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lax, petiole ^-1 in. thick tomentose, panicle densely yellow tomentose usually shorter 

 than the leaves, flowers small racemulose, pedicels ^-^ in., calyx minute pubescent, 

 petals valvate or subvalvato ^ in. shortly pubescent, ovary densely appressedly 

 hirsute, stigmas 3 thick glabrous, disk glabrous, stamens 5, filaments short rather 

 broad 1 or 2 longer and abortive.' — Kicrz. < v 



Pegt; ; in tho Moung forest. Brandts. 



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Lofty trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Hacemes or 

 panicles axillary; Flmvers small, subglobose, polygamous. Calyx superior; 

 lobes 5, rounded, imbricate. Petals 5, erect, orbicvdar, imbricate. Disk broad, 

 annular. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the disk, Ovari/ inferior, 1-celled ; 

 style 1, very short; stigma capitate; ovule attached to the wall of the cell. 

 iSrupe transversely obliquely ovoid, fibrous, flesh resinous ; stone coriaceous. 

 Seed attached to the wall of the cell, testa membranous ; embrj'o thick, coty- 

 ledons plano-convex radicle minute opposite the hilum ; plumule hairy.— 

 DisTRiB. 2 or 3 Indian species, 



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1. D. racemosus, JIooLf. in Betith. ^- Jlooh.f. Gen, PL i. 424; leaves 

 linear-oblong or lanceolate acimiinate glaucous beneath, margins waved, Holi- 

 garna racemosa, Moxh FL LuL ii. 82 ; WalL Cat, lOOG. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan Himaiaya, alt. 2-5000 ft. ; Silhet and Khasia ]Mts., alt. 



O-4000 ft, 



'-'■ A large tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4-12 in.i coriaceous, shining above, 

 opaque and grey beneath ; nerves 20-30 pairs, strongly arched ; reticulations delicate; 

 midrib above rather bi'oad ; petiole ti- in., stout. Racemes branched in axillary 

 fascicles, shorter than the leaves, pubescent or glabrate. Flowers j^ in. diam., 

 crowded, the males most so, greenish-white. Drupe red, 1 in. diam. — Marcliani 

 (Rev. Anacard. 172) mentions a Holigarna avgroififolia Eoxb, as identical with this, 

 but I find no such name published by Eoxbiu'gh. 



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Lofty trees. Leaves alternate, simple, petioled, entire, coriaceoxis ; petiole 

 furnishecl -^'ith 2 or 4 spur-like decidous appendages. liacemes or panicles 

 axillary and tenuinal. Floirers small, crowded, polygamous. Calyx superior; 

 tuhe cup-shaped ; teeth 5, imbricate. Petals 5, densely villous in front, cohering 

 with the edge of the disk and at the base, persistent, valvate. Disk lining the 

 calyx-tuhe, obscm^e in the $ . Stamens 5, inserted on the edge of the disk, 

 colieTent at the base with the petals, filaments subulate, glabrous ; anthers 

 small, subglobose. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; styles 3-5, terminal, stigmas 

 capltiite or clavate ; ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell. Drupe sub- 

 compressed, oblong or ovoid, resinous, acrid ; stofie coriaceous. Seed parietal; 

 testa meml5i'anou8 ; embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex j radicle minute 

 next the hilmu. — Distrib. 7 species, all Indian. 



* Leaves quite ylabrous leneath. 



1. H. Amottiana, ITook.f, ; leaves cuneate-obovate obtuse or acute quite 

 glabroiLS decurrent on the periole^ petiole -with two tubercles at the top, panicles 

 slender tomentose, drupe glabrous. II. longifolia, Wt. ^* Am. Prodr. I ICO; 

 Grah. Cat. Bamb. PL 41 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51 ; Beddmie FL Sylv. t 

 1G7 (not of Boxhuryh). Terebinthacea. WalL Cat. 8504. 





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