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be found in gardens at Hydrabad, in Sind, and leads to the sus- 

 picion that the solitary carpel in this tree is solitary by abortion. 

 The normal number would seem to be five. 



5. SEMECARPUS, Linn. 



1. S ANACARDIUM, Linn. A tree; leaves oblong obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, whitish and tomentose beneath (in Bombay 

 specimens) ; panicles terminal, bracteolated ; fruit heart-shaped ; 

 pericarp full of a corrosive resinous juice, used for marking linen. 

 Native name " Biboo." Warree country; Deccan and Concan; 

 common. 



2. S GRAHAMII, R. Wight Ic. t. 235. Leaves cuneate lance- 

 olate, acute, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; 

 petiole short, furnished with four subulate bodies, as in Holigarna ; 

 panicles racemose contracted, congested towards the summit of 

 the branches; calyx truncated, cup-shaped ; ovary and young fruit 

 covered with rusty-coloured hairs. The hilly parts of the Concan ; 

 common. Meera hills and near Thul, and elsewhere in forests. 



6. BUCHANANIA, Roxb. 



1 . LATIFOLIA, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 385. A tree ; leaves broadly 

 oval or obovate obtuse; branches of the panicles hirsute; flowers 

 small, greenish-white ; drupe compressed, ovoid globose ; nut very 

 hard. The kernel is used in native confectionery, and abounds in 

 a bland oil. Barria jungles, east of Baroda, Dr. Gibson ; near 

 Belgaum, Law; Salsette, Nimmo ; at Baitsee, in the Warree 

 country. Native names " Pyal " and " Charolee." 



7. CANARIUM, Linn. 



1. C STRICTUM, Roxb. Fl Ind. u iii. A tall straight tree, young 

 parts and inflorescence covered with ferruginous tomentum ; leaves 

 pinnated, 2 feet long ; leaflets 4 pairs and 1 odd one, ovate oblong, 

 or linear oblong, with a sudden acumination, minutely crenulate 

 on the margin, at length glabrous and shining above, hairy beneath, 

 on the nerves, 5 inches to a foot long. Meera hills and Punt 

 Suchew's country. Native names " Googul" and " Dhoop.'* 

 Produces a medicinal gum, aromatic, of a yellow colour. 



LI. CHAILLETIACE^E. 

 1. MOACURRA, Roxb. 



1. M GELONIOIDES, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 69. A small tree; 

 leaves alternate short-petioled, broad lanceolar entire, taper-pointed, 



