Bouea] XLI. ANACARDIACE.E 205 



In pericarp are sacs filled with acrid oil. which raises blisters on the skin. Seed 

 kidney-shaped, oily, roasted and eaten. 



12. BUCHANANIA, Roxb. ; PL Brit. Iud. ii. 22. 



Trees or shrubs. L. simple, quite entire. Fl. small, bisexual, panicles 

 numerous, termiual and in the axils of the uppermost leaves at the ends of 

 branches. Calyx 3-5-cleft, persistent, petals 4—5, oblong, imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens 8-10, free, inserted outside and under the annular disk, which sur- 

 rounds the 5-6 free carpels, 1 fertile, the others imperfect. Drupe small, flesh 

 scanty, splitting into 2 valves at the time of germination. Species 20, Indo- 

 Malayan region, extending to Australia and the Pacific. 



A. Panicles tomentose or pubescent. 



1. B. latifolia, Roxb.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 165; Brandis F. Fl. 127. Syn. 

 B. Lanzan, Spreng. ; Cooke, Bombay Flora i. 275. Vern. Chiroli, Pb. ; 

 Piyal, Pial, Paira, Char, Achar, Hind. ; Char, Chirauli, Chironji, Mar. ; 

 Morli, Sara, Tel.; Nurkal, Mwrkala, Kan.; Morula, Sarai, Tam. ; Munga, 

 perlu, Mai. 



A middle-sized tree, attaining 50 ft., bark dark grey, rough, with small 

 quadrangular plates, divided by deep narrow cracks. L. coriaceous, hard, 

 oblong, obtuse, as a rule softly hairy beneath, blade G-10, petiole J-| in. Sec. 

 n. 15-20 pair, prominent. Panicles tomentose, bracts small, caducous. FL 

 sessile, greenish-white. Drupe black, \ in. diam., edible, stone hard, bony. 



Common in the deciduous forests of India and Burma, except the arid region of 

 North-West India. In tin- siibhiinalayan tract the Sutlej is its north-westem limit. 

 Fl. January— March. Nearly leafless for a short time during the dry season. Bark 

 used for tanning. 2. B. lanceolata, Wight Ic. t. 237, Quilon. L. glabrous and shining 

 on both sides, elliptic-lanceolate, blade I -5, petiole J-J in., seen 16 20 pair, distinct 

 reticulate veins between them. Panicles shorter than leaves, their branches short, 

 stout. Fr. unknown. 



3. B. platyneura, Kurz; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 (18117) 462. Andamans 

 and Nicobars, very common. A middle-sized or large tree, youngest shoots minutely 

 pubescent. L. coria >us, glabrous ami shining on both surfaces, elliptic-lanceolate, 



Made I !', petiole i-1 in. Panicles pubcrulous, pedicels longer than flower, anthers 



narrow, not sagittate. -1. B. glabra, Wall. "Maulmein. L. thickly coriai us, broadly 



elliptic, panicles shorter than leaves, rusty-puberulous. PI nearly sessile. 5. B. acu- 

 minata, Turcz. ( Ii. sessilifolia, Schauer; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 [1897] 468, the 

 older name but misleading.) Maulmein. A shrub or small tree. L. thinly coriaceous, 

 oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, gradually narrowed into petiole j-i in. long, 



panicles ped rcilate, longer than the leaves, minutely pubescent, pedicels shorter than 



Bower. Petals oblong, the apex narrower and recurved, anthers sagittate. 6. B. lanci- 

 folia, Roxb.; Kurz F. 1*1. i. 809. Chittagong liill tracts, Arakan, Andamans. A large 



evergreen tree, youngest shoots rusty-tomentose. L. elliptic- or oblong-lam late, 



thinly coriaceous, blade 7-9, petiole 1 1 J in. long, sec. n. L5-20 pair, prominent beneath. 

 Panicles slightly pubescent with scattered hairs, nearly sessile, shorter than leaves, 

 pedicels shorter than flower. I 'eta Is oblong, an i hers slight ly sagit tate. 



B. Panicles perfectly glabrous. 



6. B. angustifolia, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 262; Wight Ic. t. lul. Vera. 

 Morli, Sara, Tel. ; Mudamah, Kolamdvu, Tam. ; MalamSvu, Mai. 



A middle-sized tree, youngest shoots slightly pubescent. L. elliptic- or 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous on both sides, blade 17, petiole f~ 1\ in. 

 Panicles glabrous, as long as or longer than leaves, peduncles and branches 

 slender. PL nearly sessile. Fr. oblique, .'. in. diam. 



On Sandstone in the Chando district and in Sirpur (Nizam's territory). Western 

 Peninsula, chiefly in the drier districts on billy ground. Fl. If. s. 7. B. florida, Schauer; 

 King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 (1897), 168. i />'. lueida, 111.: PI. Brit. iud. ii. 28; 

 B. arborescena, III.: Kurz F. Fl. i 808), Lndamans, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and 

 archipelago, Philippines. A small evergreen tree, entirely glabrous, I., thinly 

 coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, narrowed into petiole | | in. I"nu', Panicles lax, lo 



