Gluta] XLI. AXACARDIACK.K 207 



terminal panicles. Calyx gamosepalous, opening irregularly, deciduous. 

 Petals 4-G, on the elongated torus, contorted in bud. Stamens -4 — (>. filaments 

 capillar}-. Ovary 1-celled, style lateral, filiform. Species 6-8, Indo-Malayan, 

 1 in Madagascar. 



1. G. travancorica, Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 60. Vera. Shen Kurani, 



Tinnevelli. 



A very large tree. L. elliptic or oblanceolate, 4— G in. long, narrowed into a 

 very short petiole, panicle hoary-pubescent, drupe broader than long, with a 

 rough brownish rind. 1 {-1 .', in. diam. 



Evergreen forests, Tinnevelli ami Travancore Ghats. 2. G. tavoyana, Hook. f. 

 i Thayetthitsi, Burm.) Tavoy, Mergui, "ii the coast. A small tree, young shoots 

 minutely pubescent, petioles thick, J-j in. long. Fl. J in. long, in short axillary 

 panicles, calyx pubescent. 3. G. elegans, Kurz, var. Helferi, Hook. f. Sea coast in 

 South Ti'iiasseritn. A small tree, entirely glabrous, petioles slender, 1-2 in. long. PI. 

 !• >t tir . perfectly glabrous. 



15. NOTHOPEGIA, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 39. 



Small trees. L. alternate or opposite, petinled, entire. Fl. small, white, 

 polygamous, in short axillary racemes. Calyx small, persistent, 4-lobed, petals 

 4, spreading, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, inserted on the margin of the 

 annular 4-lobed disk, filaments free, hairy. Ovary 1-celled, style very short. 

 Species 3. 



1. N. Colebrookiana, Blume; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 164.— Syn. Pegia (?) 

 Colebrookiana, Wight !c. t. 236. 



A small tree with milky acrid juice, glabrous excepting inflorescence. L. 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, blade '2-8, petiole. J.-J in., sec. 

 n. 15-20 pair. Drupe red, pyriform, {-h in. diam., edible, a sweet purple juice 

 between skin and stone. 



Evergreen forests ..I' the Western (ihats, from the Konkan southwards. Fl. 

 Jan.-March. Ceylon moist region to 3,000 ft. 2. N. travancorica, Bedd. Travan- 

 core. .\ shrub. Brunei i lets, pel ioles and muli-ili clothed beneath with short spreading 

 hairs. I., chartacemis, elliptic-lanceolate, see. n. ;!!>-:',."> pair. ii. N. aureo-fulva, 

 Bedd. Tinnevelli. A shrub. Branchlets, petiole and midrib densely rufous-villous 



hellcat h. 



Ii;. SEMECARPUS, Linn.; Fl. Brit. End. ii. 30. 



Trees. L. petiolate, simple, quite entire. Fl. polygamous or dioecious, 

 usually pentamerous, sometimes G-, rarely 3-merous, in lateral or terminal 

 panicles. Calyx segments deciduous, petals imbricate. Stamens 5-6, inserted 

 at the base and outside of a broad annular disk, imperfect in the ? ilower. 

 Ovary L -celled, styles 3. Drupe oblique, fleshy, seated on a fleshy bypocarp, 

 formed of the thickened pedicel and calyx-base, pericarp filled with an acrid 

 resinous juice. Embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex. Species 10, Indo- 

 Malayan region (a large number in Ceylon), extending to Australia. 



A. Western species, and species common to both regions. 



1. S. Anacardium, Linn.f. ; Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 12; Wight [c.t.558; liedd. 

 PI. Sylv. t. 166. The Marking Nut tree. Vera. Bhilawa, Bhilun, Hind.; 

 Beta, Kong. ; Biba, Bibha, .Mar.: QSi\ Kan.: Shenkotta, Tarn. 



A mi Idle-sized tree, wood soft, no distinct bflartwood. Branchlets, petioles, 

 underside of leaves and inflorescence clothed with short, somewhat harsh 



tomentum. I., coria us, clustered near the ends of branches, oblong-obovate, 



tip rounded, blade 9 24 in., petiole thick, half round, .1-1 in. long. El. J-J 

 in. diam., nearl\ sessile, fascicled in erect compresseil terminal panicli 



Lanceolate, the lower branches of the panicle in the axils "f leaves. Petals 



