502 
XLII. SAPINDACE^, 
[Nephelium. 
pubescent; nerves 16 to 24 pairs raised, 2‘5 to 4’5 in. long, 1 to 
175 in. wide; petiolules ’15 in. long. Panicles terminal and 
axillary; branches few racemose tomentose. Flowers *x in. across 
numerous. Calyx tomentose, 4 broad blunt lobes. Petals 0. 
Stamens 6 or 7 exsert; filaments pubescent. Fruit red ovoid 
Covered with woody puberulous spines with bulbous bases 1*5 in. 
long, 1 in. through. Hab. Forests, Malacca, Bukit Kayu Arang 
(Cantley); Kesang (Goodenough). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Fox¬ 
worthy). Bindings, Pangkor. Native name: Sunggol Lotong. 
(11) N, ophiodes Radik, l.c. 78; King, l.c. 438. 
Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Branchlets and 
panicles rusty-puberulous. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long; leaflets 
6 to 10, stiff coriaceous oblong short blunt acuminate, base shortly 
narrowed blunt oblique, beneath scaly red puberulous; nerves 
15 to 18 pairs strongly elevate beneath, 6 to 8 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petiolules *2 to -25 in. long. Panicles axillary or terminal 
8 to 16 in. long. Flowers ‘15 in. across yellow and white. Calyx 
tomentose acutely 5- or 6-lobed. Petals o. Stamens 6 pubescent 
short. Ovary ovoid setose tomentose. Fruit ovoid-globose with 
dense puberulous setae, 1-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, blood-red. Hab . 
Malacca, Tebong (Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native 
name: Pulassan tukul. 
(12) N. malaiense GriffoNotulce iv. 549; King , l.c. 439. 
Tree about 50 ft. tall. Branches scurfy pubescent. Leaves 
10 to 14 in. long; rachis tomentose; leaflets 6 to 8 thinly cori¬ 
aceous elliptic cuspidate, base rounded smooth above; nerves 
14 to 18 pairs raised and pubescent beneath, 3’5 to 5 in. long, 2 to 
2'5 in. wide; petiolules *15 in. long. Panicles terminal tomentose 
6 to 9 in. or more long; branches numerous. Flowers fascicled 
•25 in. across. Calyx pubescent; lobes 5 round blunt. Petals 5 as 
long obovate villous inside. Stamens 8 short. Fruit globose smooth 
brown -65 to 75 in. through. Seed globular with thin pulp. Hab. 
Common in villages, a well-known fruit tree. Native name : Mata 
Kuching. 
(13) N. eriopetalum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 508; Hiern , 
F.B.I. i. 689; King, l.c. 438. N. obliquinerve Radik. Rec. Bot. 
Surv. Ind. iii. 354. 
A tree about 80 ft. tall. Young parts, rachis, under-side of 
leaflets and panicle red-tomentose. Leaves 12 to 24 in. long; 
leaflets 6 to 10 thick coriaceous oblong sub-acute narrowed at 
rounded or cuneate base; nerves 16 to 24 pairs, 4 to 12 in. long, 
1*65 to 4 in. wide; petiolules '25 to -35 in. long stout. Racemes pen¬ 
dent in axils lengthening in fruit 4 to 10 in. long or more. Flowers 
in tufts *25 in. wide. Calyx-teeth 5 triangular acute pubescent 
outside. Petals 5 or fewer narrow spathulate pubescent. Disc 
lobed pubescent. Stamens 10 pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid densely 
covered with soft spines, 2 in. long, i‘5 in. through, crimson red. 
