256 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Meliosma. 



Ovary glabrous ; leaflets 7-15, oblong-lanceolate or -obovate, ser- 

 rate, nearly glabrous ; panicles puberulous ; stone rugose 



4. pinnata. 



1. MELIOSMA SIMPLICIFOLIA, Walp. ; F. B. I. ii. 5. Milling-, 

 tonia simplicifolia, R/oxb. Cov. PI. iii. t. 254 ; W. & A. 115. 



E. Ghats, Madgol Hills of Vizagapatam at 4,500 ft. (A. W. 

 Lushingtoii) ; W. Ghats, at low elevations and up to 

 3,000 ft. in evergreen forests in Malabar, Nilgiris, Anama- 

 lais to Travancore. 

 A small tree with reddish moderately hard wood. 



2. MELIOSMA WIGHTII, Planch. ; F. B. I. ii. 4. Millingtonia 

 pung*ns, Wall. ; W. & A. 115 ; Wt. Ic. t. 964, 3. 



W. Ghats, at high elevations, usually above 5,000 ft. in the 



Nilgiri, Anamalai. Pulney and Travancore Hills in Shola 



forests. 



A medium-sized tree with a dark reddish-brown soft wood 



of little value. Yern. Badaga Tode. 



3. MELIOSMA ARNOTTIANA, Walp. ; F. B. I. ii. 6 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 t. 160. Millingtonia Arnottiana, Wt. 111. i. t. 53. Sapindus 

 ? niicrocarpiis, W. & A. 112. 



W. Ghats, at 4,000-7,000 ft. in Shola forests from S. Canara 

 to Tinnevelly, common and conspicuous. 

 A large tree with thick brown bark and dark reddish- 

 brown soft wood. Yern. Tarn. Knsavi, Thagari ; Badaga 

 Huli Makay ; Mai. Kalavi. 



4. MELIOSMA PINNATA, Roxb. ; F. B. I. ii 6. 



E. Ghats, Madgol Hills of Yizagapatam at 3,000-4.000 ft, 

 (A. W. Lushington). 

 A medium- sized tree. 



Family LII. ANACARDIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs, usually with acrid or resinous juice. Leaves 

 alternate or rarely opposite, simple or trifoliolate or imparipmnate. 

 exstipulate. Flowers small, regular, hermaphrodite polygamous 

 or unisexual, in a generally paniculate terminal or axillary 

 inflorescence. Calyx of 3-5 sepals, sometimes accrescent, some- 

 times spathaceous. Petals 3-5, alternate with the sepals, free, 

 rarely 0, imbricate or valvate. Disk flat, cupular or annular, 

 entire or lobed, rarely obsolete. Stamens as many as the petals, 

 rarely twice as many, inserted under or rarely on the disk ; fila- 



