504 xlii. sapindace^. [ Pometia . 
long, glabrous. Calyx 5 ~lobed. Petals o. Stamens 5 1 filaments 
pubescent. Fruit ovoid 1-5 to 2 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 
Apparently very rare, as it never seems to have been collected 
again. 
(2) P. pinnata Forst. Char. Gen. no. 
A pubescent tree 30 to 60 ft. or more tall. Leaves 12 to 36 m. 
long; leaflets 4 to 12 pairs thinly coriaceous oblong or oblanceolate- 
oblong acute serrate, base rounded sub-cordate (lowest leaflets 
small and round), 4 to 12 in. long, 175 to 4 in. wide; petiolules 
*15 in. long, glabrous or puberulous upon the nerves. Panicles 
12 in. or more long; pubescent flowers *i in. across. Calyx pubes¬ 
cent; teeth triangular 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5 small. Disc fleshy 
lobed glabrous. Stamens 5 to 6, bases pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid 
black 75 to 1-25 in. long. Hab. Banks of streams common, in 
the lowland country, conspicuous from the young red leaves. 
Johor, Bukit Soga. Malacca (Maingay). Pahang River. Selangor, 
Dusun Tua. Perak, Batang Padang (Kunstler). Plus River 
(Wray). Penang Road to Balik Pulau (Curtis). Native names: 
Kasai; Asam Kwang. Distrib. Malay Isles and Polynesia. 
(3) P. alnifolia Radi. Uber. Sapind. Holl. Ind. 30; King, l.c. 
442. P. gracilis King, l.c. 441. 
A small tree 20 to 60 ft. tall, 8 to 18 in. through. Leaves 3 
to 8 in. long; rachis pubescent; leaflets thinly coriaceous oblong 
or oblanceolate-oblong acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, edge 
denticulate or nearly entire, sparsely hairy beneath; nerves 
numerous little elevate; upper leaflets 3 to 4 in. long, -9 to 1*25 in. 
wide, lower ones smaller. Panicles pubescent axillary terminal 
8 in. long; flowers numerous dense, less than *i in. long, green. 
Calyx-lobes 5 triangular pubescent. Petals 5 oblong or rounded 
very small and often absent. Stamens 5 l° n g 9 r s ^ or ^ exser ^ e( ^ 
glabrous. Fruit usually simple oval obtuse greenish yellow, 75 to 
1 in. long on a short thick pedicel. Hab. Common in forests. 
Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit Mandai. Selangor, Weld's Hill (Fox¬ 
worthy). Perak, Goping and Batang Padang (Kunstler); Tapah 
(Wray). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 
I cannot separate King's P. gracilis from this species. King also, l.c. 
443, gives the MSS. names of P. Cuvtisii and P. Ridleyi to two plants from 
Penang and Negri Sembilan respectively which are not fully described, and 
which I do not know. 
13 . NAPEODENDRON, Ridl. 
Tree glabrous. Leaves alternate pinnate; leaflets coriaceous 
2 pairs. Panicle large erect. Flowers small. Sepals 4 ovate. Petals 
longer 4. Stamens 8; filaments short thick hairy; anthers ovoid 
oblong shortly apiculate. Ovary sunk in disc 2-celled, 2-ovuled ; 
style short stout. Stigma large discoid. Fruit unknown. Species 
1, Malay Peninsula. 
