Gluta] XLI. ANACARDUOEiE 207 



terminal panicles. Calyx gamosepalous, opening irregularly, deciduous. 

 Petals 4-6j on the elon2;ated torus, contorted in bud. Stamens 4r-{3, filaments 

 capillary. Ovary 1-celled, style lateral, filiform. Species 6-8, Indo-Malayan, 

 1 in Madagascar. 



1. G. travancorica, Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 60. Vern. Shen Kurani^ 

 Tinnevelli. 



A very large tree. L. elliptic or oblanceolate, 4-6 in. long, narrowed into a 

 very short petiole, panicle hoary-pubescent, drupe broader than long, with a 

 rough brownish rind, 1^-1 V in. diam. 



Evergreen forests, Tinnevelli and Travancore G-liats. 2. Cr. tavoyana, Hook. f. 

 {Thayetthithi^ Burm.) Tavoy, Mergui, on tlie coast. A small tree, young shoots 

 minutely pubescent, petioles thick, J-l in. long. PL | in. long, in short axillary 

 panicles, calyx pubescent. 3. Gr. elegans, Kurz, var. Helferi, Hook. f. Sea coast in 

 South Tenasserim. A small tree, entirely glabrous, petioles slender, 1-2 in. long. 'Fl, 

 4-| in. long, perfectly glabrous. 



15. NOTHOPEGIA, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 39. 



Small trees. L. alternate or opposite, petioled, entire. EL small, white, 

 polygamous, in short axillary racemes. Calyx small, persistent, 4-lobed, petals 

 4, spreading, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, inserted on the margin o£ the 

 annular 4-lobed disk, filaments free, hairy. Ovary 1-celled, style very short. 

 Species 3. 



1. N. Colebrookiana, Blume; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 164. — Syn. Peg la (?) 

 CoJebrooklana, Wight Ic. t. 236. 



A small tree with milky acrid juice, glabrous excepting inflorescence. L. 

 coriaceou.s, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 2-8, petiole |-| in., sec. 

 n. 15-20 pair. Drupe red, pyriform, 4"-| i^- diam., edible, a sweet purple juice 

 between skin and stone. 



Evergreen foi'ests of tlie Western Ghats, from the Konkan southwards. PL 

 Jan.-March. Ceylon moist region to 3,000 ft. % N. travancorica, Bedd. Travan- 

 core. A shrub. Branchlets, petioles and midrib clothed beneath with short spreading 

 hairs. L. cbartaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, sec. n. 30-35 pair. 3. K aureo-fulva, 

 Bedd. Tinnevelli. A shrub. Branchlets, petiole and midrib densely rufous-villous 

 beneath. 



16. SEMECARPUS, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. iL 30. 



Trees. L. petiolate, simple, quite entire. FL polygamous or dioeciouS; 

 usually pentamerous, sometimes 6-, rarely 3-merous, in lateral or terminal 

 panicles. Calyx segments deciduous, petals imbricate. Stamens 5-6, inserted 

 at the base and outside of a broad annular disk, imperfect in the ? flower. 

 Ovary 1-celled, styles 3. Drupe oblique, fleshy, seated on a fleshy hypocarp, 

 formed of the thickened pedicel and calyx- base, pericarp filled with an acrid 

 resinous juice. Embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex. Species 40, Indo- 

 Malayan region (a large number in Ceylon), extending to Australia. 



A. Western species, and species common to both regions. 



1. S. Anacardium, Linn. f. ; Roxb. Cor. PL 1. 12: Wight Ic. t. 558 ; Bedd. 

 EL Sylv. t, 166. The Marking Nut tree. Vern. Bhilawa^ BMlun^ Hind. ; 

 Bela^ Beng. ; Biba^ Bibha, Mar. ; G^j% Kan. ; Shenkotta^ Tarn. 



A middle-sized tree, wood soft, no distinct heartwood. Branchlets, petioles, 

 underside of leaves and inflorescence clothed with short, somewhat harsh 

 tomentum. L. coriaceous, clustered near the ends of branches, oblong-obovate, 

 tip rounded, blade 9-24 in., petiole thick, half round, |-1 in. long. M. |-J 

 in. diam., nearly sessile, fascicled in erect compressed terminal panicles, bracts 

 lanceolate, the lower branches of the panicle in the axils of leaves. Petals 



