204 XLI. ANACAEDIACEiE [Holigarna 



B. Eastern species. 



4. H. longifolia, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 282. 



A tall tree, bark smooth, ash-coloured. L. glabrous and glaucous beneath, 

 thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblanceolate, .blade 12-24, petiole \-l in. Panicle 

 large and spreading. PI. dull white, rusty-tomentose. Drupe entirely enclosed 

 by calyx-tube. 



Ohittagong hill tract. Lower Burma, in Eiig and other JTorests. Fl. C. S. 



The following two species may possihly onl^^ he forms of H. longifolia, cf. King in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 (1897), 512. 5. H. Helferi, Hook. 1; Kniz P. Fl. i. 315, an 

 evergreen tree, Lower Burma, young slioots and underside of young leaves pubescent. 

 L. coriaceous, oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, blade 12-30, petiole -^-l in. long. 

 Panicles axillary, densely rustj^'-tomentose. Drupe almost entirely covered hy the 

 calyx-tube. 6. H. albicans, Hook. f. Lower Burma, L. coriaceous, oblanceolate, white 

 and almost glabrous beneath, blade 6-8, petiole ^~| in., without spurs. 



7. H. Kurzii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897), 512 (Semeoarpus alhescew^^ Kurz ; 

 Engler in DC, Mon. Phan. iv. 488). Pegu, Tenasserim, Andamans. L. coriaceous^ 

 white and nearly glabrous beneath, oblanceolate, bladfe 10-15, petiole J-J in. long, seen, 

 distant, 12-18 pair, panicle large, compound, terminal. 



10. DRIMYCARPUS, Hook. f. ; M. Brit. Ind. iL 36. 



D. racemosus, Hook, f, (the only species). Vern. Broyig-K'dngj Lepoha. 



An evergreen tree, entirely glabrous except the inflorescence, wood close- 

 grained, takes a beautiful polish. L. shining coriaceous, lanceolate, entire, 

 margin thickened and usually strongly waved, blade 4-12, petiole stout, deeply 

 grooved, | in. long. Fl. small, greenish- white, pentamerous, in fascicled short 

 racemiform panicles, axillary or below the leaf on the old wood, stamens 5. 

 Ovary inferior, 1-celled, style 1, very short. Drupe red, 1 in. diam. 



Sikkim, common in the outer hills, 3-6,000 ft. Bhutan, Assam, Khasi hills. Cachar 

 Ohittagong. PL January-April. — China. 



11. BOUEA. Meissn. ; FL Brit. Ind. ii. 20. 

 (Species 3-4, Indo-Malay region.) 



B. burmanica, Griff. (1841) ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 366.— Syn. B. 

 oppositifolia^ Meissn. (1842), Kurz. F. Fl. i. 306. Vern. Miriam^ Uriam^ Sund. ; 

 Mayan, Burm. 



An. evergreen middle-sized tree. L. lanceolate, quite entire, blade 4-10^ 

 petiole I in. long. FL small, polygamous, in axillary and terminal panicles. 

 Sepals 3-5, deciduous, petals 3-5, imbricate. Stamens 3-5, inserted within 

 the small disk, all fertile. Drupe fleshy, yellow, 1-2 in. long, edible, taste 

 pleasant, sweet and acid, endocarp thin woody, 1-seeded. 



Sundriban. Andamans, Tenasserim. Cultivated throughout Burma. FL January- 

 March. Fr. April-May. Oochinchina, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Dobinea vulgaris, Hamilton, Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 696, under Sajnndacem, is a shruh in 

 Nepal, Sikkim (4-6,000 ft.)? Mishmi hills. L. opposite, membi'anous, serrate, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Fl. small, unisexual, in terminal panicles. <? : Calyx cup-shaped, 4-dentatey 

 petals 4, exceeding calyx, disk 0, stamens 8, alternately shorter. ? : A 1-celled lenti- 

 cular ovary on an annular disk, adnate to a lanceolate bract, calyx 0, petals 0, style 

 filiform, spirally involute. Fr. Indehiscent, adnate to a round or obovate emarginate 

 penninerved thinly membranous bract, ^ in. diam. 



Anacardium occidentale, Linn. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 163. The Cashew-nut. Yern. Kaju^. 

 Mar. ; Godamhe^ Kan. ; KoHa-matm, Tarn. ; Paringi mmn, Mai. ; Thi hon Thayet, Burm. 

 A small or middle-sized evergreen tree, indigenous in South America, but cultivated and 

 naturalized in many tropical countries, often found near the coast. L. glabrous, thickly 

 coriaceous, obovate, entire, blade 5~7» petiole J-J in., sec. n. 8-12 pair, conspicuous. FL 

 polygamous, in large terminal bracteate panicles, pentamerous, petals linear, J-J in. 

 long, pale yellow streaked >yitli pink, stamens 10, one longer always fertile, the rest 

 often sterile. Drupe kidney-shaped, 1 in. long, seated on a fleshy thick hypocarp, which 

 is 2-3 in. long, orange or crimson, edible, formed of the enlarged torus and calyx-base. 



