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. P. quassioides, £enn. PL Jav. Ear. 198 ; leaflets numerous obovate 

 acuminate serrate, flowers polygamous in pubescent panicles, ^^^y^"^£ 

 ments petals and stamens 5, petals persistent in female and hermapnroaiw 

 flowers, filaments strap-sbaped equalling the petals villous." Planch. ^^^ 

 Hook Land. Joum. BoU v. 573 ; Wall Cat. 8506. Simaba quassioides- 

 Ham. in Don Prodr, 248. Nima quassioides, Uam. niss. 







Subtropical Himalaya; from Jamu to Nipal, ascending to 8000 ft. in Gab^hal; 



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A lar^e scramblin*^ shrub -^'^^^ n+^.^j- ^r4^^« ««,^+f/^;i i^^^onolK^a Q/nr! verv bitter oarR. 



Leaves a foot or more long, 



form. Flowers green. -Ca^i/x-segments small, imbricate. Pttah ovate or ^^^^^^^. 

 much enlarged and coriaceous in fruit. Fruit of 3-5 rather membranous drupes, ao^^^ 

 the size of a pea, each containing 1 erect seed. 



ub, with stout often spotted branches and very bitter parR. 

 , of 9-15 leaflets, the lowest pair much smaller and stipm- 





2, P.javanica,5Zwmej???>Up. 248; leaflets 3-7 elliptic-oblong abrupt^ 

 obtutiely acuminate quite glabrous, margins flat quite entire, tips not aoo ^^ 

 A-i the length of the blade, flowers A-m^voxxB: Benn. Flor. J<^'}^\klk 



Planch, in Uo6h: T.nnrl Jmti-n Tint V .^7!^ , . • 



in Hook: Lond, Joum. Bat. v, 573. 



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3. P. nepalensis, Benn. Flor. Jav. 201 ; leaflets 5-7 eHiptic-I^*";^^^^^^^^ 

 caudate-acuminate quite glabrous, margins waved or wrinkled quite ei : 

 tips H the length of the blade, flowers 4-merous. Planch, in ff<><^'^:^.\^ 

 Joum. Bot. V. 573. Brucea? Wall. Gat. 7499. B. dubia, Steud. JSotn.-^}^ 



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terniinata, Wall. Cat. 9037 {see under 8506). 



NiPAL, WalUch; KhasiaMts., De Silva, Griffith: ' ■ . •„»„ to tte 



A smaller and narrower leafleled plant than P. javanica, with longer P"i°^° ^ 

 leaves which have wrinkled white edges when dry ; the branches of the panicle are, .„ , 

 slender and the anthers larger. ■ , - i*:'- 



•4. P. SLnd&msinicai, Knrz A ndam. Rep. App. iv. ; ^^^^^^iflS, 

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pinnate. -^Flowers small, diclinous or polygamous, in axillary pamcles. 

 Calyx y^ry ^siiaall, 4-5-tootbed. Petals 4-5, valvate,very often increasing 

 after flowering, i)is^^ thick, entire. ^S'^a???^/?^ 4-5, not scaly, bairy. (Jvary 4 

 S-5-partite, free ; styles distinct at the base and apex, but united m me 

 middle, stigmas simple ;' ovules erect, solitary. I'ruit of 1-3 fleshy Qt 

 coriaceous drupes. /S'ee^ erect, albuminous.— Distrib. India, Archipelago, 

 China, Japan, West Indies, Brazil, Species about 6. ■ . 



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A tree -wnth very sruofth branches, closely resembling P. i^^'^^^'^^' ' ; ,{^ph nioi« 



able m number, 6 by 24 in., thinner, and scarcely thickened at the ™'^^?.^^U° " labrous. 



rounded at th^ basfi Anrl nft^n iin:./^„;u*-.„..i ,i>^,..w^ mfh^r lax. penecuyg' 



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