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6. ODINA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves oddpinnate, deciduous, leaflets opposite, quite entire. 

 Flowers small, shortly pedicelled, monoecious or dioecious, fascicled, in 

 terminal panicles. Calyx 4-5-lobed, persistent. Petals 4-5, imbri- 

 cate. Disk annular, lobed. Male fl. Stamens 8-10, inserted within 

 the disk. Ovary 4-5 parted. Fern. fl. Ovary sessile, oblong, 1- 

 celled ; styles 3-4j, stout, stigmas simple, ovule pendulous from near 

 the top of the cell. Drupe small, red ; stone hard. Seed com- 

 pressed ; embryo curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy ; radicle superior. 



O. Wodier, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 293 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 29 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 123; Dalz. & Gibs Bomb. Fl. 51 ; Brandis For. Fl. 123. Gtigul, K. ; 

 Moee, shemhat, sJmnti, M. ; Moina^ Vem. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, Assam, Burma, Andaman s 

 and Oeylou, common throughout the Presidency in deciduous forests, 

 Fl. Feb.- Apl., Fr. July- Aug. A moderate-sized tree. Bark ash-coloured, 

 thick, scaly, inner bark red, mucilaginous. Wood (heartwood) red, 

 heavy ; sapwood large, white. Pores moderate-sized, equally distributed. 

 Med. rays fine, equal, short, distinct. Annual rings visible. Weighs 

 60 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for sugarcane presses, &c. Yields a 

 yellowish gum used in medicine. Bark contains 9 per cent, of tannin. 



7. SEME CARPUS, Linn. F. 



Trees. Leaves simple, entire, coriaceous. Flowers small, polyga- 

 mous or dio3cious, in terminal panicles. Calyx 5-6-fid, segments 

 deciduous. Petals 5-6, imbricate. Disk broad, annular. Stamens 

 5-6, inserted at the base of the disk, imperfect in the fem. flowers. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3 ; ovule penduloas from a basal f unicle. 

 Drupe fleshy, seated on thickened disk and calyx base; pericarp 

 filled with acrid resin. Seed penduloas, testa coriaceous^ inner 

 coat somewhat fleshy; embryo thick; cotyledons plano-convex; 

 radicle superior. 



S. Anacardium, Linn. f. Fl. Br. I. 2. 30 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 52 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t.l66 ; Brandis For. Fl. 124 ; Wight Icones. t. 558. Mark- 

 ing Nut Tree. Bibha, M. ; Gero, oor-gero, ger^ K. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Sutlej eastwards ascending to 3500 ft. ; 

 throughout the hotter parts of India, absent from Burma. Throughout 

 the Presidency in dry forests, locally abundant. Flowers at various 

 times. Fruit Nov. to Feb. The variety cuneifoUa, DC. BibUj M., is 

 found on the ghats near Khandala. Fl. Dec. Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 41. 

 A moderate-sized tree. Bark rough, dark-coloured, exfoliating in irregu- 

 lar patches : inner bark fibrous. Wood greyish-brown, often with yellow 

 Btreaks, soft. Pores scanty, subdivided. Med. rays numerous, moderate- 

 ly broad, reddish. Average weight per cub. ft. 37 lbs. The woodcut- 

 ters object to felling this tree owing to the acrid juice it contains. The 

 fleshy hypocarp of the fruit is eaten. The acrid juice of the pericarp i», 

 used in native medicine and for making marking ink. 



