322 Anacardiacece. [Semecarpus. 



placed, 4-6 in., obovate-oblong, tapering to acute or slightly 

 rounded base, rounded or emarginate at apex, extremely 

 coriaceous, lat. veins nearly horizontal, curved, and with the 

 connecting reticulations rather prominent beneath, petiole 

 very short, stout; fl. rather large, fully | in., panicle terminal, 

 short, 3-6 in., very stout, much branched, glabrous or slightly 

 pilose; drupe over i in. wide, fin. long, compressed, strongly 

 apiculate, receptacle small, § in,, scarcely cupped. 



Forests of the montane zone, above 4000 ft. ; common. Fl. April ; 

 pale green. 



Endemic. 



The common ' Badulla' of the hill-forests, and our only high mountain 

 species, though S. nigro-viridis extends into the lower hills. 



7. S. Walkerl, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 33 (1876). 



Engler, Mon. 491. 5. obscura, Thw. (part) Enum. 410. C. P. 2940. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 33. 



A moderate-sized tree, young parts glabrous ; 1. 4-8 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse at base, acuminate, often 

 twisted at apex, stiffly coriaceous, lat. veins nearly transverse, 

 with the connecting reticulations rather prominent beneath, 

 midrib somewhat channelled above, petiole i-i^ in., thickened 

 at base; fl. nearly ^ in., panicles terminal and axillary, 4-6 in., 

 slightly branched, slender; drupe over h in., ovoid, not oblique, 

 receptacle cup-shaped, enclosing half the drupe. 



Moist low country up to 2000 ft. ; common (?). About Kandy ; Allagala ; 

 Hewesse. Fl. March ; pinkish-green. 

 Endemic. 



8. S. Gardnerl, Thw. Enufn. 76 (1858). Badulla, S. 

 Engler, Mon. 491. C. P. 1257. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 33. 



A moderate-sized or large tree, with finely grooved grey 

 bark, young parts glabrous; 1. large, 6-13 in., narrowly 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute or slightly rounded at base, not 

 decurrent on petiole, shortly acuminate, entire, somewhat 

 undulate, rather thick but not coriaceous, bright green and 

 shining above, paler beneath, midrib very broad, lat. veins 

 horizontal, intermediate reticulations very fine, with included 

 curved free veinlets, conspicuous beneath, petiole i-ii in., 

 stout ; male fl. \ in., bisexual ones over ^ in., panicles terminal 

 and axillary, 6-12 in., slightly branched, glabrous; drupe very 

 oblique, nearly i in. wide, apiculate, receptacle large, swollen, 

 much wider than drupe, cup-shaped, red. 



Moist low country, up to 3(X)0 ft. ; common. Hewesse; Singhe'Raja 

 Forest; Morowak Korale; Ambagamuwa; Kandy. Fl. Dec; green. 



