32 XLTi. ANACARDiACEai. (J. D. Hooker.) ISemeoarpus. 



cent, andciliate, 3 -with a large turbinate rudiment of an ovary. Drupe 1 in., obliquely 

 oblong, rounded at the tip ; cup broad, short. Become. 



6. S. auriculata, Beddome Fl. Sylv. under t. 232 ; Ic. Plant. Ind. Or., 

 t. 187 ; leaves sessile oblanceojate tip obtuse reticulate on botli surfaces nerves 

 strong beneath. 



Westebn Peninsttia ; Travaneor and Tinnevelly Mountains, Hayne, Beddome. 



A good-sized dioecious tree. Leaves 7 by If in., oblanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 

 very gradually narrowed at the base and there furnished with 2 rounded lobes just 

 above the petiole, dull green, glabrous, midrib slightly rusty, margin membranous, 

 reticulations prominent beneath ; petiole |-1 in. Flowers $ 3-5-merous. Drw^e 

 obliquely obovate, J in. diam., broader than long, very oblique ; cup short, broad. — 



7. S> marg'inata, Thwaites Enum. 77 ; leaves 6-14 in. elliptic-obovate 

 or oblanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate glabrous or pilose beneath, base 

 contracted auricled margin broadly cartilaginous, petiole very short and thick, 

 panicle from, the old wood glabrous or pilose, nut \ in. 



Cetlon; damp forests in the Galle, Eatnapoora and Ambagamowa districte. 

 Walker, Thwaites. 



An erect shrub, 6-8 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 2^-5 in. broad, bright brown 

 ■when dry, but hardly shining, white margin i in. broad, reticulate beneath ; nerves 

 about 12 pairs, slender, arched; midrib grooved beneath; petiole l in., remarkably 

 thick. Panicle short, slender. Nut ovoid, subcompressed, oblique, reddish ; cup half 

 as long, scarlet. — ^Described chiefly from Thwaites, who states that there is a form 

 with the leaves beneath clothed with spreading rigid hairs. 



8. S- obovata, Moon Cat. 22; leaves 3-7 in. subsessUe very broadly 

 obovate or oblong thickly coriaceous shining on both surfaces, tip rounded or 

 retuse, base cordate, panicles quite glabrous. Thwaites Enum. 77. 



Cbtlon ; at Caltura and Eatnapoora. 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 2^3 J in. broad, very thick, 

 dark brown above when dry, paler beneath, reticulated on both surfaces, but the 

 nervules not well defined ; nerves 6-8 pair ; petiole \ in. Panicles rather slender, 

 branches spreading. Flowers minute. Unripe imt oblong, with a rather elongate 

 narrow cup. 



9. S. nXoonll, Thwaites Enum. 77; leaves 6-12 in. oblong or oMong- 

 lanceolate shortly acuminate thickly coriaceous many-nerved much reticulate 

 beneath, petiole very short, panicle terminal large spreading. 



Ceyion, south part of the island, Thwaites. 

 _ A moderate-sized perfectly glabrous tree. Leaves 21-31 in. broad, hard, rather 

 shining grey-green above, with distinct and rather broad reticulations, which are 

 stronger on the brown undersurfaee ; nerves 18-20 pairs, very spreading, shining 

 beneath, with the midrib grooved; petiole i-J in., very thick. Panicle with a stout 

 peduncle and spreading branches. Flowers numerous, 1 in. diam. 



10. S. coriacea, Thwaites Enum. 76; very robust, leaves 3-7 in. 

 obovate or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous tip rounded much reticulate be- 

 neath base subacute not narrowed into the very short petiole, panicles very 

 robust with spreading branches, drupe large broader than long. 



Ceyion ; central province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout ; branchlets as thick as the finger. 

 Leaves l\-Z\ in. broad, hardly shining, pale above when dry, brown beneath, nerves 

 10-12 pairs, slightly arched, not well defined, as is the case with the reticulations 

 beneath ; midrib beneath grooved ; petiole 1-| in. long, and broad. Paniides fascicled. 



