200 XLI. ANACAEDIACEiE [Pistacia 



Also in Persia, Asia Minor and Trans-cancabia. This and 4 yield a resin similar to 

 Ma&tix, tlxe produce of P. Letifisais, Linn. 4 P. KliiEjak, Stocks; Lace in Joiirn, 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 308. (Usliyai, Buzgai^ Balucli.) Baluchistan. A shrub, often in 

 clefts of rocks, or a small tree, hark light grev, smooth and exfoliating. Suleiman 

 range, Kuram valley. Afghanistan, G-ilgit, Chitral. Persia. Petiole not winged, 

 leaflets 1-2 pair, elliptic or almost orbicular, acuminate, 1-3 in. long. 



Tapiria hirsuta, Hook. f. {PhlehocJnton extensum^ Wall., Engler in DO. Monogr. Phan. 

 iv. 263 •, Peg la nlf'ula^ Colebr., Engler in Engler u. Prantl iii. 5. 152) is a large climbing 

 shrub in Nepal, Sikkim (to 3,000 ft.). Assam, Bhutan. Khasi hills, Manipur. China. 

 Branchlets, leaves and iniiorescence softly tomentose. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 

 5-7 pair, nearly opposite, entire or more or less serrate. El. small, polygamous, scented, 

 in axillary panicles Drupes black, pericarp fleshy, resinous. 



Solenocarpus indica, W. et A. ; Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 233, is a small or middle-sized tree in 

 the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards, in the 

 Anamalai hills at 2,600 ft. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets opposite, glabrous, crenulate. 

 El. small, bisexual, pure white, panicles numerous, fascicled at the ends of branchlets 

 (the tree when in blossom a perfect mass of white). Calyx small, 5-toothed, deciduous, 

 petals 5, ovate, valvate. Stamens 10, ovary 1-celled. Drupe obliquely-oblong, | m. 

 long, pericarp full of oil, stone hard. 



h. ODIN A, Eoxb. ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 29. 

 (Species 13, mostly African.") 



O. Wodier, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 60 ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 123 ; Royle IlL t. 

 31. — Syn. Lannea grandis^ Engler in Engl. ti. Prantl. NTachtr. 213. Vern, 

 Kamlai, Kaimalj Punjab ; Tlilngan^ Ginjan, Hind. ; MoM, Moivai, H. M. ; 

 Gunjj Bundelkhand; Gol^ Ajmere ; Gu7)ipan^ Tel. ; Godda, Kan.; Udi, Ufhi. 

 Tain. ; ISfaM, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, sapwood white, heartwood scanty. L. imparl- 

 pinnate, leaflets 3-4 pair, opposite, entire. Fl. appearing when the tree is 

 leafless, small, greenish, unisexual, 4-5-merous, on short pedicels in compact 

 fascicles, the female fl. in simple, the male in compound racemes. Racemes 

 numerous from leaf scars at the ends of branches, male and female usually 

 on different branches, often on different trees. Calyx 4-5-cleft, persistent, 

 lobes obtuse, ciliate, imbricate in bud. Petals oblong, longer than sepals, 

 pink and greenish-yellow. (J : Stamens B-10, inserted beneath and out- 

 side the annular 8~lobed disk, rudimentary ovary 4-5-cleft ; ? : stamens 

 small, sterile, ovary sessile, 1-celled, styles 3-4, short, stout. Drupe reniform- 

 oblong, I in. long, stone hard. 



Common in deciduous forests throughout India and Burma, in the subhimalayan 

 tract extending to the Indus, and ascending to 4,000 ft. in the outer hills. Leafless as 

 a rule from January to June, but on the east side of the Peninsula (Sriharikot, Madras, 

 Javadies) in leaf almost throughout the year. Ugly when leafless, but a handsome 

 tree when in full foliage. Fl. February-April. Fr. from June onwards, often remains 

 long on the tree. Easily grown from cuttftigs. 



4. PARISHIA, Hook. f. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 29. 

 (Species 5, Indo-Malayan.) 



P^ insignis. Hook. 1, Trans, Linn. Soc. xxiii. t. 26 ; Kurz F. M. i. 318. 



A tall evergreen tree full of white milk. L. imparipinnate, leaflets 

 6-8 pair, quite entire, opposite, oblique, 6-8 in, long. FL I in. diam., yellow, 

 dicecious, tetramerous, in long hairy panicles. (^ : Calyx 4-lobed, lobes val- 

 vate, petals 4, stamens 4, inserted below the edge of the disk, rudimentary 

 ovary columnar. ? : Calyx-lobes greatly enlarged in fruit, ovary sessile, 

 1-celled, style unequally 3-fid. Drupe globose, pointed, | in. diam,, supported 

 by the pubescent enlarged calyx-lobes, 3-~4 in. long, 



Mergui, Andamans. Fl. February-May. — Penang. 



