JfhllS.] 33. ANACARDIACE/E, 61 



Ovules pendulous from top of cell or from the 



ovarian walls above the middle. 

 Leaves pinnate 



Style 1. Petals valvate Solknocaei'US, 



Styles 3-4. Petals imbricate Odina. 



Leaves simple, 

 b'tamens 5. 



Drupe on enlarged disc and calyx ... SemecARPUS. 



Disc and calyx not enlarged in fruit Holigauna. 



Stamens 4. Drupe superior ... ... ... ... Nothopegia. 



Fruit 2-5-ceIled, 2-5-seeded ... ... ... ... Spondias. 



RHUS, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves 1-3-foliate or pinnate. Flowers small, paniculate, 

 polygamous. Calyx 4-6-partite. Petals 4-6. Stamens 4-10, free. 

 Ovary ] -celled. Styles 3. Dritpe small, dry with a pendulous seed. 



R. mysorensis, Heyne ; W. & A. Prod. 172 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 110; Bedd. FL Sylv. 78. In the dry forests of ilu Deccan and 

 in Sind ; common in the Dharwar forests ; a small tree or large shrub. 

 Fl. Feb. Fr. Apl. 



MANGIFERA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers in terminal panicles. Clayx 4-5 par- 

 tite. Petals 4-5. Stamens 1-5, 1 more perfect than the others. Ovary 

 sessile, oblique. Drupe large ; stone compressed, fibrous. 



M. indiea, Linn. Fl. Br. L 2. 13; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 125; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 162. Mangoe. Mavina mara, K ; 

 amba, M. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara 

 ghats and in the ravines of the Satpud;is of Khandesh, also cultivated 

 throughout the presidency and Sind. Fl. Feb., Apl. Fr. ripe June. 



ANACARDIUM, Eottl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves petioled, simple. Panicle terminal. 

 Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5. Disc erect. Stamens 8-10 ; filaments 

 connate and adnate to disc. Ovary obovoid ; ovule 1. Nut kidney- 

 shaped, on enlarged disc and peduncle. 



A. occidentale, Linn. Fl. Br, I. 2. 20; Dalz.'& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 

 18 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 163. Goddmbe, K.; haju, M.; gent rnavii, in 

 Dharwar ; " Hijuli-badam " or cashewnut. Naturalized from America 

 throughout the presidency ; common near the sea-coast in open situations. 



BUCHANANIA, lloxb. 



Trees. Leaves simple, villous or glaucous. Panicles terminal. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 3-5-lobed. Petals 4-5. Disc orbi- 

 cular, 5-lobed. Carpels 5-6, in cavity of disc, only 1 fertile. Drupe 

 wnth a bony stone, 2-valved. 



Leaves aud panicles villous ... .. B. lati folia 



Leaves and panicles glabrous ... ...B. angusti/olia. 



