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cent on the upper surface, 2-3 in. long. 
Has.— Frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans; also Tenasserim.— 
Fr. May.—s.—S8.=SiS. , 
RHUS, L. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-6-parted, persistent, imbricate, 
Petals 4-6, imbricate. Stamens 4-6 or 10, free, inserted at the 
base of the annular disk; the filaments subulate, in the females 
castrate. Ovary sessile, with a solitary ovule suspend m a 
free basilar funicle; styles 3, short and long, free or connate. 
Drupes small, dry or sappy, containing a crustaceous or bony 1- 
e tamen.—Trees or shrubs, with alternate, pinnate or pin- 
nately 3-foliolate (rarely simple) leaves. Flowers small, in axillar 
and terminal panicles. 
Leaves glabrous, 3-foliolate, the leaflets entire ; panicles glabrous. R. paniculata. 
Leaves pinnate, pubescen: s serrate-toothed; panicles to- 
mentose or puberulous ; Pp th and bony “ . R. Javanica, 
As preceding, but petiole slender and glabrous ; endocarp fibrous , R. Khasiana. 
1. R. paniculata, Wall. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. ii. 10.—A little leaf- 
shedding tree, all parts glabrous; leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, on 
oblong, blunt; drupes obliquely oblong, compressed, the size of a 
lentil, smooth and glossy. : 
Has.—Not uncommon in the Eng and dry forests of Prome and Ava.—Fl. 
Sept.; Fr. Jan—1—SS.=Lat. CaS. 
2. R. J: 
Hf Ind. Fi. ii. 10)—A tree (25—30+8—15+1—2), probably 
leaf-shedding, all softer parts pubescent or tomentose ; leaves un- 
tomentose beneath, the nerves more or less conspicuous ; flowers 
yellowish, small, very shortly pedicelled, clustered and forming 
