10 XLVI. ANACARDIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rhus. 



leaves beneath, and panicle clothed with a rather furfuraceous pubescence. Leaves 

 palmately 3-foliolate ; petiole - in.; leaflets -l in., the terminal always much 

 the largest, lateral often very small, all sessile and contracted at the base. Panicles 

 subsimple, very slender, axillary and terminal. Flowers in. diam. ; pedicels short ; 

 bracts minute. Sepals ovate, 2 smaller. Petals oblong, much larger than the sepals. 

 Stamens short. Disk obscurely 5-lobed. Drupe | in. diam., subglobose, compressed, 

 red-brown, shining. Brandis suspects that this may be a form of R. parviflora, but 

 I cannot think so. 



4. R. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 993; glabrous, leaflets elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong obtuse entire or very obscurely sinuate-lobed. 



BHOTAN, Griffith ; BIRMA at Yenangheum, Wallich. DISTBIB. Yunan. 



Probably a tree ; quite glabrous except the minutely puberulous panicles. 

 Leaves rather coriaceous, palmately 3-foliolate ; petiole l-l in. ; leaflets 3-5 by 

 1-2 in., rarely oblanceolate, sessile, contracted at the base, terminal the largest and 

 sometimes petiolulate ; nerves many, spreading, parallel. Panicles very slender, 

 axillary and terminal, elongate ; branchlets recurved. Flowers -i in. ; shortly pedicelled. 

 Sepals orbicular. Petals not much- larger, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Disk cup-shaped. 

 Drupe % in. diam., nearly orbicular, depressed. 



** Leaves odd-pinnate. 



t Leaflets pubescent or tomentose beneath. 



5. R. semi-alata, Murray; DC. Prodr. ii. 67; petiole usually winged 

 above, leaflets 4-6-pairs sessile toothed densely pubescent beneath, panicle 

 equalling the leaves, pericarp indehiscent. Brandis For. Flor. 119. R. bucki- 

 amela, Ito.ib. Fl. Ind.. ii. 99 ; Wight Ic. t. 561 ; Wall Cat. 994. R. javanica, 

 L. (fid. DC.). R. Ainela, Don Prodr. 248. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Banahal to Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft. KHASIA Mxs., 

 alt. 3-5000 ft, 



A small tree ; branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath and panicles clothed with a 

 dense soft pubescence. Leaves 10-18 in. ; petiole cylindric ; leaflets coriaceous, sessile, 

 oblong, acuminate, base cuneate, terminal petiolulate, opaque above, pale reddish- 

 white beneath ; nerves many, parallel. Panicle large, broad, with a stout peduncle. 

 Flowers in., white or pale yellow-green. Sepals ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Petals 

 much larger, oblong, ciliate, and with a ciliate median ridge on the upper surface. 

 Stamens exceeding the petals ; anthers large. Disk cup-shaped, 10-lobed. Styles 

 rather long. Drupe ^ in. diam., orbicular, compressed, red, shining, acid. I have 

 specimens from the Bombay Presidency collected by Dr. Gibson (perhaps cultivated), 

 and from Ritchie (Griffith's Herbarium) collected at Baraghur (probably east of the 

 Indus) with the name " Semall-Shcorookee." The leaves are very small, the leaflets 

 about 1 in. long, more sharply serrated ; it may be a different species. 



6. R. punjabensis, Stewart in Brandis For. Flor. 120; petiole not 

 winged pubescent, leaflets 5-6-pairs sessile quite entire or sen-ate towards the 

 tip slightly pubescent beneath, panicles much smaller than the leaves, flowers 

 sessile, pericarp indehiscent. 



NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kunawur, alt. 6000 ft., Thomson. Rajaori and 

 Bussahir, alt. 2500-8000 ft., Brandis. 



A tree 30-40 ft. ; branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath and panicles covered with 

 -a very fine jpale pubescence. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole slender, terete; leaflets 

 sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, membranous, opaque above, base 

 rounded ; nerves numerous, slightly arched, simple. Panicles about half the length 

 of the leaves, subsessile ; branches dense, spreading. Flowers unknown. Drupes 

 ^- in. diam., orbicular, compressed, red, tomentose. 



7. R. kb.asiana, Hook. f. ; petiole very slender glabrous, leaflets 8-12- 



