32 XLVI. ANACARDIACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) [Semecarpus. 



cent, and ciliate, $ with a largo turbinate rudiment of an ovary. Drupe 1 in., obliquely 

 oblong, rounded at the tip ; cup broad, short. Beddome. 



6. S. auriculata, Beddome Fl. Sylv. under t. 232 ; Ic. Plant. Ind. Or., 

 t. 187 ; leaves sessile oblanceolate tip obtuse reticulate on botk surfaces nerves 

 strong beneath. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Travancor and Tinnevelly Mountains, Hayne, Beddome. 



A good-sized dioecious tree. Leaves 7 by If in., oblanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 

 very gradually narrowed at the base and there furnished with 2 rounded lobes just 

 above the petiole, dull green, glabrous, midrib slightly rusty, margin membranous, 

 reticulations prominent beneath ; petiole i-| in. Flowers $ 3-5-merous. Drupe 

 obliquely obovate, | in. diam., broader than long, very oblique ; cup short, broad. 

 Beddome. 



7. S. marg-inata, Thwaites Enum. 77 ; leaves 6-14 in. elliptic-obovate 

 or oblanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate glabrous or pilose beneath, base 

 contracted auricled margin broadly cartilaginous, petiole very short and thick, 

 panicle from the old wood glabrous or pilose, nut \ in. 



CEYLON ; damp forests in the Galle, Katnapoora and Ambagamowa districts, 

 Walker, Thwaites. . 



An erect shrub, 6-8 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 2|-5 in. broad, bright brown 

 when dry, but hardly shining, white margin ^ in. broad, reticulate beneath ; nerves 

 about 12 pairs, slender, arched ; midrib grooved beneath; petiole \ in., remarkably 

 thick. Panicle short, slender. Nut ovoid, subcompressed, oblique, reddish ; cup half 

 as long, scarlet. Described chiefly from Thwaites, who states that there is a form 

 with the leaves beneath clothed with spreading rigid hairs. 



8. S. obovata, Moon Cat. 22; leaves 3-7 in. subsessile very broadly 

 obovate or oblong thickly coriaceous shining on both surfaces, tip rounded or 

 retuse, base cordate, panicles quite glabrous. Thwaites Enum. 77. 



CEYLON ; at Caltura and Eatnapoora. 



A m6derate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 2^-3 J in. broad, very thick, 

 dark brown above when dry, paler beneath, reticulated on both surfaces, but the 

 nervules not well defined ; nerves 6-8 pair ; petiole | in. Panicles rather slender, 

 branches spreading. Flowers minute. Unripe nut oblong, with a rather elongate 

 narrow cup. 



9. S. BKoonii, Thwaites Enum. 77; leaves 6-12 in. oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate shortly acuminate thickly coriaceous many-nerved much reticulate 

 beneath, petiole very short, panicle terminal large spreading. 



CEYLON, south part of the island, Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized perfectly glabrous tree. Leaves 2|-3| in. broad, hard, rather 

 shining grey-green above, with distinct and rather broad reticulations, which are 

 stronger on the brown undersurface ; nerves 18-20 pairss very spreading, shining 

 beneath, with the midrib grooved ; petiole j~ in., very thick. Panicle with a stout 

 peduncle and spreading branches. Flowers numerous, | in. diam. 



10. S. coriacea, Thwaites Enum. 76; very robust, leaves 3-7 in. 

 obovate or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous tip rounded much reticulate be- 

 neath base subacute not narrowed into the very short petiole, panicles very 

 robust with spreading branches, drupe large broader than long. 



CEYLON ; central province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout ; branchlets as thick as the finger. 

 Leaves 1-3| in. broad, hardly shining, pale above when dry, brown beneath, nerves 

 10-12 pairs, slightly arched, not well defined, as is the case with the reticulations 

 beneath ; midrib beneath grooved ; petiole |-| in. long, and broad. Panicles fascicled, 



