108 ANACARDIACE^E. 



Anacardiaceae. 



Semecarpus vernicifera HAY ATA et KAWAKAMI sp. nov. Rami cineras- 

 centes, lenticellis oblongis notati. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptico-lanceolata 

 vel ovatolanceolflta, mediocria 23 cm. louga, 7 cm. lata, apice acuta vel 

 breve acumiiiata, basi obtusa vel acuta, utrinque glabra, subtus glauca, 

 coxt.is supra subplanis vel leviter elevatis, subtus prominente elevatis, veuis 

 lateralibns primariis ntraque latere 20, angulo 70 a costa egressis, utraque 

 pagine elevato-reticulata, petiolis 3 cm. longis. Flores paniculati, |>edicel]is 

 brevibus 2 mm. longis, sub pedicello singulo 1-bracteatis, bracteis triangula- 

 ribus 1 mm. longis, breve ciliolatis, nrc non 1-2-bracteolatis, pedicellis apice 

 cum tubis calycis articulatis, brevissime pubescentibus, nigricantibus. Calyx 

 campanulatus, 2| mm. longus, 5 dentatus vel subinteger. Petala 5, ovato- 

 lanceolata, 5.J- mm. louga, 2] mm. lata, crassiuscula, apice obtusa., basi li mm. 

 lata, triincaii,, valvata. Stamina, 5, cum pekilis alterna, petalis breviora, fila- 

 meiitis filiformibus 3 mm. longis, antheris oblongis, dorsifixis, introrsis utrinque 

 emarginatis. Ovarium late ovatum, semi-superius, 2 mm. longum, 1-locurale 

 1-ovulatum, ovulis supra medium pendulis, stylo obliquo, 3-fido, 1 mm. longo, 

 ramis apice stigmatosis, 3-lobatis. Drupa late complanato-globosa, apice ob- 

 lique acuta, basi leviter cordata vel rotundata, 23 mm. longa 20 mm. lata, basi 

 calycis valde incrassati campanulati li cm. longi insidens, pericarpio crasso 

 duro resinoso, endocarpio osseo. Semina supra medium pendula, testa mem- 

 branacea. Embryo crassus, cotyledouibus plano-convexis, radicula brevissima 

 supra. 



HAB. Taito, Karenko, leg. N. KONISHI ; Koshun, Garambi, leg. B. HAYATA ; 

 Kankaw, leg. Y. TASHIRO, Juli., 1912. 



Tlie present plant is a little different from other species of the genus 

 by the valvate petals and in not having cup-like receptacles under the fruits. 

 It is suggested to me by Mr. T. KAWAKAMI who has just returned from liis trip 

 to the Malay archipelago that the plant just described may be a new species, 

 as lie lias not found any plant like this in any regions he visited. 



