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GENUS J. HOLIGARNA, 
Polygamia Dieecia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. The native name latinized. 
Grn. Cuan. Trees with alternate entire leaves: calyx 5-toothe 
ed: petals 5, oblong, spreading: stamens 5, shorter than the corolla: 
ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled: ovules suspended: styles 1-3: fruit 
inferior, oval: pericarp thick, somewhat fleshy, containing cells 
full of acrid juice. 
(1) H. toneirozia. ( Roxb.) ‘ 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 169.—Roxb, fi. Ind. II. p. 80.—+ 
Dec. prod. IT. p. 63. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. IV. t. 9. 
Srec. Cuar. Leaves cuneate, oblong or acute: petioles usually 
swith a soft subulate incurved thorn-like process on each side about 
the middle: panicles terminal and axillary : styles recurved: stigs 
mas lunate: flowers small, whitish. 
Travancore, Malabar, Hilly parts of the Concan, Chittagong 
and Assam. Flowering in January. The juice of the wood which 
is very acrid is employed in Malabar for varnishing shields. 
GENUS Ill. BUCHANANIA. 
Deecandria Pentagynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriy. Called after Buchanan Hamilton, author of the welle 
known “Journey to Mysore.” 
Gey. Guan. Trees with alternate entire leaves: panicles tera 
ginal and axillary towards the summit of the branches: flowers 
isexual: calyx 5ecleft, obtuse: petals 5, inserted under the disk, 
oblong, sessile, recurved: stamens shorter than the petals, distinct : 
disk 10-crenated, invelving the ovary: ‘pistils 5, 4 abortive, the 
fertile one with a 1-celled, l-ovuled ovary: drupe obpvate, some= 
what compressed, fleshy: nut very hard, 1-celled, 1l-seeded. 
(1) B. ratizotia. (Roxb. ) , 
_. Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 169.—Roxb. fi, Ind. IT. p, 385.— 
Dec. prod. II. p. 64. : at OE 
Srec. Car. Leaves broadly oval or saris, obtuse: branches 
of the panicles hirsute, with the flowers crowded ;: flowers small, 
greenish-white, 
Mountainous parts of the coast. Belgaum. Salsette. Flower- 
ing in February and March. The kernels are used in confectionery 
nd as 2 general substitute for almonds among the nativgs, | 
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