Semecarpus.] AnacardiacecB. 321 



fl. \ in. diam., on short ped., panicles lax, 8-14 in., slightly 

 branched, hairy; cal. glabrous; pet. veiny; drupe small, | in., 

 ovoid, slightly oblique, purplish-red, receptacle short, cupular. 



Var. /3. Thwaitesli, Engl. Mon. Phan. iv. 476. S. Thwaitesii^ Hk. 

 f. inFl. B. Ind. ii.-3i. C. P. 3886. 



L. smaller, slightly hairy beneath, lat. veins more oblique ; 

 panicles less hairy. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Near Ratnapura. Var. /3. Morowak 

 Korale. Fl. March, September; pale green. 

 Endemic. 



4. S. obovata, Moon Cat. 22 (1824). Kalu-badulla, S. 



Engler, Mon. 495. Thw. Enum. 'j'j. C. P. 3339. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 32. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark very smooth, whitish, young 

 parts glabrous; 1. closely placed at ends of branches, 3-7 in., 

 nearly sessile, obovate-rotund, rounded or subcordate at base, 

 entire, very coriaceous and stiff, glabrous, shining above, 

 whole reticulate venation very prominent beneath ; fl. f in., 

 panicles terminal, about 6 in., glabrous ; drupe \ in., oblong- 

 ovoid, apiculate, receptacle \ in., narrower than drupe. 



Moist low country; rare. Kalutara (Moon); Ratnapura; Galle. 

 Fl. Sept., Oct.; green. 

 Endemic. 



5. S. Moonii, Thw. Enum. 77 (1858). 

 Engler, Mon. 490. C. P. 3338. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 32. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark smooth and shining, flaking 

 off", young parts quite glabrous; 1. large, 6-12 in., almost 

 sessile, lanceolate, tapering or slightly rounded but not de- 

 current on petiole at base, shortly acuminate, entire, with a 

 narrow, sharp, cartilaginous margin, very coriaceous, lat. veins 

 horizontal and with the connecting reticulations very pro- 

 minent beneath, petiole very short, thick ; fl. \ in., nearly 

 sessile, panicle terminal, large, 6-12 in., pyramidal, minutely 

 puberulous ; drupe (not ripe) f in., apiculate, striate, receptacle 

 small, narrower than drupe. 



Moist low country; very rare. Kalutara. Fl. Sept., Oct.; green. 

 Endemic. 



6. S. corlacea, Thw. Enum. 76 (1858). Badulla, S. (of the hills). 

 Engler, Mon. 490. C. P. 313. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 32. 



A moderate-sized or large tree, with smooth shining bark, 

 ultimate branchlets thick, with prominent leaf-scars; 1. closely 



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