Ailanthus] XXVI. SIMARUBACEJ] 127 



Saharanpur. Leafless in the early part of C.S. New leaves in March^ April. Fl. April, 

 May. 2. A. glandulosa, Desf. Japan, China, cnltivated in Northern India, leave-, 

 pubescent or nearly glabrous, leaflets with a few glandular teeth near the base, other- 

 wise entire, petals wooUy-tomentose inside, filaments larger than anthers, hispid at 

 base, ripe carpels 1-2 in. 



3. A. malabarica, DC; Wight, Ic. t. 1604; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 122. 

 Vern. Dhup^ Guggul clhiip^ Kan. ; Peru, Tarn. 



A lofty tree, bark thick, rough, often with bright reddish grains of resin, 

 leaflets 5^10 pair, glabrous, entire, lanceolate, filaments glabrous, much longer 

 than anthers, ripe carpels oblong rounded at both ends 3-5 by | in. 



Evergreen forests along the Western G-hats from the Konkan southwards, from the 

 coast to 3,000 ft. Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 201. FL February, March. 

 Ihe resm {math pal) used in medicine and as Incense. Oeylon, Malay Peninsula, 

 China. 



Eurycoma longifolia, Jack, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, is an 

 evergreen shrub or small tree, leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 15-20 pair, coriaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, entire, shining above, pale beneath, panicles axillary, rusty-glandu- 

 lar, at the ends of branches, shorter than leaves, fl, brownish-red, polygamous', penta- 

 merous, stamens 5, alternating with petals, 5 two-lobed scales (staminodia) oinoosite to 

 petals. Drupes 3-5, stipitate, hard, ovoid J~§ in. long. 



5. PICRASMA, BL; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 520. 



All parts very bitter, leaves imparipinnate, fi. unisexual, 4-5-merous, in 

 corymbose panicles. Stamens 4-5, carpels 3-5, distinct on a thick disk, styles 

 free at base and top, connate in the middle. Fr. of 1-3 fleshy or coriaceous 

 drupes, supported by the persistent calyx and petals. A straight embryo in 

 fleshy albumen. Species 6, tropical and subtropical countries of both hemi- 

 spheres. 



1. P. quassioides, Bennett; Brandis, F. Fl. 39. Vern. TiitaL TltML 

 Trita, Pb., N.W. 



A tall, scrambling shrub. L. and inflorescence pubescent. Leaflets op- 

 posite, nearly sessile, 4-6 pair, serrate. FL small, greenish, generally penta- 

 merous. Drupes black, \ in. diam. 



Outer Himalaya, Kashmir to Nepal, ascending occasionally to 8,000 ft. Bhutan. Fl. 

 April-June. China. 



2. P. javanica, Blume ; Xing in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. G2. ii. (1893) 

 228 (includes P. nepalensis, Benn., and P. andmnanica, Kurz). 



An evergreen glabrous tree, leaflets 1-8 pair, entire, acuminate. Fl. tetra- 

 merous, greenish-white, drupes 2-4, white, | in. diam. 



Nepal, Sikkim, Khasi hills, Andamans, Lower Burma. Fl. March. China, Cochin- 

 china, Java. 



6. BRUCEA, Miller; FL Brit. Ind. i. 520. 



All parts very bitter, leaves imparipinnate, fl. polygamous, minute, tetramer- 

 ous, in axillary panicles. Stamens 4, inserted beneath the 4-lobed disk. Ovary 

 deeply 4-lobed. Drupes 4, ovoid, somewhat fleshy. Albumen 0. Species 6, 

 tropical, from Africa to Australia. 



1. B. sumatrana, Roxb.; Kurz, F. Fl. L 202. 



A large evergreen shrub, branchlets, leaves and inflorescence tawny pubes- 

 cent, leaflets opposite, 4-6 pair, ovate-lanceolate, coarsely serx^ate. FL purple, 

 in small dista^nt racemiform panicles, often as long as leaves. Drupes black, 

 ovoid, I in, long. 



Assam, Tenasserim. Fl. March. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, South China. 

 2. B. mollis, Wall. Sikkim, Khasi hills, Bhtitan, Manipur, Burma (Thoungyeen, B.B., 

 March 1862) leaflets nearly glabrous, lanceolate, entire, drupes J in. long* 



