EiiroschhiH^.'] xxxix, anacakdiace.e 



491 



Queensland. Sources of the Burdekin, F. ^fneller ; Suudav Island, WGiUivrau. 

 N. £». M/'ales- Hastings river, Beclder ; Clarence river, a Moore, 

 ^jiv a)2^Hstifohus. Leaves falcate-lanceolate, much acuminate, riowcrs rather lareer. 

 ■iVoithumberlaud Islands, R. Brown ; Rockhanipton, TkozeL 



4. SEMEGARPUS, Linn, f. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx small, 5-lobed. Petals 5, imbricate in the 

 bud. ^ Disk orbicular, slightly lobed or crenate. Stamens 5, inserted round 

 the disk. Ovary 1-celled, with 3 styles, and somewhat club-sliaped stigmas ; 

 ovule suspended from the top of the cavity. Drupe or nut reniform, seated 

 on the mnch-eularged, thick, succulent, fleshy, cupukr or turbinate base of 



the calyx ; pericarp thick, hard, filled ^rith resinous cells. Seed pendulous, 

 the testa coriaceous, somewhat fleshy inside ; embryo thick, with ph^no- 

 convex cotyledons and a very short superior radicle. — Trees, Leaves alternate, 

 Flowers small, in terminal or lateral panicles. 



The genus ranges over tropical Asia, the species most numerous iu Ceylon; the Austra- 

 hau oue extending over nearly the whole area. 



1. S. Anacardiunij Linn. ; W. and Am. Trod, 168, vai\ (?) parvifolia. 

 Leaves broadly obovate, very obtuse, 3 to 4 in. long, entire, rounded at the 

 base, on veiy short petioles, glabrous above, hoaiy or white underneath but 

 scarcely tomentose, the pinnate veins and reticulate veiulets coiispicuous 

 on both- sides. Male panicles pyramidal, shorter than or as long as the 

 leaves. Flowers very small, sessile and clustered. Calyx very short. Pe- 

 tals scarcely 1 line long. Ovaiy minute and rudimentary or reduced to a tuft 

 of hair, I'emale flowers and fruit of the Australian variety not seen. 



N. Australia- Port Essington, Armstrong. The species is widely distrihufed over 

 E. India, and has usually leaves from i to 1 ft. long, but, as far as oar specimens go, I can 

 see no character, besides the smaller leaves, to distinguish the Australian form. 



There is also in Armstrong's Port Essington collection, a single leaf, 2J ft. long by about 

 7 iu. broad, and acutely acuminate, of what may be S. cassuvimn, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 85, a 

 Molucca species. 



5. SPONDIAS, Linn. 



(Evia, Comm.; Cytherca, W, and Am.) 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx small, 4- or 5-lobed or divided to the base, 

 Petals 4 or 5, spreading, almost valvate in the bud. Disk orbicular, crenate. 

 Stamens twice as many as petals, inserted round the disk. Ovary 3- to 5- (or 

 sometimes 10- to 15- ?) celled, with as many short, conical, connivcnt 

 styles ; ovules solitary in each cell, pendulous. Drupe with a fleshy epicai-p, 

 tlie putamen hard and bony, the cells erect or vertically curved and diverging 

 Ht the top, the putamen pierced with a foramen coiTesponding to the apex of 

 each cell. Seeds solitary in each cell, pendulous ; testa membranous ; embryo 

 straight or slightly curved with the seed ; cotyledons oblong, radicle superior. 

 --Trees. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, pinnate. Flowers 

 siiiall, in terminal or axillary panicles. 



The genus is widely spread over tropical countries, and some species are also cultivated 

 under the name of Hon Flams, It is often divided into two: Spondias, chiefly American, 

 with erect cells iu the drupe, and Evia or Cytherea, chiefly Asiatic, with the cells divergent 

 at the top. The Australian species, which is endenuc, belongs to the latter group. 



