122 XXIX. ANACAEDIACEiE. [Bhus. 



ate ; lateral nerves 10-15 on eitlier side of midrib. Panicles numerous, 

 lateral, mucli shorter than leaves, in the axils of the lowest leaves or below 

 them from the axils of the bud-scales. Plowers small, greenish yellow ; 

 pedicels nearly as long as flowers. Drupes on lax drooping panicles, ob- 

 lique, compressed, outline rhomboid, about ^ in. long, glabrous, rugose, 

 yeHow or light brown ; kernel smooth, whitish, hard, enclosed by a 

 fibrous pericarp ; vegetable wax mixed with the fibres. Seeds large, oily. 



In many parts of the Himalaya from 2000-8000 ft., from the Jhelam to 

 Assam. Usually in mixed forests. (Nachar forest, Bassahir.) Kasia hills ; also 

 in China and Japan. Deciduous. Leaves fall in October, and turn red before 

 they fall. Fr. Aug., Sept. A moderate-sized tree, 30 ft. high, with a short 

 trunk 3 ft. gh'th. The milky juice of the tree causes bUsters and makes black 

 stains on paper. In Japan (Ksempfer, 1. c.) the seed (and pericari^ ?) is crushed, 

 boiled, mixed with the fruit of another tree {Sindan, Melia Azedarach ?), 

 and pressed, while hot. The result is a beautiful vegetable wax of snow-white , 

 colour, of which candles are made. Kampfer calls this the wild Varnish-tree, 

 and states that it yields a small supply of varnish. 



2. PISTACIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate, pinnate, or trifoliolate leaves without 

 stipules, and small unisexual dioecious flowers without petals in axillary 

 racemes or panicles. Male flowers with a 3-5-cleft calyx, and 3-6 stamens,/ 

 on a small disc. Female flowers supported by bracts. Sepals 3-4. Ovary 

 sessile, l-ceUed, style short, 3-fid ; stigmas 3 capitate, recurved ; ovule 

 1, suspended from a basifixed funicle. Fruit a dry drupe, with a haid, 

 bony kernel. Seed with a membranous testa, a curved embryo and 

 thick plano-convex, often green cotyledons, filled with fat oil. 



1. P. integerrima, J. L. S.— Tab. XXII.^Syn. BJius integerrima, 

 Wall. ; R. JcaJcrasingee, Eoyle. Often erroneously called E. acuminata. 

 Vern. Shue, sarawdn, masua, Afg. ; Kakkar, kangar, kdkra, kdkla, kakdi, 

 Itakkrangclie, tungu, gurgu, ]?b., N.W.P. 



A tree, nearly glabrous. Leaves imparl- or pari-pinnate, 6-9 in. long, 

 with fine pubescence along petioles and nerves while young ; leaflets op- 

 posite or nearly so, 4-5 pair ; short-petiolulate, lanceolate from oblique 

 base, entire, long-acuminate, with 10-18 arcuate lateral nerves, joined by 

 reticulate veins. Flowers on lateral panicles, the leaves below on the 

 previous year's wood. Male panicles short, compact, pubescent. Stamens 

 5, 6, or 7 ; anthers large, oblong, obtuse, deep red. Sepals much shorter 

 than stamens. Female flowers on short pedicels, in long lax panicles. 

 Calyx of 4 linear sepals, generally supported by 2 ovate bracts, shorter 

 than sepals. Sepals and bracts deciduous. , Style 3-fld nearly to the base, 

 with broad recurved stigmas. Drupe dry, somewbat broader than long, 

 ^ in. broad, rugose, glabrous, grey when ripe. 



Eastern slopes of the Suliman range, hills of Trans-Indus territory, and round 

 the Peshawar valley, between 1200 and 4000 ft. Salt range, and many parts of 

 the SiwaUk tract and the outer Himalaya, between 1500 and 6500 ft., ascend- 

 ing at times to 8000 ft. from the Indus to the Sarda. Often scattered on hot bare 



