Meliosma.] 



XtlV. SABIACE^. 



517 



thinly coriaceous, oblong to lanceolate acuminate, base obliquely 

 shortly cuneate, smooth above, red-tomentose beneath; nerves 

 7 to 8 pairs, reticulations distinct, 2*5 to 5 in. long, '9 to i'2 in. 

 wide; petiolules 'i to '2 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 

 5 to 12 in. long, red-tomentose ; branches spreading. Flowers 

 solitary, spicate, oblong under 'i in. across, white. Fruit globose, 

 •25 in. through, black. Hab. Southern woods of the peninsula, 

 Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Johor, Castlewood. 

 Malacca (Griffith). 



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Order XLV. ANACARDIACE.E. 



Trees, often vast, rarely shrubs, with a clear resin which turns 

 black on exposure, very poisonous. Leaves usually simple, cori- 

 aceous or pinnate, alternate, rarely opposite. Flowers small or 

 minute, white, yellow or pink, uni- or bi-sexual in panicles in the 

 uppermost axils. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed or spathaceous {Gluta) or 

 calyptrate [Melanorrhcea). Petals 3 to 5. Disc fiat cupular or 

 annular or lobed. Stamens many as petals or fewer or more, 

 some often abortive insert beneath, rarely on, disc. Ovaries i or 

 4 to 6, apocarpous or 2 to 5 syncarpous ; ovules solitary, pendulous. 

 Styles I to 5, or stigma sub-sessile. Fruit drupaceous, i-celled 

 and I seed or a stone 2- to 5-celled. Seed exalbuminous. About 

 430 species, chiefly tropical. (King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixiv. 



ii- 459-) 



Spondtas dulcis, Willd., the Hog plum, is occasionally planted. 

 There are trees at Grit in Perak. It is a big tree with caducous 

 leaves, long leaflets and greenish yellow plum-like fruit. 



i. Anacardie^. Ovary i-celled; leaves simple; carpels i to 5, only 

 I fertile ; style lateral or from base of ovary. 



Petals not accrescent ; stamens in i whorl, some- 

 times reduced to i ; fruit a drupe. 

 Stamens 10; carpels 5 (4 or 6) . . . i. Buchanania 



Carpel i. 



Leaves opposite . . . . .2. Bouea 



Leaves alternate. 

 Stamens i to 5 ; calyx 4- to 5-partite . . 3. Mangifera 



Stamens 8 to 10; drupe reniform on a fleshy 



peduncle . . . . . •4- Anacardium 



Calyx spathaceous ; drupe corky, fleshy 



often tubercled 5- Gluta 



Petals accrescent. 



Calyx calyptrate ; drupe sessile ... 6. Melanorrhcea 

 Calyx 5-partite; drupe stalked ... 7. Swintonia 

 ii. Rhoide;e. Carpels i or 3 united; ovary i-celled; stamens in i to 2 

 whorls; fruit i -celled, i -seeded; leaves usually pinnate. 

 Leaves simple. 



Flowers 5 -merous; stamens 6 to 10 . . 8. Campnosperma 



