550 DVRMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



HoLiGAENA, Hamilton. 



Petals valvate in bud. Stamens 5. Styles 3. DisTc annular ox obsok'te. Petiole 

 furnished -with 2-4 tubercles or barb-like excrescences. 



H. Hklfeei, Hook. E.T. Pegu Eangc and Tenasserim. 



JI. lonyifolia, H. f. non Roxb. 

 Semecarpiis Graliamii, Wight (apud Kz.). 



Leaves glabrous or I'arely pubescent beneath. Xut entirely inclosed in the 

 obliquely ellipsoid or elliptical perfectly glabrous calyx of an inch length. 



"Wood heavy, brown, but perishable and apt to be ' -wormed.' The tree yields a 

 black varnish. 



H. (SEMECAErus) LoxGiFOLiA, Pioxb., is ciuotod by Mason (probably for the last 

 species), but not mentioned by Kurz. 



SEMECAEPrs, Linnmis. 



Petals imbricate or valvate in the bud. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Bisk rather 

 broadly annular. Petiole -without excrescences. 



A. Nut adnate to the endocarp, barely exserted. Ovary superior. 



S. ALREscExs, Kz. U.T. Tropioal forests of Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Uoliyarna allieans, H. f. 



Leaves glabrous or pubescent and -whitish beneath. Xut velvety, the hypocarp 

 sappy, veined, and puberulous. Exudes a black varnish. 



B. i^ut seated on the endocarp. 



■•' Ovary tomentose or pubescent. 

 X Hypocarp {enlarged base of the calyx) as large or nearly as large as the nut. 



S. Ais-ACAEDiuM, L. Chittagong. 



S. cuneifolia, Eoxb. 



Leaves coriaceous, blunt, densely pubescent or tomentose, and strongly net-veined 

 beneath. !N"ut not or scarcely oblique. Yields a bright gum. 



S. PANDUEATus, Kz. Chittagoug, Pegu, and ilartaban up to 2000 feet. 



>S. cuneifolia, Kz. (non Eoxb.). 



Che-ben. 



Leaves (full-gro-wn) chartaceous, sharply acuminate, softly pubescent beneath, 

 the net-venation faint. Nut very oblique. 



The nuts of this and the last, and perhaps other species, yield an indelible 

 marking ink, hence called ' Dhobie ' nuts in India. 



" 1 formerly identified this species with Roxburgh's S. cuneifolia, but Hooker 

 reduces this to <S'. anacardium, and, I think, correctly so, as it is a tree of Hindustan " 

 (Kurz). 



X X Hypocarp very small. 



S. HETEEOPffTLL-us, Bl. E. T. Bcach forests of the Andamans, Katchall 



and Car Nicobar. 



Leaves coriaceous, acuminate, quite glabrous or pubescent, and very glaucous 

 beneath, the net- venation strong. Kut very oblicjuc, IJ— 1 inch across. 



Like S. albescens, but has flo-wers more than twice as large, and very stout 

 panicles (Kurz). 



■::- -X- Ovary quite glabrous. 



S. suBP.ANDUEiFOEMis, Wall. Chittagong and Arakan. 



Leaves chartaceous, acuminate, glabrous. Panicles quite glabrous. Nut an 

 inch broad. 



