Odina.j ANACARDIACE^, 187 



Dehra Dun (Jacquem.), Delhi vRoyle , Merwara. Disteib.: Sindh, Pun- 

 jab, Eajputana, Mysore. Flowers in Feb. The "bark is used for tanning 

 leather. 



3, Pistacia, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 13. 



Trees or slirubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnate or 3- 

 f oliolate. Flowers small, apetalous, dioecious, in axillary racemes or 

 panicles. Male fl. : Ca/^x 3-5-fid. Stamens 3-7. jDi^^ small. Eudi- 

 ment of ovary minute or 0. Fem. flowers bracteate. Sepals 3-4. 

 Stamens and disk 0. Ovary sessile, 1-celled ; style short, 3-fid.; 

 stigmas capitate, recurved ; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle ; 

 Drupe dry ; stone bony. Seed with a membranous testa. Cotyle' 

 dons thick, oily, curved. — Species 6 or 7, Mediterranean region and 

 W. Asia, and one in Mexico. 



P. vera, L. is the Pistachio-nut tree, and is a native of Persia 

 and Syria. 



P. Khinjuk, Stocks in Hooli. Journ. iv, 143. P. integerrima, Stewart 

 in Brand. For. Fl 122, t XUI; F. B I. ii, 13, Watt E.D. Rhus Kakra- 

 singee, Boyle III. 175. Vern. Kahhar. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree with rough grey bark. Lea'oes 6-9 in 

 with or without a terminal leaflet ; jpetiole terete, puberulous ; leaflet 

 stalked, in 4-5 sub -opposite pairs, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, coria 

 ceous, entire ; nerves many, arched. Panicles lateral ; those of the mal 

 compact, pubescent ; "of the female lax, elongate. Flowers pedicelled 

 with 2 ovate bracts. Stamens 5-7 ; filaments short ; anthers large 

 dark red. Fem. fl. : Sepals 4, linear. Style almost 3-partite. Drupe 

 broader than long, glabrous, rugose, grey. 



Dehra Dun, Siwalik range and Eohilkhand. Disteib. : Punjab Hills and 

 W. Himalaya from the Indus to Kumaon, up to 8,000 it. The new- 

 leaves and the bright red panicles begin to appear in March. The 

 remarkable ho^n-shaped galls (kalcra singhi), which are formed on the 

 leaves and petioles, are used for dyeing and tanning and also medicinally. 

 The foliage is largely used as fodder for camels. The heartwood is 

 beautifully mottled with yellow and dark veins, and is much used for 

 ornamental work. 



4. Odina, Roxb. ; Fl. Brit, Ind. ii, 29. 



Trees with stout soft branches. Leaves few, at the ends of the 

 branches, alternate, odd-pinnate ; leajiets opposite, quite entire. 

 Flowers small. 1-sexual, fascicled on racemose panicles. Calyx 4-5- 

 lobed, persistent ; lohes rounded, imbricate. Petals 4-5, imbricate. 

 Dish annular, 4-5 lobed. Male fl.: Stamens 8-10, iEserted within 

 tbe disk. Ovary (rudimentary) 4-5 parted. Fem. fl, : Ovary sessile 



