Semecarj^us] XLI. AIS[AOARDIAGE.E 209 



core rihat^, 1-3,000 ft., with black resinons juice. L. thickly coriaceous, shining above, 

 l^ale beneath, glabrous, oblong-obovate, blade liJ-il. pntiole 2 in. long, panicles as long 

 as leaves or longer. J?l. 5--6-nieroxis. Drupe 1 m. long, obliquelj-oblong, hypocarp 

 broad and short. 



B. Eastern species. 



5. S. subpanduriformis, Wall.; Kiirz F. Fl. i. S13. — Syn. S, acuminata ^ 

 Knrz ; Fl. Brit, Ind. ii. B5. 



A decidaous tree, entirely glabrouSj except the minutely hairy inflorescence 

 and youngest shoots. L. oblanceolate, acuminate, blade 5-12 in., gradually 

 narrowed from the middle into a petiole l-i in. lonsr, sec, n. 18-22 pair. 

 Pauicle terniinal, pedicel longer than Wr and^articulate beW_ it. M. 1-5- 

 merous, disk hispid, ovaiy glabrous, styles 3, elongate. Drupe shining, broader 

 than long, | in. diam., on a small cup-shaped hypocarp. 



Ghittagong hill tracts, Arakan. Eugler, Mon Phan. iv. 48S, unites this with S. 

 (Jmsuvium, Sprengel, Malay Archipelago, which has elliptic-oblong leaves, nearly sessile 

 flowers and a hairy ovary. 6. S, Kurzii, Engler ; Iiing in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897)^ 

 510, {F). heferophi/llu^, Kurz F. Fl. i. ^12). xlndamans, Nicobars, Bati Malv island, 

 Moung forests, Martaban (D.B., January 1859), (Chaf/I/en, Burni.). A small tree. 

 Branclilets stout, clothed with deciduous rusty tonientum. L. coriaceous, oblanceolate- 

 oblong, upper surface glabrous, lower pale-brown with short stiff deciduous hairs, 

 blade 12-24 in , gradually narrowed into a stout broad-channelled petiolp, J-1 in. long, 

 sec. n. 20-26 pair. Panicle terminal, longer than leaves. Fl. sessile. Drupe 1 in. long, 

 hypocarp h in. long, 1 in. diani. 7. S. Prainii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897), 

 511 (S. heterophyUm^ Hook. fil. ; Pi, Brit. Ind. ii. 35). Andaxtians, Coco islands, Perak. 

 A middle-sized tree. L. oblong-oblanceolate, glabrous on both sides, underside pale- 

 brown, blade 5-10, petiole \-% in. Panicle pedunculate, terminal, longer than leaveN. 

 FL nearly sessile. Drupe J in. long, broader than long, hypocarp obconic, | in. long. 



Order XLII. — Coriariacese. €oriaria nepalensis^ Wall. 5 PL As. Bar. t. 289 ; Oollett 

 Himla FL fig. 35. Vern. Mmih^l, Mussoorie; Meiro'i^ Jauns. ; Gayigeru, Tons valley; 

 Makolttj Kumaon. Himalaya, 3-7,000 ft., Manipur. iShan hills, Upper Burma, at 4,000 

 ft. A large shrub with long spreading branches, bark reddish-brown. Branchiate 

 quadrangular. L. opposite, ovate, basal nerves 3-5. PL pentamerous, greenish-yellow, 

 ^ in. diam., in clustered lateral racemes. Stamens 10, free, anthers red, conspicuous. 

 Fruiting carpels 5, distinct, 1-seeded, enclosed by the much enlarged purple succulent 

 petals, which are keeled between the carpels on the inner face. 



A remarkable herbaceous shrub is 0. terminalis, Hemsl. Ic. PL t. 2220. PL in long 

 terminal racemes, anthers linear. Inner Sikkim, 9-12,000 ft., Tibet, China. 



Oedee XLTIT. MORINGACEJ; ; Gen. PL i. 429 (Monngece). 



Soft-wooded deciduous trees. L. alternate, imparl- hi- or tripinnate, pinnae 

 and leaflets opposite, leaflets entire, caducous, glands at the base of petioles 

 and pinnse. Fl. large, bisexual, irregular, in axillary panicles. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, segments petaloid, deciduous, somewhat unequal. Petals 5, upper 

 smaller. Disk lining the calyx-tuhe. Stamens inserted on the free edge of 

 disk, 5 perfect, opposite to petals, alternating with 5, sometimes 7, filaments 

 without anthers, anthers dorsifixed, oblong, 1-celled. Ovary stipitate, 1-celled, 

 ovules numerous, biseriate, on 3 parietal placentas. Capsule long, 8-6-angled, 

 beaked. Seeds numerous, albumen 0, embryo straight, cotyledons plano- 

 convex. 



MORINGA, Lam. ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 45. 



Species B, one in Arabia and the North African desert. 



1. M. pterygosperma, Gaertn. ; Wight. 111. t. 77; Bedd. M. Sylv.t.SO.— 

 Syn. if. oleifera, Lam.; Engler u. Prantriii. 2, 245, fig. 146. The Eorse- 



