460 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Vtniiisula. [Xo. 3, 



Sub-Older I. Anacardiae. Ovarj 1 -celled (in all 

 the Asiatic species). 



Tribe I. — jIang ferae. Carpels solitary, or 5 

 with only one fertile ; style usually lateral or 

 gynobasic, ovules pendulous, or semi-pendu- 

 lous (in Anacardiuni) fix)ni a basal funicle ; 

 ovary often with a gjnophore ; stamens in one 

 or more whorl, sometimes reduced to a single 

 individual ; leaves simple. 



Neither sepals nor petals accrescent. 



Carpels 5, rarely 4 or 6 ; stamens 10 ... 1. Buchanania. 

 Carpel solitary. 



Lreaves opposite ... ... 2. Bouea. 



Leaves alternate. 



Calyx 4-5-partite, stamens L to 5 ; 

 dnipe with succulent mesocarp. the 

 endocarp hard and fibrous, the 

 peduncle not enlarged ... ... 3. Maxgifera. 



Calyx 4-o-paitite, stamens 8 to 10 

 all or only a few perfect ; drupe reui- 

 form, compressed, the peduncle much 

 enlarged ... ... ... -i. Anacakdium. 



Calyx spathaceous, petals 4 to 6; 

 torus stipitate, drupe sub-ligneous, 

 tubercled or ridged, the endocarp 

 leathery ... ... ... .5. Gluta. 



Petals accrescent. 



Calyx calyptriform ; stamens 5 or numer- 

 ous ... ... .„ ... 6. Melanoeehoea. 



Calyx 5-partite ; stamens 5, drupe 



stalked ... ... ... 7. Swixtosia. 



Tribe II. — Bhoideae. Carpels solitary or 3 and 

 united ; styles terminal or lateral, free or con- 

 nate below ; ovary 1-celled ; ovale solitary, 

 rising by a short ftmicle from the base or 

 from near the base of the cell, or suspended 

 from the wall near the apex ; stamens in 1 or 2 

 whorls ; fruit drupaceoas, 1-celled, 1-seeded, 

 sometimes with the accrescent calyx-segments 

 at its base (obscurely 2-celled in Drepano- 

 spermum) ; embiyo usually curved, rarely 

 straight : leaves simple, trifoliolate or pinnate. 



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