22 XLVI. ANACARDIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Gluta~ 



1. G-. eleg-ans, Wall in Eoxb. FL Ind. eel Carey, ii. 315 ; Cat. 1003 



(Syndesmis) ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate not reticulate above, 

 petiole and nerves slender, panicles lax and flowers perfectly glabrous. Inde- 

 terminata, Wall Cat. 9049. 



PENANG, Porter, Maingay. 



A small tree, perfectly glabrous throughout ; much branched ; trunk stout. 

 Leaves 3-5 in., tapering at both ends, shining, reticulate beneath; nerves 8-12 pairs, 

 arched; petiole |-lij in. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, slender. Flowers 

 | in. long, subcorymbose. Calyx tubular, membranous, scarlet, split, mouth 2-toothed. 

 Petals linear-lanceolate. Disk elongate. Stamens 4-5, as long as the petals. Drupe 

 % in. long, when dry, gibbous-oblong, smooth, style-scar nearer the base than top. 

 A most beautiful and fragrant tree. 



VAR. Hclfcri ; leaves linear-oblong obtuse, nerves more oblique. Tenasserim or 

 Andaman Islands, Heifer. Probably a different species. 



2. G-. tavoyana, Wall Cat. 1004 (Syndesmis) ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late obtuse acute or acuminate reticulate, on both surfaces, petiole short, 

 panicles long-peduncled puberulous. Syndesmis sp., Griff. Notul iv. 410. 



TENASSERIM, at Tavoy, Gomez ; Mergui, Griffith. 



A. small tree with white branches. Leaves 412 by 1^-3 in., very coriaceous, brown, 

 rather waved; nerves 15-20 pairs, arched; petiole usually \ in., stout. Panicles 

 slender ; peduncle 1-3 in. ; flowers loosely corymbose, like those of G. elegans, but 

 smaller, about | in. long ; pedicel stouter ; calyx (scarlet)- shorter, puberulous, not 

 toothed. Petals linear-spathulate, white. 



3. G. coarctata, Griff. Notul. iv. 409, t. 567, f. 1 (Syndesmis) ; leaves 

 recurved conduplicate short-petioled linear- or obovate-oblong obtuse or sub- 

 acute reticulate on both surfaces, margins waved, panicles pubescent, flowers 

 large. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



A small tree. Leaves 5-10 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, bright brown when dry; nerves 

 15-22 pairs, very slender; petiole ~~ in. Panicles much branched, 3-5 in. ; flowers 

 crowded at the tops of the branches, f in. diam. Calyx short, almost campanulate, 

 split and lobed, very pubescent. Petals 5, obovate-lanceolate tipped with red. 

 Stamens 5. Drupe Aibglobose, with an irregular raised ridge round the base, others 

 down the sides ; rind dry, papillose, coriaceous ; flesh white, fibrous and spongy ; stone 

 coriaceous, adnate to the testa. Seed erect; embryo very large, cotyledons sub- 

 hemispheric unequal fleshy, opposite faces pink, radicle short. The description 

 of the fruit is taken from Griffith's Notulse and figure. The recurved subsessile 

 leaves and large flowers at once distinguish the species. 



4. G-. travancorica, Bedel Flor. Sylv. i. t. 60; leaves subsessile 

 small obovate-oblong rounded at the tip, panicles spreading tomentose, calyx 

 cupular. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Ghats of Tinnevelly and Travancor, Beddome. 



A. very tall timber tree. Leaves 4-6 by If-lf in., coriaceous, reticulate on both, 

 surfaces but especially beneath ; petiole very short, dilated. Panicles crowded, 

 terminal and in the upper axils, subcorymbose, shorter than the leaves ; bracts ovate, 

 boat-shaped. Calyx truncate at the base, very short, coriaceous, irregularly toothed. 

 or lobed, split on one side, less deciduous than in the other species. Petals 5, 

 elliptic-obovate, obtuse, downy on both surfaces. Disk very short. Stamens 5, 

 filaments subulate. Drupe 1 in. diam., depressed-globose, stipitate. 



6. BVCKAKANZA, Eoxb. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Panicles terminal 

 and axillary, crowded. Flowei-s small, white, hermaphrodite. Calyx short,. 



