Semecarpus.'] XLVI. ANACAEDIACE^B. (J. D. Hooker.) 35 



19. S. subpanduriformis, Wall. Cat. 987 ; leaves lanceolately pan- 

 diyiform acuminate membranous white beneath, petiole short slender, panicle 

 terminal much branched. 



CHITTAGONG, Wallich (cult, in Calcutta Bot. Gardens). 



Branchlets stout. Leaves 1 ft. and upwards by 3|-4 in., broadest much above the 

 middle, thence rapidly narrowing upwards to a very acuminate point and downwards 

 to the petiole but dilating again for one-fourth above the base, exceedingly thin and 

 membranous, opaque above, beneath brownish white, -with faint indications of 

 pubescence on the nerves and midrib, reticulations very delicate; nerves 16-30, very 

 slender, straight ; petiole \-\ in. Panicles as long as the leaves, very robust and 

 much branched, finely pubescent. Flowers unknown. Fruit immature, obliquely 

 orbicular, compressed, with a small cup. 



20. S. heterophyila, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 187 ; leaves 6-14 in. oblong 

 or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous tip abruptly obtusely acuminate shilling- 

 above pale and reticulated beneath, petiole -1 in., panicle pubescent very large 

 with slender erecto-patent branches, flowers minute. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 

 2, 625. 



TENASSEBIM or ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Heifer. DISTBIB. Sumatra, Java. 



Perfectly glabrous except the panicle. Leaves very variable according to Javanese 

 specimens, 1-4 in. broad, thick, hard, and leathery, reticulated on both surfaces, 

 whitish beneath, margin thickened, cartilaginous, base acute but not decurrent on the 

 petiole; nerves 12-15 pairs, shining, somewhat arched. Panicle of the <very large, a 

 foot long and more, and as broad; branches strict, pale, the ultimate slender with 

 small clusters of minute sessile flowers. Nut in Java specimens transversely obloug, 

 1 in. diam. ; cup much narrower, shallow, pubescent when young. 



SPECIES UNKNOWN OB IMPEBFECTLY KNOWN TO ME. 



S. SUBBACEMOSA, Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 304 ; young parts pu- 

 berulous, leaves deciduous ? distant 3-4 in. oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or 

 subobtuse subdecurrent into a broad glabrous petiole |-1 in. thinly chartaceous 

 glaucous glabrous and shining above, glaxicous beneath and minutely puberulous when 

 young, midrib thick, nerves parallel, reticulations lax and conspicuous, panicles 

 axillary and terminal graceful puberulous, flowers small in fascicled cymes, pedicels 

 very short densely pubescent, calyx puberulous, petals valvate, filaments capillary, 

 disk hispid, styles 3 thick. Pegu, Kurz. Probably a Holigama. 



S. ACTTMINATA, Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 75 ; perfectly glabrous, 

 leaves 6-12 in. cuneate-obovate or -oblong acuminate, base narrowed acute or 

 acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves slender acutely prominent, reticulations lax con- 

 spicuous, panicles terminal slender shorter than the leaves, lax quite glabrous, calyx- 

 teeth broad acute, petals oblong-lanceolate acuminate, disk hispid, ovary glabrous, 

 drupe obliquely oblong broader than long, cup as broad, scarlet. Frequent in the 

 forests of Arracan on sandstone ; also in Chittagong, Kurs. 



S. L^VIGATA, Thwaites in Herb. (Coll. 3948) ; a small species in a very imperfect 

 ^state, with glabrous elliptic-obovate obtusely acuminate leaves 2-4 in. long shining 

 "above transversely strongly reticulated beneath, South parts of Ceylon. S. oblon- 

 gifolia var. 5, Marchand Hev. Anacard. 109. 



S. AXBESCENS, Kurz in Beng. As. Soc. Jour. 1871, ii. 51 ; 'a large tree, young 

 parts ^velvety -tomentose, leaves 7-12 in. elongate-obovate or cuneate-lanceolate 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, base cuneate rounded or obtuse shining and glabrous 

 above except the pubescent nerves, thinly clothed with white tomentum and sparingly 

 hairy beneath, nerves yellow conspicuous yellowish pilose not tomentose. reticulations 



