N. O. ANACARDIACE.E. 
37 L 
broad, cup-shaped obscurely lobed. Drupes densely crowded, 
|in. diam., globose, puberulous, epicarp dry, crustaceous, 
bursting irregularly ; stone globose, very thick, bony, surround- 
ed by vegetable wax. 
Use : — The juice of the leaves is corrosive and blisters the 
skin (Stewart.) 
323. R. insignis Book /. H. f.b.i., ii. 11. 
Vern . : — Kagphulai (Nepal) ; Serb (Lepcha). 
Habitat Sikkim, Himalaya and the Khasi Mountains. 
A small, beautiful, deciduous tree ; attains 50ft. Bark thin 
grey. Wood grey, soft ; heart-wood yellowish brown. Medul- 
lary rays fine, numerous. Leaves 12-18in. ; petiole terete. 
Leaflets 6-9 by 3-4Jin., coriaceous, quite entire, elliptic or 
oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shining above, 
rusty, softly t.omentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in R. 
Wallichii ; panicles larger, more lax and nearly glabrous. 
Fruiting panicles axillary, stout, lOin. long, peduncled ; bran- 
ches spreading. Drupes scattered on panicles, smaller than 
in R. Wallichii, globose, -jin. diam. ; epicarp thin, dry, bursting 
irregularly and enclosing a globose white mass of vegetable 
wax, containing a small crustaceous stone. 
Use : — The juice is a powerful vesicant (Gamble). 
324. R. succedanea, Linn. H. f.b.i., ii. 12,Roxb. 
273. 
Sans. : — Karkat sringi. 
Vern : — Tatree, rikul(Pb). ; K&kra-Singi, kakkarsing (H.) ; 
Kakra sringi (B.) ; Raniwalai (Nepal) ; Serhnyok (Lepcha) ; 
Dingkain iKhasia). 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from the Jhelum east- 
ward. From Kashmir to Sikkim Bhutan, Khasia Mts. Tehri 
Garhwal, Lambatacl. Pajidhar above Nairtwar. Valleys near 
Simla (Collett). Found by me,” says Brandis, “ in the Rupen 
Valley, October 1874.” 
A middle-sized, deciduous tree with dark grey thin 
bark. Leaves imparipinnate, approximate near the ends of the 
branches. Leaflets 3-6 pair, opposite, 3-6 by l|-3in., ovate-lan- 
