Order 39. Anacardiacece. 69 



4. SEME CARP us. 



^S. anacardium. The marking nut tree. A good- sized tree 

 with large leaves oblong rounded or obovate, whitish and 

 strongly veined below ; flowers in large cross panicles, very 

 small, greenish- white, drupe black, heart-shaped, deeply seated 

 in the yellow apple-shaped receptacle which is about the same 

 size. Bibu, behelu, kardin. 



Said to be common in Deccan, Konkan, and Guzerat ; but I should 

 scarcely call it so. The receptacle of the fruit is eatable, and the 

 acid whitish juice, which is used for marking linen, comes from the 

 pericarp. 



5. HOLIGARNA. 



H. Grahamii (Semecarpus G. D.). A tall tree with leaves 

 over a foot long collected at the end of the branches, smooth 

 above, hairy below ; panicle and calyx rusty and hairy ; drupe 

 and receptacle like the last. Ran bibu. 



Ghauts and Konkan hills. The shape of the leaves is very 

 peculiar ; the broadest part is above the middle, thence tapering 

 very gradually to the base, less so to the point. 



*H. Arnottiana (H. longifolia, D.) Leaves very long and tapering, 

 flowers very small in large panicles, drupe obliquely oblonsr, an inch 

 long, with thick acrid juice. Bibu, hulgari. Canara (D.)> Konkan ((?.). 



6. SPONDIAS. 



5. mangifera. All smooth, leaflets 4 to 5 pairs large, 

 oblong, pointed, entire, panicles very large, flowers greenish- 

 white or yellow, fruit like a small mango. Randmb, dmbdra, 

 dolamba. 



Often found planted, but a doubtful native. It flowers when bare 

 of leaves. The fruit is eatable, and sometimes called the hog plum,, 

 the W. Indian name of another species. 



*S. acuminata differs from the above chiefly in smaller leaflets with 

 longer points, a very short panicle, and probably a smooth stone. 

 Not in D. Kennery Caves ((?.). 



Nothopegia, sepals, petals, stamens and disk lobes 4 or 5. *N. 

 Colebrookiana (Glycocarpus racemosu?, D.). Small tree, leaves simple, 

 oblong entire, racemes short, flowers minute, drupe size of a cherry, 

 with thick edible pulp. Amberi. Ghauts (!>.) 



D. mentions that there were at Hewra "many large trees" of 

 Schinus mulli belonging to this order, and that it thrives well in India 

 and ripens its fruit. If this is so, it is a pity it is not commonly 

 cultivated, for it is a most beautiful and elegant tree, with large 

 clusters of small red waxy-looking fruit. It is very common in 

 Naples and other places in S. Italy, where it is called pepe y or pepper 



