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the axils of leaves, bracts linearj minutej pedicels shorter than flower. Sepals 

 ovate, two narrower than the others, petals oblong, more than twice the 

 length of sepalsj disk distinctly 5-lobed. Drupe glabrous, brown, shining, 

 ^ in. diam. 



North- West Himalaya, Sutlej to Nepal, 2-5,000 ft. Pachmarlii hilk, Ceaitr, Prov. 

 2,500-1,000 ft. Eampa liills, Goclaveri district. PI. May-June. 3. R. paniculata, Wall., 

 Bhutan. Upper Bui'ma, on the Shan hills and in the dry region of the Irawadi valley, 

 often in Eng foie&ts. A small tree, unarmed, glabrous, leaflets entiie or slightly sinti- 

 ate-lobed, the terminal 3-5 in. long, the lateral smaller, sec. n. prominent beneath, 



4. R. mysorensis, Heyne. Yevn. Dasn?, Da non la ^ BjSLJput ana,; Amhoniy 

 Poona. 



A small, aromatic, often gregarious shrub (a 

 small tree or large shrub, Talbot List 61). 

 Branches stiff, spiuescent, leaflets deeply den- 

 tate or lobed, the terminal 1-1 ^ in. long, the 

 lateral smaller, all sessile or nearly so. Disk 

 indistinctly 54obed. 



Sind, eastern £ank of the Suleiman range. Ea]- 

 putana. Dry districts of the Punjab and the Deecan . 

 PL February-June. Bark used for tanning. 



Fig. 87. — Ehus mysorensis, 

 Hevne. \. 



C. Leaves imparipinnate, panicles terminal. 



5. R. semialata, Murray ; Brandis F. PL 

 119. — S^m. R. Bucki-amehe^ Roxb. ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 561 ; R. javanica^ Kurz F. Fl. i. 319. 

 Vern. Tekri^ Tiin\ Titrai, ArkJiol^ N.W. Him. 



A middle-sized or small deciduous tree, resin- 

 canals in the bark filled with white milk, 

 which is sticky, but does not turn black. 

 Branchlets, petioles, underside of leaves and 

 inflorescence clothed with short, soft, brown- 

 ish-grey pubescence. L. not aromatic, leaflets 



4-6 pair, opposite, dentate, teeth large, triangular, often sharp, lateral leaflets 

 sessile, the terminal on a marginate petiolule, upper part of common petiole 

 generally marginate or winged. Panicle large, nearly as long as the upper 

 leaves, branches spreading. FL white or pale yellow-green, drupe tomentose, 

 edible. 



Outer Himalayan ranges, 3-6,000 ft. Assam, Khasi and ISfaga hilK. Shan hills^ 

 Upper Burma. Martaban. PL April-Se^Dtember. The leaves turn red before they fall. 

 Galls of various bhajjes frequent on the branches. China, Japan. 



6. R. punjabensis, J. L. Stewart ; Brandis F. FL 120. Yern. Titn\ 

 Titrai, N.W. Him. : Rashta, Bash. 



A smaller middle-sized tree, deciduous, heartwood greenish-yellow, the annual 

 rings marked by a narrow belt of vessels, old bark brownish, with rectangu- 

 lar plates, milk watery, not sticky, does not turn black. Branchlets, petioles 

 and inflorescence clothed with minute soft pubescence. Leaflets 5-6 pair, op- 

 posite or nearly opposite, entire or with a few teeth near the apex, common 

 petiole not marginate. Panicles compact, broad, shorter than leaves, in fruit 

 generally bent down, ramifications rusty tomentose, drupe -J- in. diam., clothed 

 with dark red velvet, pulp acid, made into sherbet. 



North- West Himalaya, Kashmir to Kumaon 3-6,500 ft., more frequent towards the 

 interior. PL May- July. A species very similar and possibly identical with 6 is not 

 uncommon in China. 



A species with terminal panicles, possibly new, has been found by E. M, Buchanan 

 at 5-5,500 ft. in the Bnby Mines disti-ict, Upper Burma. Leaflets B^ pair, ovate- 

 lanceolate, pubescent beneath, blade B-6, petiolule J in., fl. pedicellate,* in general 

 appearance similar to H, Griffithii, Hook. f. Pr. unknown, hence not named. 



