278 XLT. AXACAEUIACE.l. 



compressed, red. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 29 ; Grab. Cat. p. 42 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 51 ; Bedd. Tlor. Sylvat. t. 123 ; Engler, in DC. Monogr. Pbaii. v. 4, 

 p. 267 ; Trim, Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 318 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 62 ; Woodr, 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 273; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 T. 5, p. 445. — Flowers: Feb.-May. Veen. SMmti; Moya. 



Common throughout the Presidency in deciduous forests. Konkan : Law !, Stocks ! ; 

 Malabar bill and Elephanta (Bombay), Graham. Deccan : Khandala, Bhiva ! ; 

 Bovrdhan near Pooua, Woodrow. Gujarat : Rajkot, Woodrow. Kanaka : Kala 

 naddi, Eifchie, 140! — Distrib. India; Ceylon. 



Often planted as a roadside tree, especially in the Madras Presidency, a purpose 

 for which it is by no means suitable, as it is bare of leaves in the hot weather when 

 shade is required. It grows very readily from cuttings, which is perhaps the reason 

 of its being so often planted. The tree exudes a gum which is not of much yalue, and 

 the bark is employed in native medicine. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



7. SEMECARPUS, Linn. f. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, qiiite entire, coriaceous. Flowers 

 small, polygamous or dioecious, in terminal (rarely axillary) panicles. 

 Calyx 6-6-fid ; segments deciduous. Petals 5-6, imbricate. Disk 

 broad, annular. Stamens 5-6, inserted at tbe base of the disk, imper- 

 fect in the female flowers. Ovary very rudimentary or in the male 

 flowers ; in the female superior, 1-celled ; ovule pendulous from the 

 apex of the cell, funicle short ; styles 3 ; stigmas subclavate. Drupe 

 fleshy, oblong, subglobose or reniform, oblique, seated on a fleshy re- 

 ceptacle formed of the thickened disk and calyx-base ; pericarp charged 

 with acrid resin. Seed pendulous ; testa coriaceous, the inner coat 

 somewhat fleshy ; embryo thick ; cotyledons plano-convex ; radicle 

 superior. — Distkib. Tropical Asia and Australia ; species about 38. 



1. Semecarpns Anacardium, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 182. A 

 moderate-sized tree. Leaves 7-24 by 4-12 in., obovate-oblong, rounded 

 at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous above, ashy grey or buff and more or 

 less pubef-cent beneath and with cartilaginous margins, base rounded, 

 cordate or cuneate, sometimes shortly auricled; main nerves 15-25 pairs 

 making a large angle with the costa, sometimes nearly horizontal, pro- 

 minent on both surfaces ; petioles g-l | in. long. Flowers greenish- 

 white, subsessile, fascicled in pubescent panicles which are equal to or 

 shorter than the leaves, the female panicles sliorter than the male : 

 pedicels short ; bracts lanceolate, pilose. Calyx-segments about -^ in. 

 long, pilose outside. Petals -^-i in. long by -J^ in. broad, ovate, acute. 

 Ovary in the male flowers rudimentary, hairy ; in the female subglobose, 

 densely pilose, crowned with the 3 styles. Drupes 1 in. long, obliquely 

 ovoid or oblong, smooth and shining, black when ripe, seated on a fleshy 

 receptacle or hypocarp about | in. long, smooth and yellow when ripe. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2,' p. 30; Grab. Cat. p. 41; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 52 ; Bedd. 

 Flor. Sylvat. t. 163; Engler, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 4, p. 478, & in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. V. 3, part 5, p. 175, fig. 110, ii-N ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 62 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 273; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 498.— Flowers : May-July. 

 Vkrn. BHiha ; Bhildvd. 



Throughout tlie Presidency in dry forests. Konkan: common. Da hell ^- Gihuon, 

 Lou'., S/oc/,s], Graham; Wari Country. Dahell ^- Gihsnn. Dkccan : common, 

 Lulzdl 6f Gihaon; Singhad, U'oodruw. S. M. Cou.ntky : Belgaum, Iiihhic, 1014! 



