80 XLvi. ANACAEDiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) {FarisMa. 



1. P. insig^nis, Hooh. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 170, t. 26; 



6-8 pairs, tltinly coriaceous, ovate-cordate or -oblong oblique glabrous beneath, 

 fruiting sepals 3-3J in. Astronimn insigne, Marchand Beu. Anacard. 177. 



Tenasseeim, at Mergui, 0#<A; Andaman laxDS., ParisA, -£«>•«. 



Leaves 1-2 ft., petiole cylindrio, glabrous ; leaflets petiolulate, 5-8 in.,_ variable in 

 shape, often gradually narrowed to the tip from just above the base, shining above, 

 reticulated beneath; midrib quite excentrie; nerves 12-20 pairs, slender, arched. 

 Fanicles as long as the leaves, villous -with spreading hairs. Flowers \ in. diam., 

 broadly campanulate. Sepals pubescent. Disk tomentose. Drupe the size of a large 

 pea, globose, pointed, tomentose ; enlarged sepals puberuloxis, acute or rounded at the 

 tip. 



2. P. Maing'ayi, Sooh. /.; leaflets 10-12 ;pairs, thickly coriaceous 

 ■oblong or linear-oblong obtuse puberulous beneath, fruiting sepals 6-7 in. 



IIaiacca, - „ „ 



A tree abounding in a resinous slightly viscid secretion (Maingay). Leaves 

 ■crowded at the ends of the branches ; petiole 12-18 in., pubescent woody terete ; 

 leaflets 3-5 in., shortly petiolulate, base rounded, hard, shining above, with 

 ■obscure nerves; beneath minutely puberulous, and minutely reticulated; nerves 

 15-30 pair, slender, spreading, nearly straight. Panicles apparently shorter than 

 the leaves, pubescent. Petals linear-oblong. Dislc pilose. Young fruit densely 

 clothed with hispid ferruginous bristles; fruiting sepals puberulous, nearly 1 in. 

 broad, tip rounded. — I have assumed that the fruits belong to the leaves of the plant 

 with which Maingay has placed them ; but in one of his Herbarium specimens, the 

 leaves of P. Maingayi are fastened down with the fruit of a species with pubescent 

 pericarp and acute fruiting sepals 4J by 1^ in. 



3. P. pubescens, Hooh. f. ; leaflets 5 pair tbicHy coriaceous oblong 

 acute or aciuninate pubescent beneath, fruiting sepals 5 in. 



Mai^cca, Maingay. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 8-14 in. ; petiole pubescent, terete ; leaflets 3-5 in., sub- 

 sessile, base rounded, above glabrous except the midrib, stining, beneath lurid 

 thicMy pubescent much reticulate; nerves 10-12 pairs, very strong, arched. Panicle 

 divided to the base into numerous fascicled branches, densely softly tomentose. 

 Flowers \ in. diam., pedicelled. Ovary conical, pilose ; styles 3. Drupe i in. long, 

 between conical and spherical, densely tomentose. Pericarp cartilaginous ; fruiting 

 .sepals I in. diam., tip rounded. 



14 SEDIECAXIPITS, Linn. f. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, qiiite entire, coriaceous. Flowers small, 

 polygamous or dioecious, in terminal, rarely axillary panicles. Caly.v 5-6-fid, seg^ 

 ments deciduous. Petals 5-6, imbricate. Dish broad, annular. Stamens 6-6, 

 inserted at the base of the disk, imperfect in the 5 flowers. Ovary 1-celled ; 

 styles 3 ; ovule pendulous from a basal fimicle. Lrupe fleshy, oblong or sub- 

 globose, oblique, seated on a fleshy receptacle formed of the thickened disk and 

 calyx base ; pericarp loaded with acrid resin. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous, 

 'inner coat somewhat fleshy ; embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex, radicle 

 superior. — Distbib. About 20 species, tropical Asiatic and Australian. 



* Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. Panicles pubescent (see also 

 7. S. marginatd). 



1. S. Anacardium, Linn. f. ; leaves very large oblong or obovate- 

 oblong tip rounded, base roimded cordate or cuneate opaque above brown 

 minutely pubescent beneath, panicle tomentose, drupe 1 in. Roxh. Flor. Ind. 



