Meliosina] XL. SABIACE.E 195 



4. M. dilleniaefolia, Blunie ; Brandis F. El. 115; Collett Simla M. fig. 33. 

 Vera. Kniin. Kanna, Karkdn, Got, X. W. Him. : Shapra, Bakarshang, Bash. 



A small deciduous tree, branchlets, petioles and inflorescence clothed with 

 ferruginous pubescence. L. membranous, pale beneath, obovate. sharply 

 serrate, with minute hairs on both sides and rusty pubescence on midrib and 

 nerves, blade 6-12, petiole i-1 in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair, straight, parallel. 

 Fl. white, pedicels nearly as long as flower, in the axils of caducous bracts, no 

 bracteoles. 



Himalaya, from the Bias eastwards, 4-11,000 ft. Fl. May-July. M. myriantha, Sieb. 

 & Zucc. China, Japan, is similar if not identical, the bracts are more persistent. 

 5. M. Thomsoni, King MSS. in Hl.>. Kew. S i kk in n Ga ruble no.! )7t> I .n large tree. branchlets, 

 petioles and underside of leaves densely and softly rustv-tomentose, upperside glabrous, 



except the t ' ■!! i.-n t • »c nerves and midrib. L. coriai US, teeth short, distant, blade 



7-1'J. |wtiole r|-li in. lone:, panicle longer than leaves. softly tomentose. This doubtless 

 i- M.ferruginea, Ivurz Mss.. described by King in Journ. As. Soe. Beng. 65 (1897), 116. 

 M.fi rrugint o, Sieb. et. Zucc, is Chinese, and M. ferruginea, Bluine, a Javan and Bornean 

 species. 



B. Leaves imparipinuate. 



6. M. Arnottiana, Wight 111. t. 53 (Millingtonia) ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 160. 

 Vein. Hull makay, Tarn.; Kallavi, Mai. 



A large tree with a spreading head, branchlets, common petiole, underside of 

 leaflets and panicle rusty-pubescent. Leaflets 4-7 pair, blade 2—5, petiolule 

 \ -.', in. long. Fl. crowded, cream-coloured, on very short pedicels, sepals 

 unequal, bracteoles 0. 



Western i i hats from < 'oorg southwards. Xilgiris. Fl. April-June. Ceylon, montane 

 zone. 7. M. pinnata, Roxb. (Millingtonia), Sikkim to 3,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills, 

 ' ac ar. Nearly glabrous, leaflets 5— 10 pair, move or less serrate. Fl. white, minute, 

 in large puberulous panicles. 8. M. Wallichii, Planch. .Nepal. Sikkim, 5-8,000 ft., Khasi 

 hills. Branchlets, common petiole, underside of leaflets and panicle rusty-hairy, leaf- 

 let- ;', 6 pair, spinulose-toothed. Fl. minute, greenish-white, on short stout pedicels. 

 9. M. Colletiana, Bong in Journ. As. Soe. Beng. 65 (1897), 116. Maymyo hill. Upper 

 Burma. A middle-sized tree, leaflets 3 pair, remotely and sharply serrate, upperside 

 glabi sexcepl the hairy midrib, underside with scattered hairs. Fl. minute, whitish. 



Order XLT. ANACARDIACEjE. Gren. PI. i. 415. 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate opposite in Bouea, Dobinea, and occa- 

 sionally in Notliopegia), simple, trifoliolate or imparipinnate, stipules 0. Fl. 

 regular, unisexual or bisexual, sometimes polygamous. Calyx 3-5-cleft 

 (spathaceous in Glut a), petals •"> 5, free, alternate with sepals, rarely 0. 

 Stamens usually as many as petals and alternating with them, inserted under, 



i ly on the disk. Ovary su|K>rior (inferior in Holigarna and Drimycarpus), 



1- or 2-6-celled. ovules solitary. Pr. a drupe, seed without albumen. 



i; ii canals in the bark, as o rule in the basl phlo 



A. Leaves i ite, trifoliolate, in Rhus Ootinus simple. 



Petals I 6, stamens HO I. Rnus. 



Peto I- 0, stt mens 3-5 ■>. I'i- i n i \. 



B. Leaves imparipinnate. 



I. Ovary L-celled. 



Climbers. PL polygai i-. sti us 10 . . Tapiria p. 200). 



Trees, leaflets crenulate, fl. bisexual . . . Solbnocarpos (p. 200), 

 Trees, leaflets entire, fl. unisexual. 



Deciduous, stamens 8 10 :'.. Odina. 



Evergreen, stamens I. . . . . . I. Parisuia. 



II. Ovarj I 5-celled. 



PI, polygamous, styles I or 5, free above 5. Spondias. 



PI. bisexual, styles connate ii. Dracontouklum. 



