Sabia.] XXVIII. SABIACEiE. 117 



petiole. Peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, 1-2 in. long, mostly solitary. 

 Flowers green, large. Calyx minute, with 5 spreading obtuse lobes. 

 Petals membranous, J-|^ in. long, oyate, concave, obtuse, paraUel-veined. 

 Drupes twin, nearly distinct, obliquely obovate or reniform, flat, rugose, 

 I in. diam. 



Himalaya, Kashmir, Sikkim, 5000-10,000 ft. elev. FL April, May, when the 

 I stem is nearly naked, and the huds begin to bring forth their young leaves. 



2. S. paniculata, Edgew. MSS. in Herb. Kew. 



A glabrous climbing shrub, leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, 5-8 in. long. Flowers small, in terminal and axiUary panicles; 

 pedicels and calyx hairy. Petals lanceolate, -^ in. long, or less. ,Drupes 

 J generally solitary, circular, compressed, J in. diam. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, Dehra Doon to Nepal, ascending to 3000 ft. Fl. spring. 



Ordeb XXIX. ANACARDIACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate, rarely opposite, simple trifoliolate or 

 imparipinnate leaves, without stipules. Flowers mostly regular, unisexual 

 or bisexual. Calyx 3-7-, commonly 4-5-cleft. Petals as many as calyx- 

 lobes. Disc generally annular. Stamens as many as petals or more, often 

 twice as many, generally inserted outside at the base of the disc, all or a 

 portion only perfect; anthers 2-ceUed, dehiscing lengthwise. Ovary 

 various, either 1 -celled with 1 ovule and 3-4 styles, or a trifid style (pro- 

 bably the result of an unequal development of 3 carpels), or 1-celled, with 

 a simple oblique style (apocarpous, the other carpels abortive), or 5-6 

 distinct ovaries, but 1 only fertile ; or lastly (tribe Spondiece), 2-5-celled, 

 2-5-seeded. Fruit generally drupaceous, mostly l-ceUed, 1-seeded, rarely 

 2-5-celled, 2-5-seeded. Albumen none. — Gen. PL i. 415 ; Eoyle 111. 174 ; 

 "Wight 111. i. 180 (Terebinthacece). 



Fruit 1-oelled, 1-seeded. 

 One 1-celled ovary, with a trifid style, or 3-4 distinct styles. 

 Ovule suspended from a funicle attached near the base of 

 ovary. 



Petals 4-6, 1. Rhus. 



Petals none 2. Pistacia. 



Ovule suspended from near the top of ovary. 

 Stamens 8-10 ; leaves imparipinnate .... 3. Odina. 



Stamens 5 ; leaves simple 4. Sembcarpus. 



One 1-celled ovary, with a simple lateral style ... 5. Mangifera. 



Carpels 5-6, distinct, 1 oifly fertile 6. Bttchanania. 



Prait 2-5-celled, 2-5-seeded 7. Spondias. 



1. E.HTJS, Linn. 

 Trees or shrubs, with a resinous, sometimes viscous milky, often caustic 

 juice. Leaves alternate, pinnate with a terminal leaflet, or trifoliolate, 

 rarely simple, without stipules. Flowers small, white or greenish, gener- 

 ally dioecious, in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx of 5 sepals, united 

 at the base, equal, imbricate, 2 outside, 2 inside, 1 intermediate. Petals 

 5, deciduous, alternate with the sepals, equal, inserted on the base of the 



