Rims.'] XLVI. ANACARDIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 11 



pairs membranous subsessile lanceolate incised-serrate long-acuminate hairy 

 chiefly on the nerves beneath, pericarp dehiscent. 



KHASIA MTS. ; at the Borpanee, and at CHITTAGONG. H. f. fy T. 



A large tree. Leaves l-lj ft. ; petiole terete, soft, pubescent towards the tip ; 

 leaflets 3-4 by f in. ; base cuneate, oblique, glaucous beneath ; nerves very slender, 

 about 15 pairs, arched, clothed with soft white spreading hairs. Flowers not seen. 

 Drupes ^ in. diam., in open panicles, pedicelled, orbicular-ovate, coifipressed ; epicarp 

 papery, pale, irregularly torn, exposing a fibrous endocarp. I have only examined 

 imperfect specimens of this very distinct plant, which approaches B. punjabensis in 

 habit. 



8. XI. Wallichii, Hook. f. ; petiole tomentose not winged, leaflets 3-6- 

 pairs subsessile quite entire densely softly tomentose beneath, panicles much 

 shorter than the leaves, pericarp dehiscent. R. vernicifera (in part), DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 68 ; Royle III 175 ; Brandis For. Flor. 120. R. juglandifolia, Watt. 

 Cat. 996 (not of Willdenow). 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Garwhal to Nipal, alt. 6-7000 ft. 



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

 a soft dense rusty tomentum. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole terete; leaflets 6-9 by 

 2-3 in., coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, acuminate, shortly petiolulate ; base rounded, 

 upper surface pubescent or glabrous ; nerves 20-25 pairs, parallel. Panicles much 

 shorter than the leaves, axillary ; branches short, stout. Flowers subsessile, -$ in. diam. 

 Sepals small, broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals much larger, obovate, concave, white ? with 

 very broad dark veins. Filaments short; anthers large. Disk broad, cup-shaped, 

 obscurely lobed. Drupes densely crowded, ^ in. diam., globose, puberulous ; epicarp 

 dry, crustaceous, bursting irregularly ; stone globose, very thick, bony, surrounded by 

 wax. I agree with Brandis in regarding this as quite distinct from the Japanese 

 wax tree (E. vernicifera), from which it differs in the sessile flowers and laxer and 

 longer panicles ; juice corrosive. The Sikkim specimens referred to this species by 

 Brandis have glabrous petioles, and belong to E. insignis. 



9. It. insig'nis, Hookf., petiole not winged glabrous, leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 petiolulate glabrous above tomentose beneath, panicles shorter than the leaves, 

 drupe pedicelled, pericarp dehiscent. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, interior valleys, alt. 3-6000 ft. J. D. H. KHASIA MTS. at 

 Nurtiung, alt. 4000 ft. H.f. $ T. 



A small beautiful tree. Leaves 12-18 in. ; petiole terete ; leaflets 6-9 by 3-4in., 

 coriaceous, quite entire, elliptic or oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shin- 

 ing above, rusty, softly tomentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in E. Wallichii. 

 Flowers not seen. Fruiting panicles axillary, stout, 10 in. long-peduncled ; branches 

 spreading. Drupes scattered on the panicle, globose ^ in. diam. ; epicarp thin, 

 dry, bursting irregularly and enclosing a globose white mass of wax containing a very- 

 small flattened crustaceous stone. Similar in many respects to E. Wallichii, but very 

 different in the glabrous petiole and panicle, petioluled leaflets that are often cordate 

 at the base, large lax glabrous panicles, and smaller very different fruit. The panicles 

 and petioles are crusted with lenticels in some Sikkim specimens. 



10. R. ? Dhuna, Hamilton in Wall. Cat. 8502 (Terebinthacese ?) ; pe- 

 tiole not winged and leaflets beneath softly tomentose ; leaflets 4 pairs petio- 

 lulate oblong abruptly acuminate. 



NIPAL at Patgong, Hamilton. 



Leaves 2 ft. ; petiole stout, cylindric, grooved ; leaflets 6-10 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, 

 terminal obovate, with a cuneate base, the rest oblong with a cordate base ; midrib 

 stout; nerves 25 pairs slightly -arched; under surface clothed with soft spreading hairs, 

 upper smooth, glabrous, with a slender midrib ; petiolule robust, cylindric i-| in. 

 I have only leaves of this very fine plant, which appear to be closely allied to E. Wal- 

 lichii, and E. insignis, differing from the former in the much less tomentose leaves 

 and petiolulate leaflets, and from the latter in the pubescent petiole. 



