Holigarna.] 33. ANACARDIACE^. 63 



H. Arnottiana, Hook. f. Fl. Br. T. 2. 36 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 167. Nol'ujar, lioohjeri, K. ; sndrahilo, M. In the 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, common Fl. Jan., 

 Feb. Fr. June, July. 



H. Grahamii Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 2. 37 ; Sumecarpns Grnliamii, Dalz. 

 & Giljs. Bomb. Fl. 52. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara. JNIira hills and near Thul, Dalz. ; connnon in the North Kanara 

 ghat forests from Ainshi southwards. Fl. Jany. Fr. ripe June. 



NOTHOPEGIA, Blume. 



Tree. Leaves alternate or opposite, entire. Racemes axillary 

 Calyx small, 4-5 lobed. Petals 4-5. Disc annular, 4.5-Inbed. 

 Stamens 4-5, filaments hairy. Ovary 1-celled. Ovule pendulous 

 from top of cell. Drupe fleshy striate, seed pendulous. 



N. Colebrookiana, Blume Mus. Bot. 1. 203; Fl. Br. I. 2. 40; Bedd, 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 164; G'lt/eijcaiyus racemosus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51. 

 Amheri, Vern. Common in the evergreen forests of the Konkan and 

 North Kanara ghats. Fl. March. Fr. May. 



SPONDIAS, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets caudate, acuminate. Flowers 

 small, in terminal panicles. Calyx 4-5-fid. Petals 4-5, spreadino-. 

 Disc cupular, crenate. Stamens 8-10, inserted beneath disc. Ovary 

 free, 4-5-celled. Ovules solitary, pendulous in the cells. Drupe 

 fleshy with a hard thick stone, 1-5-celled. Seed.s pendulous. 



Leaflets not caudate. Fruit rough, fibrous ... S. rnanrjifera. 



Leaflets caudate, acuminate. Fruit smooth ... S. acuminata. 



S. mangifera, Willd. ; DC. Prod. II. 75. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 169 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 19 ; Brandis For. Fl. 128. Hog plum. Amhada, 

 M. ; aruate, K. Throughout the presidency, usually in dry forests, 

 common in North Kanara from the sea-coast inland, often planted. Fl, 

 Feb., Apl. Fr. ripe next Nov., Dec. 



S. acuminata, Roxb Fl. Ind. II. 453 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 42 ; Grah. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 42. Ambitt, ambada, M. In the Konkan hills near the 

 Kennery Caves, Graham. North Kanara. 



Order 34. MORINGE^. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, impari-bi or tri-pinnate ; pinnfe and 

 leaflets opopsite. Flowers bisexual in axillary panicles. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, 5-cleft ; segments unequal, petaloid. Petals 5, unequal. 

 Stamens inserted on the edge of the disc, declinate, 5 perfect, 

 opposite the petals, alternating with 5-7 filaments without anthers • 

 anthers 1-celled. Ovary stipitate, lanceolate, 1-celled^ with 3 parietal 

 placentas ; style simple, slender; ovules numerous. Capsule pod- 

 shaped, rostrate, 3-6-angled, torulose, 1-celIed, 8-valved, corky and 

 pitted within. Seeds many, in pits of the valves, testa corky, wino-ed 

 or 0. Albumen ; embryo with a many leaved plumule. 



