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84 XLYT, ANACARDIACEJ3. (J. D. Hooker.) \_8emecarpns. 



Ceylon ; forests in the Galle, Batnapoora and Amtagamowa districts, Thwaites. 



I retain this species with great hesitation, having only a flowery specimen, and 

 finding it referred to a variety of 8, oblongifolia, by Thwaites, in his Addenda. From 

 the latter it appears to me to be wholly distinct, having precisely the peculiar reticu- 

 lation and undersurface colouring of 8, Gardneri, from which it diiFers in the long 

 acute tail to the apex of the leaf and slender midrib above. According to Thwaites's 

 description, it further differs in the less coriaceous leaves, smaller panicle, and 

 differently shaped fruit. From 8. nigro-viridis and 8, obscura it seems to me to differ 

 in the leaf not being decurrent into the petiole, and in its very long acute tip. 



16. S- nlgrro-virldls, TIncaites Enunu 76 & 410 (excl. var. acumi- 

 nata) ; leaves 3-6 in. obovate-<:uneate or oblong-obovate nan-owed into the 

 ■oetiole. tiD rounded or abruDtlv obtusely acuminate, T)ale and reticulate "beneath, 



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oblongifolia^ var. 

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A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 1^-2 in. broad, very variable 

 in breadth, but almost always cuneate-obovate and decurrent on the petiole, which is a 

 ^1 in., very dark green ; nerves 6-10 pairs, much arched, reticulate as 8. obscura and ^ 

 S. Walkeri, Panicles short, reduced to racemes. Flowers large, | in. diam. 3%^ 

 described by Thwaites as obliquely rounded or obcordate, compressed, with a hooked 

 apiculus, and narrower cup ; and this they are in his No. 2586, but in one specimen 

 of 631 tiiey are ovoid and erect, and quite 1 in. long. Thwaites's 631 bis, with ^ 

 flowers only, also sent as 5. nigro-viridisy has elliptic-lanceolate leaves finely acuminate 

 and not narrowed into the petiole, which is longer, with very large spreading panicles. 

 It is probably identical with his original 1257, mentioned under 8. Gardner i, . 



17. S- parvlfolia, Thwaites Enum. 77 ; leaves 1^-3^ in. obovate or 

 elliptic decurrent on the slender petiole tip rounded or obtusely abruptly 

 acuminate, margin cartilaginous, strongly closely reticulate beneath with thick 

 nervxiles, racemes terminal slender few-flowered^ flqwers pedicelled. S. oblongi- 

 folia var, 4, Mardunid Rev. Anacard. 169. 





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CKYLoy ; Vjaiie uistrict, at nimaoon v;orie, 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Z^dte^ the smallest of the genus, 

 |-U in. broad, very thickly coriaceous, and with a remarkably strong cartilaginous 

 border, shining above with a slender midrib, undersurface pale; nerves 7-12 pairs, 

 nearly horizontal; petiole ^ in.,^much more slender than usual in the genns. 

 Racemes shorter tlian the leaves. ]!^ut unripe, elongate-conic ^vith a curved acuminate 

 tip and a turbinate narrow cup. 



18. IS. lurida, Iloohfr^ leaves 5-8 in. naiTowly elliptic-obloug or 

 -lanceolate obtuse very coriaceous decun^ent on the petiole opique ^aud 

 reticulated beneath with many spreading nerves, midrib above broad, pauicles 

 terminal black when dry shorter tliau the leaves, flowers minute pedicelled. 



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A tree, quite glabrous throughout, l^eaves li-2i in. broad, almost shining above, 

 very opaque and iurid (as if glaucous when fresh) beneath, usually suddenly contracUd 

 into an obtuse tip ; nerves 30-40 pairs, very slender, but not much raised beneath ; 

 midrib convex and much broader above; petiole J- 1 in., stout. Panicles terminal 

 and axillary, much branched, the lateral branches i-1 in. long, bearing loose cymes 

 of ^flowers nof^ in. diam. Calyx obtusely 5-lobed. Petals broadly oblong obtuse. 

 Stamens b, anthers subglobose. Bisk broad, fleshy, margin lobed,;' Ovaru imperfect." 



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