Meliosma.'] xlv, SABiACBa;. (J, D. Hooker.) ? 



Hort. Suit. 32 ; Mumphia, iii. 202, tab. 169 ; 2feea in Flora, 1825, 106 (Maiing- 

 tonia) ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 617. Mna jntegerrima, Blume Bijd. 231. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. — Distrib. Sumatra. 



A moderate-sized tree; branchletB glabrous. Leaves 1-1 J ft.; petiole nearly 

 terete ; leaflets 6-10 in.,, opposite, very, variable in shape, coriaceous, shining on 

 both surfaces ; nerves aiched, touch reticulate ; petiolules J-f in. Panicle stout, 

 ■erect, rusty-pubescent, -with rather spreading . short pubescence ; bracts acuminate, 

 ciliate. Sepals and bracteoles 5, the outermost very small, broadly orbicular-ovate, 

 rather thi<i, glabrous. Petals subvalvate. Filaments larger than usual in the 

 genus, -without lateral teeth, the scale (petal) behind them being larger, elliptic and 

 ■entire. Fneit nearly J in. diam. — I think there can be no doubt but that this is 

 Jack's M. Sumatrana; and that it is the same -with Blume's M. mtida. I have 

 in proof Java specimens of the latter named by Blume. Jack states that the ter- 

 minal leaflet is sometimes absent. Griffith has a single imperfect specimen of 

 apparently this plant from Malacca, ivith a few spinulose teeth on the upper part Cf 

 .the leaflets ; it may be M. confusa, El. of Sumatra. 



11. m. lanceolata, Blume Cat. Hart. Buii. 32; Rumphia, iii. 200, 

 1. 168 (B. excepted), Tiax.pvhescens; pubescent, leaflets 6-8 pairs, very coriaceous 

 linear-oblong caudate-acuminate pubescent beneath margins recurved, panicle 

 tomentose with very long branches. 



Malacca, Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Maingay (M. Sumatrana, Kevo diatribe not of 

 iraoK). — Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



A tree ; branchlets stout, rusty-pubescent. Leaves 1-2 ft. ; petiole stout, terete ; 

 leaflets 5-7 by 1 J-l| in., often recurved and subfalcate, base rounded, rigidly coriaceous, 

 shining above, opaque and pubescent beneath with much raised nerves ; petiolules 

 stout, \ in. Panicles very large, with long spreading branches, almost velvety with 

 rusty tomentum. Flowers minute, rather scattered, sessile or nearly so. Sepals 

 and bracteoles 4 or 5, broadly orbicular-ovate, glabrous, outer ciliate; Petals valvate. 

 Filaments short ; scales 2-fld. Fndt not seen. — The Bornean and Sumatra specimens 

 are more glabrous on the leaflets beneath, but I find no other difference. ■ 



Nai. Okd. XLVI. ana CARSI aces:. (By J. B. Hooker.) 



Trees or shrubs ; juice often milky and acrid. Leaves alternate, opposite in 

 Bouea, exstipulate, simple or compound. In/lwescenee various ; flovrers small, 

 regular, unisexual, polygamous, or bisexual. Calyx 3-6-partite, sometimes 

 -accrescent, spathaceous in Olwta. Petals 3-5, alternate vdth the sepals, free, 

 ' rarely 0, imbricate or valvate in bud, sometimes accrescent. IHsk flat, 

 cup-shaped or annular, entire or lobed, rarely obsolete. Stamens as many as 

 the petals, rarely more, inserted imder, rarely on, the disk, filaments usually 

 ■Bubiiate ; anthers 2-celled, basi- or dorsi-fixed. Ovary superior, half inferior 

 in Holigama, 1- or 2-6-celled, rudimentary or 2-3-fid in the ^ ; of 5-6 free 

 carpels in Buchanania ; styles 1-4, or stigma subsessUe ; ovules solitary in the 

 celt, pendulous from the top or wall or from an ascending basal ftmicle. 

 Truit usually a 1-6-ceUed l-o-seeded drupe ; stone sometimes dehiscent. Seed 

 exalbuminous ; embryo straight or curved, cotyledons plano-convex, ' radicle 

 short. — ^BlSTEiB. Chiefly tropical ; genera about 45 ; species about 450. 



Sorindeia Madagascariensis, BC. (Wall. Cat. 8491), is cultivated in gardens in 

 India. 



TiOBE I. Anacardieae. Ovary l-ceUed, or if 2-celled, with one cell 

 •early suppressed. 



A. Ovules pendulous from a basal ftinicle. 



