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Dr. Hooker is in error with regard to the geographical distribution 

 of this species. It occurs not only in Malaya, but also in Hindustan 

 (No. 5JW; of Wight's Distr. being in my opinion the typical plant). 



ANA GABUIAGJE^J. 



Conspectus of Genera. 



Trib. L ANACARDLEA1. Ovary 1- very rarely 2-celled. 



* Leaves temately or pinnately compound (in a very feiv species not Burmese also 



simple) . 



x Calyx in no "way enlarging after flowering. 



+ Ovule suspended from near the summit of the cell. 



1. Odina. Petals 4 — 5, imbricate in bud. Stamens 8—10. Styles 3 — 4 in 

 the male flowers, the ovary 4 — 5-parted. 



+ + Ovule suspended from a free erect basilar funicle. 



2. Rhus. Petals 4 — 6, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4 — 10. Styles 3. Leaves 

 compound, very rarely simple. Trees or shrubs. 



3. Tapiria. Petals 5, imbricate in bud. Stamens 10. Styles in female flowers 

 singly and short, in the males 4 — 5. Climbers. 



x x Calyx- lobes much enlarging and becoming leafy and wing-like. 



4. Parishia. Flowers 4-, rarely 3-merous. Stamens 4, rarely 3. Style 3-cleft 

 at the summit. 



* * Leaves simple. 



x Petals variously enlarged under the fruit. 



5. SwrxTONiA. Sepals 5. Stamens 5. Drupe sessile and subtended by the 

 wing-like spreading petals. 



6. Melanoerhcea. Calyx spathaceous, 5-parted. Stamens numerous. Drupe 

 stalked and subtended by the wing-like spreading petals. 



x x Petals not enlarging after flowering. 



+ Calyx-tube much enlarging and becoming fleshy, either bearing 

 the superior nut or more or less enclosing the same and forming 

 an inferior drupe, 

 f Nut more or less enclosed in the fleshy calyx. Ovary inferior. 



7. Drimycarptts. Petals imbricate in bud. Stamens 5. Style 1, with a capi- 

 tate stigma. 



8. Holig-arna. Petals valvate in bud. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Disk annular or 

 obsolete. Petiole furnished with 2 — 4 tubercles or barb-like excrescences. 



f f Nut seated on the much enlarged fleshy calyx-base. Ovary 

 superior. 



9. Semecarpus. Petals imbricate or valvate in the bud. Stamens 5. Styles 3. 

 Disk rather broadly annular. Petiole without excrescences. 



10. Anacardium. Petals imbricate in bud. Stamens 8 to 10, all or few of them 

 anther-bearing. Style filiform. Torus stalk-like. 



+ + Calyx unchanged in fruit. (Ovules pendulous from a basal 

 funicle). 



11. Buchanania. Calyx 3- to 5-toothed. Stamens 10. Carpels 5 or 6, of which 

 one only fertile. Styles as many, short. 



