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and the panicle is puhescent-tomento.se not felted. The flowers od 

 moreover are larger than those of M. angustifolia, the main i 



more oblique, and the reticulations wider and less distinct. 



15. SbmboABPDS, Linn. f. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, quite entire, coriaceous. Fl 

 small, polygamous or dioecious, in terminnl or axillary panicles. ( 

 5-6-fid, segments deciduous. Petals 5-6, imbricate. Disc broad, 

 nular. Stamens 5-6, inserted at the base of the disc, imperfect in the 

 2 flowers. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3 ; ovule pendulous from a basal fm.i- 

 cle. Drupe fleshy, oblong or sub-globose, oblique, seated on a fiesby 

 receptacle formed of the thickened disc and calyx base ; pericarp loaded 

 with acrid resin. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous, inner coat somewhat 

 fleshy; embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex, radicle superior. — DlS- 

 trib. About 40 species, tropical Asiatic and Australian. 

 Leaves densely rusty-pubescent on the lower sur- 

 face ... ... ... ... 1. S. - 



Leaves with the lower surface densely clothed with 



pale very minute scales ... ... ... 2. S. Curt 



Leaves at first puberulous on the lower surface but 

 ultimately glabrous 



Panicles tomentose ; flowers glabrous, sessile ; 

 leaves oblanceolate-oblong, with 20 to 26 pairs 

 of nerves ... ... ... ... 3. S.Kurzii. 



Panicles puberulous, flowers pedicelled ; leaves 

 broadly elliptic, with 10 to 15 pairs of nerves ... 4. S. lucens. 

 Leaves quite glabrous ; panicles glabrous in the 

 lower part, pubescent towards the extremities ; 

 flowers subsessile, the calyx puberulous : leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong, with 18 to 24 pairs of maiu 

 nerves ... ... ... ... 5. S. Frainii. 



1. Semecarpus velutina, King n. sp. A dioecious tree 50 to 60 

 feet high : young branches softly rufous-pubescent, the bark pale. 

 Leaves thickly coriaceous, obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, rarely elliptic, 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, the edges sub-undulate, narrowed from 

 the middle or above it to the stout petiole ; upper surface glabrous 

 except the slightly -pubescent depressed midiib, shining and minutely 

 reticulate ; the lower surface densely and softly pubescent, the trans- 

 verse veins and the reticulations distinct ; main nerves 20 to 24 pairs, 

 slightly depressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the lower, 

 spreading and interarching near the edge ; length 6 to 13 in., breadth 

 25 to 5 in. ; petiole '5 to 1*25 in. Panicles of flowers of both sexes 



