Melhsma] XL. SABIACEiE 195 



4. M. dilleniaefolia, Blume ; Braiiclis F. M. 115 ; Collett Simla EL fig. 33. 

 Vern. Kann^ Kanna^ KarkOn^ Goi^ jST. W. Him. ; 8hapra^ Bakarsliaiig^ Bash. 



A small deciduous tree, branchlets, petioles and inflorescence clothed with 

 ferruginous pubescence. L. membranous, pale beneath, obovate, sharply 

 serrate, with minute hairs on both sides and rusty pubescence on midrib and 

 nerves, blade 6-12, petiole l-l in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair, straight, parallel. 

 EL white, pedicels nearly as long as flower, in the axils of caducous bracts, no 

 bracteoles. 



Himalaya, from the Bias eastAvards, 4-11,000 ft. FL May-July. M. myriantha, Sieb. 

 & Zucc. China, Japan, is similar if not identical, the bracts are more persistent. 

 5. M. THomsoni, King MSS. in Hb. Kew. Sikkim (Gamble no. 9701), a large tree, hranchlets, 

 petioles and underside of leaves densely and softly rusty-tomentose, xipperside glabrous, 

 except the tomentose nerves and midrib. L. coriaceous, teeth short, distant, blade 

 7-12, petiole |~1J in. long, panicle longer than leaves, softly tomentose. This doubtless 

 is M.fei'Tuginea, Kurz MSS., described by King in Joui'n. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897), 116. 

 M. femiginea>j Sieb. et. Zucc, is Chinese, and M.ferriigineaj Blume, a Javan and Boi^nean 

 species. 



B. Leaves imparipinnate. 



6. M. Arnottiana, Wight 111. t. 53 {Millingtonia) ; Bedd. M. Sylv. 160. 

 Vei'n. Ilidi makay, Tarn. ; Kallavl^ Mai. 



A large tree with a spreading head, branchlets, common petiole, undei^side of 

 leaflets and panicle rusty-pubescent. Leaflets 4-7 pair, blade 2-5, petiolule 

 |--| in. long. Fl. crowded, cream-coloured, on very short pedicels, sepals 

 unequal, bracteoles 0. 



Western Ghats from Coorg southwards. Nilgiris. Fl. April-June. Ceylon, montane 

 zone. 7. M. piimata, Boxb. (Mill higtonia), Sikkim to 3,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Cachar, Nearly glabrous, leaflets 5-10 pair, more or less serrate. Fl. white, minute, 

 in large puberulous panicles. 8. M. WallicMi, Planch. Nepal, Sikkim, 5-8,000 ft., Khasi 

 hills. Branchlets, common petiole, underside of leaflets and panicle rusty-hairy, leaf- 

 lets 3-6 pair, spinulose-toothed. Fl. minute, greenish-white, on short stout pedicels. 

 9. M. Colletiana, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897), 116. Maymyo hill, Upper 

 Burma. A middle-sized tree, leaflets 3 pair, remotely and sharply serrate, upperside 

 glabrous except the hairy midrib, underside with scattered hairs. Fl. minute, whitish. 



Order XLT. ANACARDIACEiE. Gen. PI. i. 415. 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate (opposite in Boioea^ Dohinea^ and occa- 

 sionally in N'otJiopegia), simple, trifoliolate or imparipinnate, stipules 0. FL 

 regular, unisexual or bisexual, sometimes polygamous. Calyx S-5-oleft 

 (spathaceous in Gluta)^ petals 3-5, free, alternate with sepals, rarely 0. 

 Stamens usually as many as petals and alternating with them, inserted under, 

 rarely on the disk. Ovary superior (inferior in Ilollgarna and Dr imy carpus) ^ 

 1- or 2~6-celled, ovules solitary. ¥i\ a drupe, seed without albumen. 



Besin canals in the bark, as a rule in the bast (phloem), 



A. Leaves pinnate, trifoliolate, in Rhus Cotinus simple. 



Petals 4-6, stamens 4-10 1. Bhxjs. 



Petals 0, btamens 3-5 2. Pistacia. 



B. Leaves imparipinnate. 



I. Ovary 1-celled. 



Climbers. PI polygamous, stamens 10 . . Tapiria (p. 200). 

 Trees, leaflets crenulate, fl. bisexual . . . Solenocarpijs (p. 200). 

 Trees, leaflets entire, fl. unisexual. 



Decidiiou-s, stamens 8-10 3. Oi>ina. 



Evergreen, stamens 4 4. Parishxa. 



II. Ovary 4-5-celled. 



PL polygamous, styles 4 or 5, free above . . 5. Sponbias. 



PL bisexual, styles connate 6. Pracontomehtm. 



