270 Xr.T. AyACAniMACE.T:. 



characteristic as Roxburgh's name (latifolia), must necessarily be adopted. 

 See note under B. anc/ustifolia, the next species. 



KoNKAN : SfocAsl; Bombay, Lambert I; Wari, CooA-el; Baitsi (Wari Country), 

 Dnhell ^' Gih.i07i. Deccan : Kartriz Gliat (near Poena), J]'oodroxr '. : Singhad bill, 

 IVondrov) I Gujarat: Barria jungles east of Baroda, Gi/ison; Dangs, Wood row. 

 S. M. Country: Belgauni, Laiol, liitchie, 1010! — Distkib. Hot and drier parts of 

 India. 



The fruit is eaten and an oil is extracted from the kernels. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



2. Buchanania angustifolia, Boxh. Hort. Bon/. (1814) p. 32; 

 Fl. Ind. V. 2 (iyy2) p. tJ8G. A ghibrous tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 3-() by 1^-2 in., linear-oblong, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or 

 rounded, very often eniarginate, quite glabrous, reticulatelv veined, the 

 nerves and veins siiglitly prominent on the upper surface, base rounded 

 or acute; main nerves 12-15 pairs; petioles |-1| in. long, slender. 

 Plowers in glabrous branched panicles about equalling the leaves ; 

 pedicels ^^"tV ^"- long. Calyx-lobes semiorbicular. Petals y^y in. long, 

 oblong. Fertile ovary pilose. Drupes | in. in diam., obliquely globose, 

 slightly compressed.* Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 23; Grab. Cat. p. 4lVWight, 

 Icon. t. 101 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 316; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 62 ; 

 Engler, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 4, p. 184. 



This tree has been included on the authority of Graham (1. c), who gives the 

 Ajanta jungles as its hahitat. It has iiot ap])arently been found in the Bombay Pre- 

 sidency by any other collector. Dahcll cf- Gihson. do not include the plant in their 

 Bombay Flora, and Talhof (1. c.) merely quotes Graham. There are no specimens in 

 Htrb. Kew. from tiie Bombay Presidency. ]]'i//ht's specimens and those in Herb. 

 Botil. are from Soutliern India. Ro.rhunih states (I. c.) that it is a native of the 

 south end of India. On the other hand, Lidhic (9^.")0 in Herb. Kew. !) has found the 

 ))laut in the Chanda district of the Central Provinces. — Distkib. India from the 

 Central Provinces southward. 



iWc — Steudf], Num. v. 1, p. 2■^'^, and, following him, Daydon Jackson, in 'Index 

 Kewensis,' give B. Lankan, Spreng. in Schrader, Journ. v. 4 (1801), ns a synonym for 

 ]i. a II gust if alia. — I'lie plant to which the name B. Lnn.:an was given by Sprengcl was 

 flr.st d(\*(rribed by Buchanan in Asiat. Res. v. f) (1708) p. 123, but was not named in that 

 publication. Sprcngel, two years later, named the plant B. Lan::an from the native 

 Binnese name communicated by Buchanan, and at the same time founded the genus 

 llwhanania (1800-1801). Roxburgh (Hort. Beng. [1814] p. 32\ no donbt in 

 ignorance of Sprengel's work which had appeared in a journal printed in Guttingen 

 ill 1801, gave tlie .srtwc name to the genus. That the plant described by Buchanan 

 could nut possibly have been B. aiir/tcsO'/n/ia of Roxburgh is evident from the fact 

 tliat B. aiif/u»f/ful/a is not a native of Birma, but is confined to S. India, whereas, 

 from BLichanan's notes, it is clear that the plant described by him was abundant on 

 the mountainous districts of Upper Birma and that its seeds were widely distributed 

 commercially and used for the same purposes as almonds. Moreover, Roxburgh 

 (Fl. Ind. V. 2, p 38.')) makes it quite dear that the />'. Lan-an of Fprcngel was the 

 same plant that he described as />. latifolia. Roxburgh quotes Bin'li.anan in Asiat. 

 Ees. (/. c.) as the original author, and gives the native name of the plant as Larimon, 

 which is doubtless a misprint [w Lamuan. See remarks under tlie preceding species. 



5. SOLENOCARPUS, Wight & Arn. 



A tree. Leavers alternate, crowded towards the ends of the branches, 

 imparipinuate ; leaHefs o])|)osite, glabrous, crenidate. Flowers herma- 

 j)liro(litc, small, in terminal branched panicles. Calyx minute, 5-toothed, 

 imbiicali', dccidiious. Petals 5, spreadnig, valvate. Disk broad, an- 

 nular. Stamens 10, insei'ted at the base of the disk. Ovary free, 

 BesBiJe, l-celled; ovule 1, jiendulous from the top of the cell; style 



