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chiefly on the neiTes beneath, pericarp dehiscent. 



; Khasia Mts. ; at the Borpanee, and at Chittagong. H.f, ^ T. . 



■ A large tree. Leaves \-l\ ft.; petiole terete, soft, pubescent towards the tip; 



leaflets 3-4 by ^— | in. ; base cuneate, oblique, glaucous beneath ; nerves very slender, 



about 15 pairs, arched, clothed -with soft -white spreading hairs. Flowers not seen. 



■UTums 3 m. diam., in open panicles, nedicelled. orbicular-ovate, compressed : enioarn 



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imperfect specimens of this very distinct plant, which approaches i?. punjabeiisis in 



^o. Zt. WaUichli, Hook,/.; petiole tomentose not vringed, leaflets 3-&- 

 pairs subsessile quite entire densely softly tomentose beneath, panicles much 

 porter than the leaves, pericarp dehiscent. R. vernicifera (in part), DC. 

 -irodr. ii. 68 ; Hoyle III 17o : Brandis For. Flor. 120. R juglandifolia, WaU. 

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1, Temperate HrwAiAYA; from GarM'hal to Nipal, alt. 6-7000 ft.^ 

 .^^ A tree; branchlets stout, petioles and leaves beneath and panicles, clothed -with 

 ^soft dense rusty tomentum. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole terete; leaflets 6-9 by 

 -^3 in., coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, acuminate, shortly petiolulate ; base rounded, 

 ^Pper surfiice pubescent or glabrous ; nerves 20-25 pairs, parallel. Panicles much 

 ^rter than the leavQs, axillary ; branches short, stout. Flowers subsessile, ^^ in. diam. 

 ^w^ small, broadly ovate, obtuse. P^z^a/s much larger, obovate, concave, white p-with 

 ^^ ^^^^ A^eins. Filaments short ; anthers large. Disk broad, cup-shaped, 



^Dseurely lobed. Drupes densely crowded, Jin. diam., globose, puberulous; epicarp 

 ^» crustaeeous, bursting irregiilarly ; stone globose, very thick, bony, surrounded by 

 Wax.— I agree with Brandis in regarding this as quite distinct from the Japanese 

 wax tree (^. vernicifera)^ from which it diifers in the sessile flowers and laxer and 

 ODger panicles; juice corrosive. The Sikkim specimens referred to this species by 

 -orandis have glabrous petioles, and belong to i?. insignis. 



0. a. insigrnls, Hookf. ; petiole not winged glabrous, leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 petiolulate glabrous above tomentose beneath, panicles shorter than the leaves, 

 <irupe pediceUed, pericarp dehiscent . 



SiidiM HnrAT.AYA. interior valleys, alt. 3-6000 ft, J. D. If. Kuasia Mts. at 

 JNnrtiung, alt. 4000 ft. H.f, 4^ T. 



A small beautiful tree. Leaves 12-18 in. ; petiole terete : leaflets 6-9 by 3-4^ in., 



in^^^i!?^^' q^ite entire, elliptic or oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shin- 



g alx)ve, rusty, softly tomentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in R. Wallichii, 



SD ^^ ^^t seen. Fruiting panicles axillary, stout, 10 in. long-peduncledj branches 



preading.^ Drupes scattered on the panicle, globose ^ in. diam, ; epicarp thin, 



vg^'' ^^sting irregularly and enclosing a globose white mass of wax containing a very 



diff ^^^.^°ed crustaeeous stone. — Similar in many respects to B. WaUichii, but very 



"'at^lJ'^ li ^o the glabrous petiole and panicle, petiolulcd leaflets that are often cordate 



and '^' ^^^^^ ^^^ glabrous panicles, and smaller very different fruit. The panicles 



petioles are crusted with lenticels in some Sikkim specimens. 



%i^^' »•? Bhuna, Hamilton in Wall. Cat. 8602 (Terebinthacene ?) ; ^e- 

 , o^e not "s\'inged and leaflets beneath softly tomentose ; leaflets 4 pairs petio- 



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 ^^ate oblong abruptly acuminate. 



gpAL at Patgong, Hamilton. 

 t&tn^{^^ 2 ft. ; petiole stout, cylindric, grooved ; leaflets 6-10 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, 

 jgt^j . ^^Vobovate, with a cuneatc base, the rest oblong with a cordate base; midrib 

 ^p ' ^^^^^« 25 pairs slightly arched; imder surface clothed with soft spreading hairs, 

 I hav ^^^^*' glabrous, with a slender midrib ; petiolule robust, cylindric i-J in.— 

 iichii ^ V i^^'^® ^^ ^^^^ "^^^y ^°® P^^"*' "^'^^^^ appear to be closely allied to jS. Wal- 

 andi^f^i r^ i^^niSy differing from the former in the much less tomentose leaves 

 petiolulate leaflets, and from the latter in the pubescent petiole. -^ 4?;H:>> ^ * . 



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