240 Bu7'serace(€. {FiUcium.. 



pet. as in male; stam. 6, rudimentary; ov. 3-celled, glabrous,, 

 style short, stigma capitate, large, 3-lobed ; drupe supported 

 on the enlarged and hardened persistent cal., i| in., oblong- 

 ov'oid, faintly trigonous, blunt, plum-coloured with a blueish- 

 grey ' bloom,' pulp scanty, stone very thick and bony, usually 

 3-celled (one or two generally small and empty), seed large, 

 oblong, testa thin, brown, cotyledons longitudinally plicate, 

 lobed, not crumpled. 



Low country in the moist region ; common. Also at Batticaloa. 

 Fl. May-Sept. ; pale greenish-yellow. 



Endemic. 



Whole tree fragrant when bruised. Abundance of a beautifully clear 

 fragrant balsamic gum-resin, like the Elemi of commerce, flows from the 

 bark ; it is much used for fumigation, and also burnt for light in houses, 

 mixed with sand. Hermann, who spells the name ' Kaskuriaghaha,' 

 notices the flow of gum Elemi. The oily seeds are eaten. Wood 

 rather light and soft, even-grained, white. 



C. conwiune, L., the Java Almond, Rata-kckuna, S., is not unfrequently 

 found as an introduced tree ; it is a native of Malaya generally. The 

 fruit is considerably larger than in C. zeylanicum, and the seeds form a 

 good substitute for almonds. 



3. FZIiZCIUBI,* TJnv. 



Tree ; 1. pinnate, without stip. ; fl. unisexual, in panicles ; 

 cal. 5-cleft ; pet. 5, imbricate ; disk large, hairy ; stam. 5, 

 inserted within the disk ; ov. 2-celled, with i suspended ovule 

 in each cell ; fruit a drupe, epicarp fleshy, endocarp mem- 

 branaceous, I -celled; seed solitary, cotyledons much crumpled, 

 no endosperm. — Monotypic. 



The genus is considered to belong to SapindacecE by Thwaites^ 

 Radlkofer, and Engler. 



r. declpiens, Thu<. Eninn. 408 (1864). Pehimbiya, 5. 



Herm. Mus. 5, 35. Fl. Zeyl. n. 443. Rhus dccipiens^ Wight, 111. i. 184, 

 Pteridophylhim decipicns, Thw. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 66 ; Enum. 59. 



C P. 536. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 539. Burm. Thes. t. 45 (leaf only). Wight, 111. t. 75. 



A moderate-sized tree, with reddish-grey, rough bark,. 

 leaf-scars very large and prominent, young parts glabrous ; 

 1. closely placed, spreading, pinnate, rachis 8- 10 in., much 

 thickened at base, pubcrulous, with a leafy wing on either 

 side between the Iflts. which is broad at top, narrowing down- 



* From the fern-like form of the leaves. It docs not appear why 

 Thwaites substituted this name for his earlier one, Ptcridophyllutn^ of 

 the same meaning. 



