JPisiaaia.} xlvi. Anacaediacb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 13 



2. FXSTACZA, Linn. 



Trees or shruTja. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnate, or 3-foliate, Flowers 

 smalj, apetalous in axii}ary racemes or panicles, dioecious. Mate ei. Ccilyx 

 3-6-fid. Stamens 3-7. Bisk small. Rudiment of Ovary minute or 0. Fem. 

 SL. bracteate. Sepals 3-4. Stamens and Disk 0. Ovary sessile, l-celled ; style, 

 short) 3-fid, stigmas capitate, recurved; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle.. 

 Drupe dry ; stone bony. Seed vnth. a membranous testa ; cotyledons tiick, 

 oily, curved. Disteib. Species about 6, natives of Western Asia and the 

 Mediterranean region, and one Mexican. , 



Several species of this gemis, allied to Mediterranean forms, are found in Affghan- 

 istan and Beluchistan, but do not cross the frontier. Th4 seeds of P. vera, L. the' 

 Pistachio-nut, are imported into N. Western India. 



P. Integ^errlma, Stewart in Brandis For. Flor. 122, t. xxii. ; leaflets 

 4-5 pairs lanceolate caudate-acuminate. Rhus integerrima, Wall. Cat. 8474. 

 R. !Kakrasingee, Royle 111. 175. 



Nobth-'Westeen Fhontiee ; PeBhwirr valley and Salt range. Western Hima- 

 iaya; alt. 1200 to 8000 ft., from the Indus to Kiunaon, usually on hot slopes. 

 . A nearly glabrous tree, 40 ft. and upwards. Leaves 6-9 in., -with or without a 

 terminal leaflet,; petiole terete, puberulous ; leaflets sub-opposite, petiolulate, coria- 

 ceous, quite entire, base oblique ; nerves many, arched. Panicles lateral ; S compact, 

 pubescent ; $ lax, elongate ; flowers pedicelled, with 2- ovate bracts. Stamens 5-7, 'fila- 

 ments short ; anthers large, dark red. Fem. ix. Sepals 4, linear, and bracts deei- ■ 

 ■duous. Style almost 3-partite. Vrupe j in., broader than long, glabrous, rugose,, 

 •grey. — Wood very hard and handsome. 



3. MANGXFERA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, quite entire, coriaceous. Flowers small, 

 -polygamous in terminal panicles, pedicel articulate ; bracts Ideciduous. Calyx 

 4r-5 partite ; segments imbricate, deciduous. Petals 4-5, free or adnate to the 

 disk imbricate ; nerves thickened, sometimes ending in excrescences. Stamens 

 1-5 rarely 8, inserted just within the disk, or on it, 1 rarely more perfect and 

 much larger than the others, the others vpith imperfect or smaller anthers, or 

 Teduced to teeth. Ovary sessile, l-celled, oblique ; style lateral ; ovule pendu- 

 lotis funicle basal, inserted on the side of the cell above its base, rarely hori^ 

 zontel. Drupe large, fleshy ; stone compressed, fibrous. Seed large, compressed, 

 testa papery ; cotyledons plano-convex, often unequal and lobed. Disikib. A. \ 

 tropical Asiatic, chiefly Malayan genus, of about SO species. 



Of the species here described some may be referable to Malayan ones that are 

 imperfectly described by Blume and others. The genus is a very difficult one, and 

 the Malayan species want careful revision with many specimens. 



Sect. 1. Disk tumid, usually 5-lobed, broader than the ovary. Petals free 

 from the disk, inserted at its base. 



* Petals with 1-5 free or confluent ridges that do not end in wart-like ex- 

 crescences. 



\ Panicle pubescent or tomervtose. 



1. BE. indica, Linn. ; leaves oblong or linear-oblong or elliptic or obo- 

 -vate-ianceolate obtuse acute or acuminate, panicle usually tomentose, petals 5 

 with 3 ridges, stamens 1 fertile and . 4 reduced to short capitate subulate 

 filaments, style sub-terminal. Roxb. Fl. Jjuf. i. 641j W. ^ A. Prodr. 170; 



