ANACARDIACE.E. \_RhltS, 



while of the third, 8. SchwencJcii, Teysm. and Binnend. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 26 ; Kurz i. 

 316, herbarium specimens were sent from Chittagong accompanying E 1964. Vern. 

 Boilam, boilsur, Beng. ; Sambung, sanginphroo, Magh ; Shibika, Chakma ; Thayet san, 

 Burm., which has unfortunately been mislaid. It is a very large tree of the Eastern 

 Peninsula from Chittagong southward and, especially in Chittagong, is remarkable by 

 its tall straight, white stem and handsome foliage, which is tinged with red in the cold 

 season. The wood is sometimes used for boats and is said by Major Lewin to last 

 better than other woods in salt water. Solenocarpus indica, W. and A. ; 

 Beddome t. 233, is a tree of the Western Ghats. Parishia insignia, Hook. f. is a 

 large handsome evergreen tree of Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands. Nothopegia 

 contains three small trees of the Western Ghats ; and Dracontomelum mangiferum, 

 Bl. Vern. Gunradah, And., is a large evergreen tree of the Andaman Islands. 



According to the structure of the wood the genera of this family 

 may be divided into two series. The first series which comprises Mela- 

 norrhcea, Gluta, Bouea and Mangifera is characterized by closely packed 

 medullary rays and somewhat scanty pores, of these the first three genera 

 have hard and dark-coloured heartwood. The second series comprises 

 HJius, Pistacia, Anacardium, Semecarpus, Odina, Buchanania, Spondias, 

 and Drimyvarpus, and is marked by numerous fine, medullary rays, which 

 are not closely packed, and numerous small or moderate-sized pores. The 

 wood of the genera of this group is soft, and except that of Pistacia, R/ius 

 and Odina, has no heartwood. The heartwood of Pistacia is hard and 

 that of Odina moderately hard. 



1. RHUS, Linn. 



Contains 11 species, chiefly Himalayan. Rhus parviflora, Roxb. Fl. lud. ii. 100; 

 Brandis 119. Vern. Tunga, rai tung, dungla, tumra, ranel, Hind., is a shrub of dry 

 slopes of the N.-W. Himalaya and of the hills of Central India, with a yellowish, close- 

 grained wood. R. Ichasiana, Hook. f. and R. Griffithii, Hook. f. are small trees of 

 the Khasia Hills and Chittagong, while R. paniculata, Wall., is found in Bhutan 

 and in Burma. R. Coriaria, Linn., is the Sumach tree of Europe, whose leaves are 

 used in tanning in the preparation of Morocco leather. 



Wood grey, soft except in R. mysorensis, often streaked, with a yellow 

 or brown heartwood. Pores small, often large and in continuous porous 

 belts in the spring wood,- Medullary rays fine and moderately broad. 



1. R. Cotinus, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 9; Brandis 118. Vern. 

 Padn, Ihdn, manu, banthra, tung, tilri, Pb. ; Tunga, tuny, chanidt, ami, 

 N.-W. P. 



A shrub or small tree, deciduous. Bark thin, reddish brown, rough. 

 Wood moderately hard ; sapwood small, white ; heartwood mottled, of a 

 rich dark yellow colour. Annual rings marked by a belt of moderate- 

 sized and large pores, the pores in the autumn wood very small, arranged 

 in long, irregular j radial groups. Medullary rays fine, short. 



Suliman Range, North-West Himalaya to Kumaun, ascending to 6,000 feet. 

 Growth slow, 32 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 56 Ibs. per cubic loot. Used 

 in South Europe for inlaid and cabinet work. In the Himalaya the twigs aiv used 

 for basket-making, and the bark and leaves for tanning. 



Ibs. 



H 85. Bhajji, Simla, 6,000 feet 



II 3182.. Dofigagalli, H;i/.ara 



2, R. mysorensis, Hcyne ; Hook. Fl, Ind. ii. 0; Beddome Izxviii. j 



Brandis 11U. Vern. Dasttnii, Ajmere. 



