310 ANACARDIACER. [ Anacardium. 
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puberous; petals linear-spathulate, nearly twice as long as the 
calyx ; stamens 4, exserted, the filaments glabrous, filiform, up to 
the middle adnate to the stalk-like torus; berries drupe-like, much 
deformed-globose and depressed, roughish. 
Has.—Coasts of Tenasserim from Tavoy southwards.—Fl. Nov. 
2. G. elegans, Kz. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. ii. 22.—A small evergreen 
tree, all parts glabrous; leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 
torus. 
Has.—Tenasserim, along the coasts. 
ReMaRxs.—Wood good for furniture, and when steeped in ferruginous mud 
turns jet black, looking like ebony. Used also for building purposes, boxes, &¢., 
and for dyeing (with different mordants, from orange to black). 
NV. B.—G, longipetiolata, Kz.—An evergreen small tree (25— 
30+ 10—15+3—4) of the coast-forests of the Andamans, has the 
leaves about half a foot long or longer, the petioles stronger, up to 
2 in. lo Flowers and fruits still unknown. 
ANACARDIUM, Rottb. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-parted, deciduous, erect. Petals 
5, imbricate. Torus i ing 
Stamens 8-10, unequal, all or some of them fertile, the base of the 
Rlamiente aattel wath 
I. 3 y. cae A *, 
sdldy she ike evergreen (25—30+ g—15+2-5)s 
}; bark rough and cracked ; leaves obovate to 000 
> iek and broad petiole, rounded or bluntish 
-7 in. long, blunt or almost repand, entire, co 
Hf. Ind. Fl. ii, 20; Bedd. Sylv. Madr-, 
