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Vol. IX.] BOMBAY. [No. 3. 



THE POISONOUS PLANTS OF BOMBAY. 



By Surgeon-Major K. R. Kirtikar, i.m.s., f.l.s., 



Civil Surgeon, Thana. 



PART XI. 



(With Plates M and Supplementary M.) 



(Continued from Vol. 7X, page 176.) 



SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM- (Zmn.) 



Natural Order — Anacardiace^}. 

 MARATHI far (Biba); fir^r (Bhilawa.) 

 (Bead before the Bombay Natural History Society 

 on 28fA January 1895.) 

 This is the marking-nut tree of English writers. 

 A deciduous forest-tree common in several parts of India and other 

 tropical countries, varying in height from 20 to 40 feet, very showy when 

 in full blossom and full fruit. Very common in the jungles of Thana. 

 Old leaves shed in January and February. New leaves appear in April 

 and May. The tree blossoms soon after the new leaves are thrown out. 

 The flowering time lasts from May to August. The seed is ripe in 

 January and February. (Roxburgh). 

 BRANCHES — Numerous, spreading. 



TRUNK — Straight ; covered with grey, scabrous bark, which is 

 often brown. Girth 4 to 6 feet. 

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