498 xLH. sapiKdace^. [XerospcrmuM. 
Lowland forests, Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca, Ayer Panas 
(Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur 
(Foxworthy); Pahang, Rumpin (Foxworthy); Dindings, Lumut 
(Curtis). Perak (Scortechini). Dislrib. Burma. Native names: 
Rambutan Pachat; Gigi Buntal; Kikir Buntai. 
(5) X. Wallichii King, Lc. 432. 
Glabrous tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 5 to 7 in. through. Leaves 12 to 
18 in. long; leaflets 2 pairs elliptic or obovate-elliptic shortly blunt- 
cuspidate, narrowed to base; nerves 5 to 7 pairs elevate beneath, 
4-5 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 4 in. wide; petiolules stout -25 to *45 in. 
long. Racemes 2 to 4 together, axillary 1 to 2*5 in. long. Flowers 
*15 in. long, green. Sepals 4> round, edges ciliate. Petals 4, smaller 
round, claws short woolly. Stamens 8; filaments woolly. Ovary 
pubescent. Fruit sub-globose or elliptic usually i-coccous, rough 
but not muricate, rusty brown to black 1*25 in. long, 75 in. wide. 
Hab. Forests, dense hilly jungle, Singapore (Wallich); Bukit 
Mandai. Pahang River, Perak, Ulu Bubong, Ulu Kerling and Ulu 
Kal (Kunstler), Temengoh. Native name : Balong Ayam. 
11 . NEPHELIUM, Linn. 
Trees. Leaves alternate pinnate; leaflets entire. Panicle ter¬ 
minal and in terminal axils rarely racemose. Flowers regular 
small unisexual (or bisexual). Calyx 4- to 5-lobed. Petals small, 
white, villous rarely with 2 scales, sometimes o. Stamens 6 to 8 
within the fleshy disc; filaments usually pubescent. Ovary pubes¬ 
cent, warted or setose 1- to 2- (rarely 3-)lobed; lobes i-celled, 
i-ovuled. Fruit 1- or 2-coccous drupaceous oblong or globose 
echinate or tubercled rarely smooth. Seed ellipsoid with sweet 
or acid white pulpy aril. About 20 species, Malayan. Several are 
well-known fruit trees. 
Leaves glabrous on both sides. 
Leaflets broad elliptic, 5 by 2-5 in.; fruit warty, 
base gibbous; petals o . • 
Leaflets narrow lanceolate; petals 5 or 6; fruit 
globose sparsely warty 
Leaflets broad elliptic; petals o; fruit red- 
tomentose ..•••• 
Leaflets oblong-elliptic; petals 5 ; fruit sparsely 
muricate . . • * * 
Leaflets narrow lanceolate coriaceous; fruit 
spiny all over; petals 3 to 5 glabrous 
Leaflets lanceolate caudate coriaceous; petals 
villous 
Leaves glaucous and minutely puberulous beneath; 
fruit spiny. 
Petals 5. 
Leaflets broad elliptic coriaceous . 
Petals o. 
Leaflets elliptic thin coriaceous 
( 1 ) N. glabrum 
(2) N. Iongana 
(3) N. lappaceum 
(4) N. rubescens 
(5) N. Herveyi 
(6) N. caudifolium 
(7) N. costatum 
( 8 ) N. tuberculatum 
