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. Buccedanea, Linn. ; glabrous, leaflets 3-6 pairs oblong- ellip- 

 tic- or ovate-lanceolate "caudate acuminate, panicle slender, flowers pedicelled, 

 pericarp dehiscent. DC, Prodr. ii. 68; Roxb. Fl. Ind, ii. 98; Wight Ic. t. 560; 

 JBrandis For. Flon 121 ; Wall. Cat. 992. E. acuminata, DC, Prodr. ii. 68. 

 SpondiasP Wall. Cat. 8479. 



Temperate HiMiXAYA, from Kashmir, alt. "3-6000 ft. ; to Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft. 

 and Bhotan ; Khasia Mts., alt. 2-6000 ft.— Distrib. Japan, 



A tree about 30 feet liigh, everywhere glabrous, except the panicle in some va- 

 xieties. Lcave$ crowded at the ends of the branches, 6-18 in.; petiole terete, 

 slender; leaflets 2-5 by lj-2i in., petiolulate, elliptic-oblong or oblong- or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, tip very slender ; base rounded or acute, straight or oblique ; nerves numerous, 

 slightly arched, slender. Panicles axillary, half the length of the leaves, slender, la^ 

 ■with a very few scattered hairs, or glabrous. Flowers ^th in. diam,, yellow-green; 

 pedicel slender. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Petalsmnch larger, oblong or obtuse. 

 Disk 5-lobed. Drupes ^ in. diam., in drooping panicles, gibbous, compressed, epicarp 

 very thin, bursting irregularly ; stone compressed, bony, surrounded with wax.^ — 

 Perhaps two or tliree species are mixed up here, but I cannot satisfactorily distin- 

 guish them without more complete specimens than I possess. 



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Var. 1. himalaica; shoots glabrous, leaves scattered, petiole 1-2 ft., leaflets 6-8 

 pairs, 4-6 by 1^-2^ in. petiolulate obliquely ovate-lanceolate acuminate very mem- 

 branous,^ midrib often pilose beneath, nerves 10-15 pairs, much arched, panicle pu- 

 bescent in flower, fruiting glabrous very lax, drupes pedicelled laterally compressed. 

 — N.W. Himalaya, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kashmir to Nipal. This differs from the 

 Japanese plant in the 'pu7>oscent panicle and fewer inore-arched nerves. There are fruits 

 .of it from Nip-il in Wallieh's Herbarium on the sheet with var. 3. ■ ^ 



i Vab. 2. sikkimcnsls ; shoots pubescent, leaves as in var. 1, flowering panicle lax 

 glabrous, fruit unknown, — A largo tree of theSikkim inner valleys, Lachen-Lachoong, 

 etc., alt. 6-8000 ft. . , . ^ . . ■ -^ 



Vak. 3. acuminata, DC. Prodr, ii. 68 (sp.) ; leaves usually crowded at tho ends 

 of the branches, petiole 6-10 in., leaflets 2-5 pairs, 2-5 by 1^-2 in. elliptic or cllip- 

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25-30 pairs horizontal straight parallel, panicle glabrous in flower, fruiting panicle 

 more dense, drupes on very short stout pedicels laterally compressed. — Himalaya 

 from Nipal to Bhotan, Khasia Mts. - ... 



Vau. 4. sphcBTocarpa \ leaves of var. 3, drupes depressed spheres, — Khasia, 



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2. S. Crrlffithii, Hoolc f, ; glabrous, leaflets 4-7 pairs oblong or oyate- 

 oblong acuminate, panicle stout pubescent, flowers subsessile, pericarp de- 

 liiscent. 



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' Khasia Mts. alt. 4-6000 ft., Simons, etc.; Mishmi Hixns, Griffith. 

 A small trc5. Leaves towards the ends of the branches, 1-2 ft.; petiole stout, 

 terete ; Iwiflets 5-10 by 2^-4 J in., coriaceous, quite entire, rounded or cordate, rarely 

 acute at the Itfise, glabrous an3 opaque above, very obscurely pubcrulouson the midrib 

 and principal nen-es beneath ; petiolules } in., very stout; nerves strong. Panicles 

 5-6 in. long, axillary ; peduncle and branches stout, pubescent. Flowers ^ in. diam.. 

 almost sessile. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Petals much larger,. 

 linear-oblong, obtuse. Sta7)iens exserted. Disk broad, sinuate-lobed. 



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bursting irregularly; stone compressed, surrounded ynih. wax.— A very distinct spe- 

 cies, closely allied to^. succedanea, from which it differs in its much larger Bize, 

 stouter habit, larger leaflets often cordate at the base, pubescent stout panicle, 

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