120 XXIX. ANACAKDIACE^. [Ehus. 



oblong or elliptic from an oblique base, acuminate, with large triangular, 

 often sbarp teeth, 10-15 main lateral nerves on either side of midrib, 

 glabrous or pubescent -with scattered hairs above, and clothed with dense, 

 grey or brown tomentum beneath. Panicle terminal, large, nearly as long 

 as the upper leaves ; branches spreading. Flowers small,, pale yellowish 

 green. Drupe globose or obovoid, nearly J in. across, greenish yellow, or 

 dark reddish brown, covered with short tomentum. Kernel compressed, 

 .smooth, brown, with a hard shell. 



Common in the outer Himalaya between 2500 and tiOOO ft., at times attain- 

 ing VOOO ft., from the Indus to Assam. Kasia hills. Beyond India, in China 

 and Japan. Deciduous ; leaves get red before they fall ; the flowers appear at 

 various times between spring and autumn, chiefly April-June ; the fruit ripens 

 Aug.-Oct. In Japan fl. in Sept. (Thunberg, Flora Japonica, 121). 



35-40 ft. high, with a short erect trunk 3-4 ft. girth, few ascending branches 

 forming an oval head. Galls of various shapes, often stalked, frequent on the 

 branches, in Japan and the N.W. Himalaya, an article of trade in Japan and 

 China. Wood greyish white, soft, light, and not valued. Pulp of fruit acid, 

 eaten in Sikkim and Nepal, and used medicinaUy. 



5. R. punjabensis, J. L. Stewart. — -Vern. Tltari, tetar, arkliar, paldi, 

 chohlu, hangar, kahkrein, dor, Pb. 



Young branches and petioles covered with short grey pubescence. 

 Leaves imparipinnate, 12-15 in. longj leaflets opposite, 5 or 6 pair, 

 nearly sessile, the terminal petiolulate, ovate -oblong, from a rounded 

 oblique base, acuminate, entire, occasionally serrate near apex, pubescent 

 beneath, particularly along nerves, short scattered hairs above; 10-15 

 main lateral arcuate nerves on either side of midrib, with a few inter- 

 mediate shorter nerves. Panicle terminal, compact, pyramidal, less than 

 half the length of leaf, ramifications with rusty pubescence. Drupes 

 on short pedicels, subglobose, small, \ in. diam. Pericarp crustaceous, 

 clothed with a dense purplish tomentum j kernel compressed, unequal- 

 sided, broader than long, grey, shining. 



Eajaori, Bussahir (Serahn), and elsewhere in the N.W. Himalaya, between 

 2500 and 8500 ft. Mostly in. mixed forests, in places not too arid. Fr. Aug., 

 Sept. A fair-sized tree, 35 ft. high and 4 ft. girth, with a broadish-oval crown, 

 resembling R. succedanea in size, general appearance, and its corrosive juice. 

 Nearly allied to.^. sylvestris, Sieb. & Zuec, of Japan. 



Another species, with terminal flower-panicles and imparipinnate leaves, is 

 R. Coriaria, L., Boissier Fl. Orient, ii. 4, of South Euiope, Algeria, and West- 

 em Asia ; found in Persia, but not yet discovered in N.W. India. The leaves 

 dried and poimded, form an important article of trade under the name of Su- 

 mach, used for tanning the finer kinds of leather. Dye-stuff (for morocco lea- 

 ther) is made of the bark. The fruit is acid, and is eaten. 



6. R. vernicifera, DC, Prodr. ii. 68.— Syn. R. vernix, Linn, (partly) ; 

 R^ jugJ,and7/oUa, WaH. (not Willd.) Vern. Kamhal, gadumhal, rikhali, 

 rukhro, arkhar, arJcol, harku, lohdsa, Pb. ; Alwria, kaunki, (gur) bhaliun, 

 N.W.P. ; Bhalaio, chosi, Nepal. 



