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In pericarp are sach filled with acrid oil, which raises blisters on the skin. Seed 

 kidney-shaped, oily, roasted and eaten. 



12. BUCHANANIA, Eoxb. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 22. 



Trees or shrubs. L. simple, quite entire. Pi. small, bisexual, panicles 

 numerous, terminal and in the axils of the uppermost leaves at the ends of 

 branches. Calyx 3-5-cleft, persistent, petals 4-5, oblong, imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens 8-10, free, inserted outside and under the annular disk, which sur- 

 rounds the 5-6 free carpels, 1 fertile, the others imperfect. Drupe small, flesh 

 scanty, splitting into 2 valves at the time of germination. Species 20, Indo- 

 Malayan region, extending to Australia and the Pacific. 



A. Panicles tomentose or pubescent. 



1. B. latifolia, Eoxb. ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 165; Brandis P. PL J27. Syn. 

 B. Lanzan^ Spreng. ; Cooke, Bombay Plora i. 275. Vern. ChimU) Pb. ; 

 Plyalj Pialj Paira, Char^ Adiar^ Hind.; CVmr, CInmidl, Chironji^ Mar.; 

 Morli^ Sara, Tel.; Nurkal, Murkala^ Kan.; Morala^ Sarai^ Tarn.; Munga^ 

 perlu^ Mai. 



A middle-sized tree, attaining 50 ft., bark dark grey, rough, with small 

 quadrangular plates, divided by deep narx'ow cracks. L. coriaceous, hard, 

 oblong, obtuse, as a rule softly hairy beneath, blade 0-10, petiole |-J in. Sec. 

 n. 15-20 pair, prominent. Panicles tomentose, bracts small, caducous. PL 

 sessile, greenish-white. Drupe black, | in. diam., edible, stone hard, bony. 



Common in the deciduoub forests of India and Burma, except the arid region of 

 North- West India. In the suhhimalayan tract the Butlej is its north-wobtern limit. 

 PL January-March. Nearly leafless for a short time during the dry seahon. Bark 

 used for tanning. 2. B. lanceolata, Wight Ic. t. 237, Quilon. L. glahroiis and shining 

 on both sides, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-5, petiole |-| in., sec. n 16-20 pair, distinct 

 reticulate veins between them. Panicles shorter than leaves, their branchc'^ short, 

 stout. 'Ft. unknown. 



3. B. platyneura, Ivu.rz ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 (1897) 462. Andamans 

 and Nicobarsj very common. A middle-sized or large tree, youngest .shoots minutely 

 pubescent. L. coriaceous, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 4-9, petiole ^-1 in. Panicles puberulous, pedicels longer than liower, anthers 

 narrow", not sagittate. 4. B. glabra, Wall. Maulmein. L. thickly coriaceous, broadly 

 elliptic, panicles shorter than leaves, rusty-pubertilous. PI nearly sessile. 5. B. acu- 

 minata, Turcz. (J5. sessilifoHa^ Schauer ; King in Jouni. i^s. Soc. Bengal, 65 [1B97J 46B, the 

 older name but misleading.) Maulmein. A shrub or small tree. L. thinly coriaceous, 

 oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, gradually narrowed into petiole J-1 in. long, 

 panicles pedunculate, longer than the leaves, minutely pubescent, pedicels shorter than 

 liow^er. Petals oblong, the apex narrower and recurved, anthers sagittate. 6. B. lanci- 

 foUa, Boxb. 5 Kurz P. PL i. 809. Chittagong hill tracts, Arakan, Andamans A large 

 evei'green tree, youngest shoots rusty-tomentose. L. elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate, 

 thinly coriaceous, blade 7-9, petiole 1-1^ in. long, see. n. 15-20 pair, prominent beneath. 

 Panicles slightly pubescent with scattered hairs, nearly sessile, shorter than leaves, 

 l^edicels shorter than flower. Petals oblong, anthers slightly sagittate. 



B. Panicles perfectly glabrous. 



6. B. angustifolia, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 262; Wight Ic. t. 101. Vern. 

 Morllj Sara, Tel. ; Mudaniah, Kolamavio^ Tarn. ; Malamavu^ MaL 



A middle-sized tree, youngest shoots slightly pubescent. L. elliptic- or 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous on both sides, blade 4-7, petiole |-1| in. 

 Panicles glabrous, as long as or longer than leaves, peduncles and branches 

 slender. PL nearly sessile. Pr, oblique, | in. diam. 



On Sandstone in the Chanda district and in Birpur (Nizam's territory). Webtern 

 Peninsula, chiefly in the drier districts on hilly ground. PL E. S. 7, B. florida, Behauer ; 

 King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 65 (1897), 463. {B, lucida, BL; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 23; 

 B. arhorescens^ BL ; Kurz F. "FL i. 308), Andamans, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago, Philippines. A small evergreen tree, entirely glabrous, L. thinly 

 coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, narrowed into petiole J-f in. long. Panicles lax, longer 



