N. 0. ANACARDIACE^. 371 



broad, cup-shaped obscurely lobed. Drupes densely crowded, 

 |in. diam., globose, puberulous, epicarp dry, crustaceous, 

 bursting irregularly ; stone globose, very thick, bony, surround- 

 ed by vegetable wax. 



Use : — The juice of the leaves is corrosive and blisters the 

 skin (Stewart.) 



323. R. insignis Book f. H. f.b.i., ii. 11. 



Vern. :— Kagphulai (Nepal) ; Serh (Lepcha). 



Habitat : — Sikkim, Himalaya and the Khasi Mountains. 



A small, beautiful, deciduous tree ; attains 50ft. Bark thin 

 grey. Wood grey, soft ; heart- wood yellowish brown. Medul- 

 lary rays fine, numerous. Leaves 12-18in. ; petiole terete. 

 Leaflets 6-9 by 3-4 Jin., coriaceous, quite entire, elliptic or 

 oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shining above, 

 rusty, softly tomentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in R. 

 Wallichii ; panicles larger, more lax and nearly glabrous. 

 Fruiting panicles axillary, stout, lOin. long, peduncled ; bran- 

 ches spreading. Drupes scattered on panicles, smaller than 

 in R. Wallichii, globose, |in. diam. ; epicarp thin, dry, bursting 

 irregularly and enclosing a globose white mass of vegetable 

 wax, containing a small crustaceous stone. 



Use : — The juice is a powerful vesicant (Gamble). 



324. R. succedanea, Linn. h. f.b.i., ii. 12,Roxb. 

 273. 



Sans. : — Karkat sringi. 



Vevn : — Tatree, rikul(Pb). ; Kakra-Singi, kakkarsing (H.) ; 

 Kakra sringi (B.) ; Raniwalai (Nepal) ; Serhnyok (Lepcha) ; 

 Dingkain (Khasia). 



Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from the Jhelum east- 

 ward. From Kashmir to Sikkim Bhutan, Khasia Mts. Tehri 

 Garhwal, Lambatacl. Pajidhar above Nairtwar. Valleys near 

 Simla (Collett). Found by me," says Brandis, " in the Rupen 

 Valley, October 1874." 



A middle-sized, deciduous tree with dark grey thin 

 bark. Leaves imparipinnate, approximate near the ends of the 

 branches. Leaflets 3-6 pair, opposite, 3-C by lj-3in., ovate-Ian- 



