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XLL ANACARDIACE.E 



Scmecaypvs 



oblongj greenish-yelloWy ovary liairy. Drupe 1 in. loiigj sliining, purplisli- 

 "blackj pericarp full of acrid resinous juice, hypocarp orange, edible. 



Subliimalayaii tract from, tlie Bias eastwards, ascending in tlie outer liills to 3,500 

 ft. Assam, Kliasi lulls, Clilttagong. Central India and tlie Western Peninsula. Not in 

 Ceylon and not yet reported from Burma. Leafiest February to April. FL May- August. 

 2. S.fpandurata, Kvltz F. FI i. 312, Che, Chi, Burm. Common in Pegu and Martaban. 

 L. almost membranous, suddenly narrowed below the middle, nut rer^- oblique, is 



Fig. 91.^Semecaii}Us Anacardium, Linn. f. |. 



possibly only a local form of S. Anacardium. 3. S. auriculata, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 

 187. A large dioecious tree, with black resinous juice, in tbe evergreen forests of tlie 

 Tinnevelli and Travancore G-liats. L. glabrous, nearly sessile, oblanceolate, auriculate 

 at base, 5--10 in. long. Male flower, small, 3-4-merous, very numerous, in long com- 

 pound panicles (the tree a perfect mass of yellowish- white blossoms), the female 4-5- 

 merous, more than twice the size of the ^ , greenish, on short few-fid. panicles. Drupe 

 obliq^uely obovoid, J in. long, on a short broad cup-like hypocarp. 4. S. travancorica, 

 Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 232. A large dioecious tree, common on the Tinnevelli and Travan- 



