60 Anacardiacez. [ Anacardium. 
The Rajavaliya relates that this species was introduced from India 
and planted by Indra at Kelaniya. 
2a. ANACARDIUM Linn. 
Trees; leaves simple; fl. polygamous, in terminal panicles; 
sep. 5, imbricate; pet. 5, linear-lanceolate; imbricate; disk 
with the torus stipitate; stam. 8-10, only one fertile, the rest 
barren and reduced in size; filaments connate, adnate to the 
disk; ovary 1-celled; nut kidney-shaped. 
ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 548 (1753); Engl. in DC. 
Mon. Phan. IV, p. 219 (1883). Caju, S. Montiri-kai, T. 
A small tree; young parts glabrous; 1. 4-8 in., obovate- 
oblong, tapering at base, rounded at apex, glabrous, entire, 
coriaceous; lateral nerves about 10 pairs; petiole up to $ in. 
long; panicles 6-10 in. long, pubescent, with the fls. crowded 
at the tips of the branches; bracts ovate-lanceolate, canes- 
cent; fls. $ in.; petals squarrose, canescent; ovary obovoid 
or obcordate; style filiform excentric; stigma minute; fruit 
I in.; nut reniform, seated on a pyriform fleshy body 2-3 in. 
long, formed of the enlarged disk and top of peduncle. 
Low country; naturalised; common. FI. Feb. Apr.; yellow. 
Native of Tropical America. 
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MANGIFERA INDICA Linn. Maa, T. (Gamble), Manga, T. (F. 
Lewis). 
For Odina Roxb. read: 
3. LANNEA A. Rich. 
For Odina Wodier Roxb. read: 
Lannea grandis Engl. in Engl. and Prantl. Nat. Pfl. Nachtr. 
I, p. 214 (1897). Haberlia grandis Dennst. Scheuss. Hort. Mal. p. 30 
(1818). Odina Wodier Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 29 (1814), name only; 
Fl. Ind. II, p. 293 (1832). O. pinnata Rottl. in Ges. Naturf. Berl. IV, 
Pp. 209 (1803) in obs., nomen; Clarke in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 202. 
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4. SEMECARPWS Linn. f. 
Infl. cauline ; shrub; lvs. obovate-lanceolate 8-15 
in. long, with a semitransparent border . 1. S. MARGINATA. 
Infl. terminal or axillary; trees leaves without a 
transparent border : 
Leaves peltate, lanceolate-oblong, 9-15 in. 
long; petiole 13 in. long ‘ : 
Leaves not peltate: 
Leaves hairy beneath, narrowly oblong- 
lanceolate, 5-12 in. long . ‘ : . 3. S. PUBESCENS. 
Part I. 
2. S. SUBPELTATA. 
