Campnosperma.] xlvi. ANACAEDiACEa;. (J. J). Hooker.) 41 



imperfect septum ; cotyledons curved, flattish. ; ladicle short superior. — A genus 

 of 6 species, of which one is a native of Madagascar, and another of the 

 Seychelles. 



1. C. zeylanicum, Thwaites in Hook. Keio Joum. Bot. vi. 65, t.i. K; 

 Enum. 78 ; leaves glabrous above dotted beneath finely reticulate, racemes short 

 stout glabrous. 



Ceylon; Saffragan and Ambamago'wa districts, generally on river banks. 

 Thiiiaites. 



A ramous tree, 30-40 ft. ; branchlets stout, terete, youngest parts minutely scaly. 

 Leaves 3-7 by 2-2^ in., elliptic-obovate or oblaneeolate or obovate, obtuse, base deeur- 

 rent on the petiole, thickly coriaceous, smooth and beautifully reticulated on both 

 surfaces, the numerous spreading nerves hardly more distinct than the reticulations, 

 pale brown when dry, covered beneath with minute dot-like scales ; midrib prominent 

 beneath ; petiole stout ^-| in. Baceme usually shorter than the leaves, rachis stout. 

 Flowers ^ in. diam. Drv/pe nearly globose, j-^- in. diam. purple. 



2. C. xnacrophylla, Hook. f. ; leaves obovate-oblong or obcuneate tip 

 rounded puberulous beneath, reticulations obscure, nerves close-set 20-35 pairs, 

 racemes furfuiaceously-pubescent. Buchanania macrophylla, Blume Mus. Bat. 

 i. 185 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bed. i. pt. 2, 637. 



Malacca, Griffith. Sincapoke ; Sehomburgk, &c. — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



A small tree ; branchlets pubescent, as thick as the finger. Leaves full grown, 

 8-14 by 3i-6| in., thickly coriaceous, shining above, and scarcely reticulate beneath, 

 clothed with a very fine rusty down; nerves nearly straight, strong, transverse, 

 venules obscure ; petiole 1-3 in., very stout, winged, channelled above, pubescent aU. 

 over. Panicles slender, very variable in 'length, sometimes 1 ft., lateral branches 

 short or long. Flowers very minute, in clusters along the rachis and branches, 

 globose, ^5 in. diam., tetramerous. Sepals rounded, pubescent. Petals orbicular- 

 ovate, obtuse, erect. Filaments shortly subulate. Briipe |-| in., subacute, com- 

 , pressed, nearly orbicular ; stone crustaceous, 3-4-celled. 



3. C. Griffitbii, Marchand Bev. Anacard. 174: ; leaves obovate-oblong or 

 obcuneate, tip rounded perfectly glabrous reticulate on both sm-faces, nerves 

 14^18 pairs, racemes furfuraceously pubescent. Semecarpus ? grandifolia. Wall. 

 Cat. 985. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay ; Penanq, Porter. 



A tall shrubby tree, WiMich. Very similar in foliage to C. macrophylla, but the 

 leaves are less thick, perfectly glabrous and reticulate on both surfaces, the nerves 

 fewer and more distant, the petioles longer (2-3 in.) and winged to the base, and the 

 panicles are more slender. — GrifiSth (MSS.) describes the flowers asj5-merous, but I 

 find them to be 4-merous. 



4. C. auriculata, Hook. f. ; leaves obovate-spathulate auricled at the 

 very base tip rounded quite glabrous reticulated on both surfaces, nerves 12-18 

 pair, panicles pubescent very slender. Buchanania aiiriculata, Blume Mus. 

 Bot. i. 185; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 637. 



SmcAPOEE, Maingay, T. Anderson. — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Leaves of the same character as those of C. Griffithii but smaller, 6-9 by 2-3 in., 

 coriaceous, very gradually narrowed downwards into the petiole, which is J-1 in., the 

 auricles' quite small, beautifully reticulate on both surfaces, as in C. seylanica, nerves 

 arched, very slender. Panicle as in P. grandifolia, but less pubescent. Flowers 

 similar, 4-merous. 



