Od/ina.] xlti. anacaediace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 2J) 



Seed pendulous, oblong, compressed ; testa thin ; cotyledons thin, flat ; radicle supe- 

 rior. — ^Maingay notes that this tree is polygamo-dioeoious, but all the flowers I have 

 examined seem to be hermaphrodite. Owing to the minuteness of the parts of the 

 flower he states he was unable to make out the structure of the ovary and ovules. 

 That I have given is, I think, correct. 



The genus Pentaspadon was founded on a Bornean plant (Trans. Linn. Soe. xxiii. 

 168 t. 24), afterwards published from Sumatran specimens as Nothoprotimn by Mi- 

 quel (PI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 527), who referred it to Surseracea. Miquel's description 

 is most imperfect, and I added to it in the Genera Plantarran the character of having two 

 styles, taken from flowers sent to me by Miquel as belonging to his plant, but which 

 prove to belong to a totally different one. Marchand (Eev. Anacard. 90, 183) was 

 the first to identify Nothoprotimn with Pentaspadon:, and his identification I have 

 confirmed by specimens subsequently received from Miquel. The fruit of the original 

 species being unknown, it is possible that that here described may not be con- 

 generic. 



12. ODXITA, Boxb. 



Trees mth few stout soft branches. Leaves few at the ends of the branches, 

 alternate, odd-pinnate, deciduous ; leaflets opposite, quite entire. Racemes 

 simple and panicled, terminal, iascicled. Flowers small, monoecious or dioecious, 

 fascicled, shortly pediceUed. Calyx 4-5-lobed, persistent ; lobes rounded, im- 

 bricate. Petals 4r-5, imbricate. Disk annular, 4-5-lobed. M at.-f. bl. Stamens 

 8-10, inserted witMn the disk. Ovary 4r-5 parted. Fbm. pl. Ovary sessile, 

 oblong, 1-oeUed ; styles 3-4, stout, stigmas simple or capiteUate ; ovule pendulous 

 from near the top of the cell. Drupe small, compressed, reniform, crowned 

 by the distant styles ; stone hard. Seed compressed ; embryo curved, cotyle- 

 dons flat flesiy, radicle superior. Disikib. About 12 species, of which most 

 are Afiican. 



1. O. VTodier, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 293 ; W. 8^ A. Prodr. i. 171 ; Thwaites 

 Enum. 78; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 42; Wt. Ic. t. 60; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 123; 

 Wcdl. Cat. 8475; Boyle Bl. t. 81 ; Dalz. S; Gibs. Bmrih. Fl. 51 ; Brandis For. 

 Flor. 12S.—Bheede Sort. Mai. iv. t. 32. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the extreme N.W. and along the foot of 

 the Himalaya (ascending to 4000 ft.) to Assam, Bibka., Tenassebim, the Andaman 

 IsiiANDS, and Ceylon. 



A deciduous ugly tree 40-50 ft. ; trunk very thick ; branches few ; bark exfoBat- 

 ing ; young parts clothed with stellate down. Leaves 12-18 in. ; petiole terete ; leaf- 

 lets 3-4 pairs, petiolidate, 3-6 in., oblong-ovate, caudate-acuminate, quite entire. 

 Baeemes slender, 3 compound, $ simple pubescent. Flowers 4-merous, fascicled, 

 shortly cymose, inodorous ; bracts ciliate. Sepals obtuse, cUiate. Petals twice as 

 long, oblong, spreading, purplish and greenish-yeUow. Stamens equalling the petals 

 in the S ■ Drupe red. — The tissues abound in starch, whence it is most easy to in- 

 crease this tree by cuttings of almost any part. ' 



13. FABXSKXA, Hook. f. 



Beautiful flowering trees. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate ; leaflets numerous, 

 quite entire, coriaceous. Panicles ample, nodding. Flowers dioecious. MaIiE. 

 Calyx cupular, 4r-Iobed ; lobes ovate, valvate. Petals 4, oblong, imbricate. 

 Disk short, annular, obscurely 4rlobed. Stamens 4, inserted below the margin 

 . of the disk. Rvdimentary ovaxy colxmmar. Fem. I'L. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes 

 greatly enlarged in fruit. Petals 4. Disk ? Stamens 4 ? Ovary sessile, ovoid, 

 l-ceUed ; style terminal, unequally 3-fid, stigmas capitate ; ovule pendulous 

 from near the top of the ceU. Fruit dry, globose, pubescent, pointed by 

 the style-base, pericarp thin. Seed pendulous, testa membranous ; cotyledons 

 amygdaloid ; radicle superior. — ^Disteeb. The foUowing are the only species. 



