Bhis.] XLvi. ANACAEDiACB^. (J. D. Hooker.) 11 



pairs membranous subsessile lanceolate incised-serrate long-aouminate hairy 

 chiefly on the nerves heneath, pericarp dehiscent. 



Khasia Mis. ; at the Borpanee, and at Chittaqono. H.f. ^ T. 



A large tree. Leaves 1-1 J ft. ; petiole terete, soft, pubescent towards the tip ; 

 leaflets 3-4 by f-f in. ; base cuneate, oblique, glaucous beneath ; nerves very slender, 

 about IS pairs, arched, clothed Tidth soft white spreading hairs. Flowers not seen. 

 Drupes ^ in. diam., in open panicles, pedicelled, orbicular-ovate, compressed ; epicarp 

 japery, pale, irregularly torn, exposing a fibrous endocarp. — I have only examined 

 imperfect specimens of this very distinct plant, which approaches B. pimjabensis in 

 habit. 



8. R. Walllchli, Hook. f. ; petiole tomentose not winged, leaflets 3-5- 

 pairs subsessile quite entire densely softly tomentose heneath, panicles much 

 shorter than the leaves, pericarp dehiscent. E. vernicifera (in part), DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 68 ; Royle Bl. 175 ; Srandis For. Flor. 120. R. juglandifolia, Wall. 

 Cat. 996 (not of Willdenow). 



Tempebatb Himalaya ; from Garwhal to Nipal, alt. 6-7000 ft. 



A tree; branchlets stout, petioles and leaves beneath and panicles, clothed with 

 a soft dense rusty tomentum. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole terete; leaflets 6-9 by 

 2-3 in., coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, acuminate, shortly petiolulate ; base rounded, 

 upper surface pubescent or glabrous ; nerves 20-2S pairs,' parallel. Panicles much 

 shorter than the leaves, axillary ; branches short, stout. Flowers subsessile, ^ in.-diam. 

 Sepals small, broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals much larger, obovate, concave, white ? with 

 very broad dark veins. Filaments short; anthers large. Pisk broad, cup-shaped, 

 obscurely lobed. Pru/pes densely crowded, j- in. diam., globose, puberulous;. epicarp 

 dry, crastaceous, bursting irregularly ; stone globose, ^6t^ thick, bony, surrounded by 

 wax. — I agree with Brandis in regarding this as quite distinct from the Japanese 

 wax tree (A vemioifera), from which it differs in the sessile flowers and laxer and 

 longer panicles ; juice corrosive. The Sikkim specimens referred to this species by 

 Brandis have glabrous petioles, and belong to if. insignis. 



9. R. inslg'nis, Hoohf.; petiole not winged glabrous, leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 petiolulate glabrous above tomentose beneath, panicles shorter than the leaves, 

 drape pedicelled, pericarp dehiscent. 



SiKiiM HrnALATA, interior valleys, alt. 3-6000 ft. J. P. H. Khasia Mts. at 

 Nurtiung, alt. 4000 ft. E.f. # T. 



A small beautiful tree. Leaves 12-18 in. ; petiole terete ; leaflets 6-9 by 3-4J in., 

 coriaceous, quite entire, elliptic or oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shin- 

 ing above, rusty, softly tomentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in R. WalUchii. 

 Flowers not seen. Fruitirtg panicles axillary, stout, 10 in. long-peduncled ; branches 

 spreading. Prupes scattered on the panicle, globose J in. diam. ; epicarp thin, 

 dry, bursting irregularly and enclosing a globose white mass of wax containing a very 

 small flattened crustaceous stone. — Similai in many respects to R. WalUchii, but very 

 different in the glabrous petiole and panicle, petioluled leaflets that are often cordate 

 at the base, large lax glabrous panicles, and smaller very different fruit. The panicles 

 a.nd petioles are crusted with lenticels in some Sikkim specimens. 



10. R. "i Dbuna, Hamilton in Wall. Cat. 8502 (Terebinthaeese ?) ; pe- 

 tiole not winged and leaflets beneath softly tomentose ; leaflets 4 pairs petio- 

 lulate oblong abruptly acuminate. 



Nipal at Patgong, Hamilton. 



Leaves 2 ft. ; petiole stout, cylindric, grooved ; leaflets 6-10 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, 

 terminal obovate, with a cuneate base, the rest oblong with a cordate base ; midrib 

 £tout; nerves 25 pairs slightly arched; under surface clothed with soft spreading hairs, 

 upper smooth, glabrous, with a slender midrib ; petiolule robust, cylindric ^--^ in. — 

 I have only leaves of this very fine plant, which appear to be closely allied to R. Wal- 

 Uchii, and if. indgmis, differing from the former in the much less tomentose leaves 

 and petiolulate leaflets, and from the latter in the pubescent petiole. 



