204 XLI. ANACARDIACE^ [Holigarna 



B. Eastern species. 



4. H. longifolia, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 282. 



A tall tree, bark smooth, ash-coloured. L. glabrous and glaucous beneath, 

 thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblanceolate, blade 12-24, petiole i-1 in. Panicle 

 large and spreading. PL dull white, rusty-tomentose. Drupe entirely enclosed 

 by calyx-tube. 



Chittagong hill tract. Lower Burma, in Eng and other Forests. Fl. C. S. 



The following two species may possibly only he forrns of H. longifolia, cf. King in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 (1897), 512. 5. H. Helferi, Hook, f . ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 315, an 

 evergreen tree, Lower Burma, young shoots and underside of young leaves pubescent. 

 L. coriaceous, oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, blade 12-30, petiole J-l in. long. 

 Panicles axillary, densely rusty-tomentose. Drupe almost entirely covered by the 

 calyx-tube. 6. H. albicans, Hook. f. Lower Burma. L. coriaceous, oblanceolate, white 

 and almost glabrous beneath, blade 6-8, petiole J-f in., without spurs. 



7. H. Kurzii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897), 512 (Semecarpus albescens, Kurz ; 

 Engler in DC, Mon. Phan. iv. 488). Pegu, Tenasserim, Andamans. L. coriaceous, 

 white and nearly glabrous beneath, oblanceolate, blade 10-15, petiole J-| in. long, sec. n. 

 distant, 12-18 pair, panicle large, compound, terminal. 



10. DRIMYCARPUS, Hook. f. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 36. 



D. racemosus, Hook. f. (the only species). Vern. Brong-Kiing, Lepoha. 



An evergreen tree, entirely glabrous except the inflorescence, wood close- 

 grained, takes a beautiful polish. L. shining coriaceous, lanceolate, entire, 

 margin thickened and usually strongly waved, blade 4-12, petiole stout, deeply 

 grooved, -i- in. long. PI. small, greenish-white, pentamerous, in fascicled short 

 racemiform panicles, axillary or below the leaf on the old wood, stamens 5. 

 Ovary inferior, 1-celled, style 1, very short. Drupe red, 1 in. diam. 



Sikkim, common in the outer hills, 3-6,000 ft. Bhutan, Assam, Khasi hills. Cachar 

 Chittagong. Fl. January-April. — China. 



11. BOUEA. Meissn. ; PL Brit, Ind. ii. 20. 

 (Species 3-4, Indo-Malay region.) 



B. burmanica, Griff. (1841) ; Pierre, PL Por. Cochinch. t. 366.— Syn. B. 

 oppositifolia, Meissn. (1842), Kurz. P. PL i. 306. Vern. Miriam, Uridm, Sund. ; 

 Mayan, Burrn. 



An evergreen middle-sized tree. L. lanceolate, quite entire, blade 4-10, 

 petiole i in. long. PL small, polygamous, in axillary and terminal panicles. 

 Sepals 3-5, deciduous, petals 3-5, imbricate. Stamens 3-5, inserted within 

 the small disk, all fertile. Drupe fleshy, yellow, 1-2 in. long, edible, taste 

 pleasant, sweet and acid, endocarp thin woody, 1-seedecl. 



Sundriban. Andamans, Tenasserim. Cultivated throughout Burma. Fl. January- 

 March. Fr. April-May. Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Dobinea vulgaris, Hamilton, Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 696, under Sapindacece, is a shrub in 

 Nepal, Sikkim (4-6,000 ft.), Mishmi hills. L. opposite, membranous, serrate, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Fl. small, unisexual, in terminal panicles, o* : Calyx cup-shaped, 4-dentate, 

 petals 4, exceeding calyx, disk 0, stamens 8, alternately shorter. $ : A 1-celled lenti- 

 cular ovary on an annular disk, adnate to a lanceolate bract, calyx 0, petals 0, style 

 filiform, spirally- involute. Fr. indehiscent, adnate to a round or obovate emarginate 

 penninerved thinly membranous bract, J in. diam. 



Anacardium occidentale, Linn. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 163. The Cashew-nut. Vern. Kaju, 

 Mar.; Godambe, Kan. ; Kolla-ma vu, Tarn. ; Paringi mavu, Mai. ; Thihon Thayet, Burm. 

 A small or middle-sized evergreen tree, indigenous in South America, but cultivated and 

 naturalized in many tropical countries, often found near the coast. L. glabrous, thickly 

 coriaceous, obovate, entire, blade 5-7, petiole J— ^ in., sec. n. 8-12 pair, conspicuous. Fl. 

 polygamous, in large terminal bracteate panicles, pentamerous, petals linear, \-\ in. 

 long, pale yellow streaked with pink, stamens 10, one longer always fertile, the rest 

 often sterile. Drupe kidney-shaped, 1 in. long, seated on a fleshy thick hypocarp, which 

 is 2-3 in. long, orange or crimson, edible, formed of the enlarged torus and calyx-base. 



