MtiS.] XXIX. ANAOAEDIACEjE. 119 



2. _R. parviflora, Eoxb. PL Ind. ii. 100.— Vern. Tunga, turi^la, dungla, 

 rai tung, tumra, rannel, N'.W.P. 



An unarmed skrub. Younger branches, petioles, and the under side of 

 leaves clothed with dense brown tomentum. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets 

 oblong-obovate, the lower part entire, the upper part irregularly crenate. 

 Lateral leaflets sessile, smaller, the terminal larger, 2-3 in. long, narrowed 

 into a short marginate petiole ; lateral nerves 10-15 on either side of mid- 

 rib, with shorter intermediate ones. Panicle large, compound, terminal, 

 lower branches from the axUs of leaves, with short, erect, corymbose 

 branchlets; pedicels shorter than flowers, bracts linear. Eamifications 

 of panicle and bracts with long white silky hairs. Sepals ovate, the 

 outer hairy, 2 somewhat narrower than the rest. Petals oblofig, more 

 than twice the length of sepals ; disc distinctly 5-lobed, lobes opposite to 

 petals. Drupes ovoid, \ in. across, glabrous, brown, shining. 



Common N.W. Himalaya, between 2000 and 5000 ft., from the Sutlej to Nepal, 

 on the PachmarM hills, Central Provinces, and in Ceylon. Often gregarious 

 on bare arid slopes. Fl. May-June ; fr. July, Aug. 



Bark grey, smoothish, longitudinally rugose. Wood yellowish, close-grained, 

 and hard. Mixed with, salt, the fruit is used like Tamarind (Benar valley, 

 Bhawax). The tantarih of the Panjab bazaars, which is used in Hindu mecfi- 

 ciae (generally attributed to Pistacia Terebinthus and Lentiscus), is partly at 

 least the fruit of this tree. 



3. B. mysorensis, Heyne; W. & A. Prodr. 172. 



A small shrub, branches stiff, often spinesoent ; branchlets with short 

 grey or brown tomentum. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets obovate or cuneate, 

 with scattered short hairs above, and with soft grey or brown pubescence 

 beneath, deeply dentate or lobed, the 2 lateral leaflets sessile, smaller, the 

 terminal 1-1^ in. long, sessile or narrowed into a short marginate petiolule. 

 Panicles terminal, compound, pubescgnt, the lower branches from the 

 axUs of leaves, with short racemose branchlets ; bracts minute, linear, 

 pedicels shorter than flowers. Sepals ovate, 2 smaller than the rest. 

 Petals oblong, more than twice the length of sepals. Disc indistinctly 

 5-lobed. Drupes glabrous, brown, shining. 



Eastern flank of Suliman range 2500-5000 ft, hiUs west of Sindh below 4000 

 ft. near Delhi, the Dekkan, and South India. Fl. Feb. ; fr. April. 



Gregarious in arid hot places ; the leaves when bruised have a balsamic smell ; 

 the wood is used for fuel. Possibly not distinct from R. parviflora, Eoxb. 



4. R.- semialata, Murray ; D.C. Prodr. ii. 67.— Syn. R. javanica, Linn. ; 

 R. BucU-amela, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 99 ; Wight Ic. t. 561. Vern. Tatri, 

 thlssa, tetar, tltri, chechar, arkol, arJchar, Jcakkri, kaMeran, phus-kakrein, 

 dudla, Irdsh, wdnsh, huldshing, kdshm, Pb. j DakhnMa, dasmla, KW.P. ; 

 Bakkiamela, Nepal. 



A moderate -sized tree. Young branches, petioles, and inflorescence 

 covered with short, soft, , dark-grey pubescence. Leaves imparipinnate, 

 12-18 in. long; upper part of petiole generally marginate; leaflets op- 

 posite, 4-6 pair, sessile (the terminal leaflet on a marginate petiolule), 



