oblong lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, bases narrowed, shining smooth glabrous, 3*6 to 
5 in. long, X‘4 to 2*2 in. wide. Panicle 1*2 to 4-8 in. long. Sepals 
glabrous. Petals 5, spathulate, densely villous. Stamens villous 
at base. Fruit *8 in. long, ’4 in. through ellipsoid acutely muricate. 
Hah. Forests, Selangor, Klang (Keheding). Perak at 100 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). 
I have not seen either of these specimens, and do not see how this species 
differs from Icevigatum, except in the number of the sepals. 
(3) X. echinulatum Radik. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. iii. 350. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Branchlets, petioles 
and inflorescence puberulous. Leaflets one pair elliptic-lanceolate 
shortly acuminate, base acute; nerves 5 pairs elevate beneath, 
3'5 to 7 in. long, 1*25 to 3-5 in. wide; petiolules *5 in. long. Panicles 
racemiform 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile '15 in. long. Sepals 
4, edge ciliate. Petals 4, villous on both sides. Stamens villous. 
Fruit obovoid flattened, very sharply muricate 1 in, long, *5 in. 
through, dark green. Hah. Hill Jungle 500 to 800 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 
(4) X. intermedium Radik. Bot. Surv. Ind. iii. 349. X. muri- 
catum King, l.c. 431, not of Radlkofer. 
Glabrous tree 50 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 9 in. long; leaflets 
one or two pairs elliptic-oblong acuminate, base acute; nerves 
7 to 9 pairs, prominent beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 1*35 to 2 in. wide; 
petiolules *35 in. long. Racemes axillary, sometimes branched. 
Flowers *2 in. across. Sepals 4 round, edges ciliate. Petals 4, 
shorter villous. Stamens 8; filaments pubescent. Fruit obovoid 
sharply muricate 1*25 in. long, *75 in. through, yellow. Hob. 
Fl.M.P., r. KK 
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