22 XLVi. ANACAEDiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gluta. 



1. G. elegrans, Wall, in Soxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 315 ; Cat. 1003 



(Syndesmis) ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate not reticulate aooje, 

 petiole and nerves slender, panicles lax and flowers perfectly glateous. Inde- 

 terminata, Wall. Cat. 9049. 



Penang, Porter, Maingay. 



A small tree, perfectly glabrous throughout; much branched; trunk stout. 

 Leaves 3-5 in., tapering at both ends, shining, reticulate beneath ; nerves 8-12 pairs, 

 arched; petiole J-lJin. Fanicles much shorter than the leaves, slender. Flowers- 

 I in. long, subcorymbose. Calyx tubular, membrahous, scarlet, split, mouth 2- toothed. 

 I>etals linear-lanceolate. Disk elongate. Stamens i-5, as long as the petals. Drupe 

 f in. long, when dry, gibbous-oblong, smooth, style-scar nearer the base than top. 

 — ^A most beautiful and fragrant tree. 



Vae. Selferi; leaves linear-oblong obtuse, nerves more oblique. Tenasserim or 

 Andaman Islands, Heifer. — Probably a different species. 



2. Ct. tavoyana, WaU. Cat. 1004 (Syndesmis) ; leaves oblong-lanceo-r 

 late obtuse acute or acuminate reticulate on both surfaces, petiole short, 

 panicles long-peduncled puberulous. Syndesmis sp., Chiff. Notul. iv. 410. 



Tenasseeim, at Tavoy, Gomez ; Mergui, Griffith. 



A small tree with white branches. Leaves 4^-12 by 1 J-3 in., very coriaceous, brown; 

 rather waved; nerves 15-20 pairs, arched;, petiole usually | in., stout. Paniclei 

 slender ; peduncle 1-3 in. ; flowers loosely corymbose, like those of G. elegans, but 

 smaller, about | in. long ; pedicel stouter ; calyx (scarlet) shorter, puberulous, not. 

 toothed. Petals linear-spathulate, white. 



3. <x, coarctata, Grif. Notul. iv. 409, t. 567, f. 1 (Syndesmis) ; leaves 

 recurved conduplicate short-petioled linear- or obovate-oblong obtuse or sub- 

 acute reticulate on both surfaces, margins waved, panicles pubescent, flowers 

 large. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



A small tree. Leaves 5-10 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, bright brown when dry; nerves 

 15-22 pairs, very slender; petiole 1-| in. Panicles much branched, 3-5 in. ; flowers 

 crowded at the tops of the branches, j in. diam. Calyx short, almost campanulate, 

 split and lobed, very pubescent. Petals 5, obovate-lanceolate tipped with red. 

 Stamens 5. Drupe subglobose, with an irregular raised ridge round the base, others 

 down the sides ; rind dry, papillose, coriaceous ; flesh white, fibrous and spongy ; stone-- 

 coriaceous, adnate to the testa. Seed erect; embryo very large, cotyledons sub- 

 hemispheric unequal fleshy, opposite faces pink, radicle short. — The description 

 of the fruit is taken from Griffith's Notnlse and figure. The recurved subsessile 

 leaves and large flowers at once distinguish the species. 



4. G-. travancorica, Bedd. Flor. Sylv. i. t. 60; leaves subsessile' 

 small obovate-oblong rounded at the tip, panicles spreading tomentose, calyx 

 cupular. 



"Westeen Peninsuxa ; Ghats of Tinnevelly and Travancor, Beddome. 



A very tall timber tree. Leaves -4-6 by Ij-lf in., coriaceous, reticulate on both 

 surfaces but especially beneath; petiole very short, dilated. Panicles crowded, 

 terminal and in the upper axils, subcorymbose, shorter than the leaves ; bracts ovate, 

 boat-shaped. Calyx truncate at the base, very short, coriaceous, irregidarly toothei 

 or lobed, split on one side, less deciduous than in the other species. Petals 5, 

 elliptic-obovate, obtuse, downy on both sxu-faces. Disk very short. Stamens 5, 

 filaments subidate. Drupe 1 in. diam., depressed-globose, stipitate. 



6. BUCKAH^2TIA, Boxb. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Panicles terminal 

 and axillary, crowded. Flowers small, white, hermaphrodite. Calyx short. 



