Semecarpus] XLI. ANACARDIACE.E 209 



core Ghats, 1-3,000 ft., with black resinous juice. L. thickly coriaceous, shining above, 



pale beneath, glabrous, oblong-obovate, blade 10-24, petiole 2 in. long, panicles as long 

 as leaves or longer. Fl. 5-6-merous. Drupe 1 in. long, obliquely-oblong, hypocarp 

 broad an<l short. 



B. Eastern species. 



5. S. subpanduriformis, Wall.; Kurz F. Fl. i. 313. — Syn. S. acuminata, 

 Kurz ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 35. 



A deciduous tree, entirely glabrous, except the minutely hairy inflorescence 

 and youngest shoots. L. oblanceilate. acuminate, blade 5-12 in., gradually 

 narrowed from the middle into a petiole '-J in. long, sec. n. 18-22 pair. 

 Panicle terminal, pedicel longer than flower and articulate below it. Fl. 4-5- 

 merous. disk hispid, ovary glabrous, styles 3, elongate. Drupe shining, broader 

 than long, : l in. diam., on a small cup-shaped hypocarp. 



Chittagong hill tracts, Arakau. Engler, Mou. Phan. iv. 488, unites this with S. 

 ( 'assuvium, Sprengel, .Malay Archipelago, which has elliptic-oblong leaves, nearly sessile 

 flowers and a hairy ovary. 6. S. Kurzii, Engler; King in Journ. As. Sue. Beng.65 (18:17 I, 

 510, (8. heterophyltus, Kurz F. Fl. i. 312). Andamans, Nicobars, Bati Malv island. 

 Moling f< irests. Martabaii (D.B., January 1859), (Chai/ben, Burnt.). A small tree. 

 Branchlets stout, clothed with deciduous rusty t omentum. L. coriaceous, oblanceolate- 

 oblong, upper surface glabrous, lower pale-brown with short stiff deciduous hairs. 

 blade 12-24 in., gradually narrowed into a stout broad-channelled petiole, A-l in. long, 

 sec. n. 20-26 pair. Panii.de terminal, longer than leaves. Fl. sessile. Drupe 1 in. long. 

 hypocarp * in. long. 1 in. diam. 7. S. Prainii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 ( L897 . 

 511 (S. heti rophyllus, Hook. fil. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 35). Andamans. Coco islands. Perak. 

 A middle-sized tree. h. ublong-oblanceolate, glabrous on both sides, underside pale- 

 brown, blade 5-10, petiole . l -§ in. Panicle pedunculate, terminal, longer than leaves. 

 Fl. nearly sessile. Drupe i in. long, broader than Ions, hypocarp olieouic. ^ in. long. 



Ohdkr XLII. — Coriariaceae. Goriaria nepalensis, Wall.: PI. As. Ear. t. 289; Collett 

 Simla Fl. fig. 35. Vein, ifasiiri, Mussoorie ; M, <,■»<. Jauns. ; Onngeru, Tons valley: 

 Makola, Kumaon. BCimalaya, 3-7,00 I ft., Manipur. Shan hills. Upper Burma, at 4,000 

 Et. A large shrub with long spreading branches, bark reddish-brown. Branchlets 

 quadrangular. L. opposite, ovate, liasal nerves M -5. Fl. peutauierous, greenish-yellow. 

 | in. diam., in clustered Literal racemes. Stamens 10, free, ant hers red, conspicuous. 

 Fruiting carpels .">. .list iuct, 1-seeded, enclosed by the much enlarged purple succulent 

 petals, which are keeled between the carpels on the inner face. 



A remarkable herbaceous shrub is C. terminalis, Hemsl. [c. IM. t. 2220. Fl. in long 

 terminal racemes, anthers linear, inner Sikkim. 9-12.000 ft., Tibet, China. 



Obdbk XLI II. MORINGACEjE ; Con. PL i. 429 (Movingex). 



Soft-wooded deciduous trees. L. alternate, impari- bi- or tripinnate, pii 



and leaflets opposite, leaflets entire, caducous, glands at the base of petioles 

 and pinnse. Fl. large, bisexual, irregular, in axillary panicles. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, segments petaloid, deciduous, somewhat unequal. Petals .">. upper 

 smaller. Disk lining the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted mi tin- free edge of 



disk, 5 perfect, opposite to petals, alternating with 5, sometimes 7. filaments 

 without anthers, anthers dorsifixed, oolong, L-celled. Ovary stipitate, 1 -celled, 

 ovules numerous, biseriate, on •"■ parietal placentas. Capsule long, 3-6-angled, 

 beaked. Seeds numerous, albumen 0, embryo straight, cotyledons plano- 

 convex. 



MORINGA, l.am. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 16. 



Species 3, one in Arabia and the North African desert. 



1. M. pterygosperma, (iaertn. : Wight. III. t. 77 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 80.— 

 Syn. J/, oleifera, Lam.: Engler u. Prantl iii, 2, 243, fig. L46. The Hi 



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