12 XLVI. ANACARDIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Rhus. 



ft Leaflets quite glabrous beneath. 



11- K. succedanea, Linn. ; glabrous, leaflets 3-6 pairs oblong- ellip- 

 tic- or ovate-lanceolate caudate acuminate, panicle slender, flowers pedicelled, 

 pericarp dehiscent. DC. Prodr. ii. G8 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 98 ; Wight. Ic. t. 560 ; 

 Srandis For. Flor. 121 ; Wall. Cat. 992. K. acuminata. DC. Prodr. ii. 68. 

 Spondias ? Wall. Cat. 8479. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir, alt. 3-6000 ft. ; to Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft. 

 and Bhotan ; KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-6000 ft. DISTEIB. Japan. 



A tree about 30 feet high, everywhere glabrous, except the panicle in some va- 

 rieties. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, 6-18 in. ; petiole terete, 

 slender; ^leaflets 2-5 by 1^-2^ in., petiolulate, elliptic-oblong or oblong- or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, tip very slender ; base rounded or acute, straight or oblique ; nerves numerous, 

 slightly arched, slender. Panicles axillary, half the length of the leaves, slender, lax, 

 with a very few scattered hairs, or glabrous. Flowers ^th in. diam., yellow-green ; 

 pedicel slender. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals much larger, oblong or obtuse. 

 Disk 5-lobed. Drupes ^ in. diam., in drooping panicles, gibbous, compressed, epicarp 

 very thin, bursting irregularly ; stone compressed, bony, surrounded with wax. 

 Perhaps two or three species are mixed up here, but I cannot satisfactorily distin- 

 guish them without more complete specimens than I possess. 



_ VAE. 1. himalaica; shoots glabrous, leaves scattered, petiole 1-2 ft., leaflets 6-8 

 pairs, 4-6 by 1^-2^ in. petiolulate obliquely ovate-lanceolate acuminate very mem- 

 branous, midrib often pilose beneath, nerves 10-15 pairs, much arched, panicle pu- 

 bescent in flower, fruiting glabrous very lax, drupes pedicelled laterally compressed. 

 N.W. Himalaya, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kashmir to Nipal. This differs from the 

 Japanese plant in the pubescent panicle and fewer more-arched nerves. There are fruits 

 of it from Nipal in Wallich's Herbarium on the sheet with var. 3. 



VAE. 2. sikkimensis ; shoots pubescent, leaves as in var. 1, flowering panicle lax 

 glabrous, fruit unknown. A large tree of the Sikkim inner valleys, Lachen-Lachoong, 

 etc., ait. 5-8000 ft. 



VAE. 3. acuminata, DC. Prodr. ii. 68 (sp.) ; leaves usually crowded at the ends 

 of the branches, petiole 6-10 in., leaflets 2-5 pairs, 2-5 by 1^-2 in. elliptic or ellip- 

 tic-obovate or -oblong often abruptly caudate-acuminate at length coriaceous, nerves 

 25-30 pairs horizontal straight parallel, panicle glabrous in flower, fruiting panicle 

 more dense, drupes on very short stout pedicels laterally compressed. Himalaya 

 from Nipal to Bhotan, Khasia Mts. 



VAE. 4. sphcerocarpa; leaves of var. 3, drupes depressed spheres. Khasia, 

 Griffith. 



12. H. Griffith!!, Hook f. ; glabrous, leaflets 4-7 pairs oblong or ovate- 

 oblong acuminate, panicle stout pubescent, flowers subsessile, pericarp de- 

 hiscent. 



KHASIA MTS. alt. 4-6000 ft., Simons, etc. ; MISHMI Hnxs, Griffith. 



A small tree. Leaves towards the ends of the branches, 1-2 ft. ; petiole stout, 

 terete; leaflets 5-10 by 2|-4J- in., coriaceous, quite entire, rounded or cordate, rarely 

 acute at the base, glabrous and opaque above, very obscurely puberulous on the midrib 

 and principal nerves beneath ; petiolules in., very stout ; nerves strong. Panicles 

 5-6 in. long, axillary ; peduncle and branches stout, pubescent. Flowers -^ in. diam., 

 almost sessile. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Petals much larger, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse. Stamens exserted. Disk broad, sinuate-lobed. Drupes on 

 short stout pedicels, about ^-~ in. diam., nearly orbicular, compressed ; epicarp thin, 

 bursting irregularly; stone compressed, surrounded with wax. A very distinct spe- 

 cies, closely allied to E. succedanea, from which it differs in its much larger size, 

 stouter habit, larger leaflets often cordate at the 'base, pubescent stout panicle, 

 nearly sessile flower and smaller drupes. 



