XtIV. SABlACE^E. 
Meltosma.] 
W 
thinly coriaceous, oblong to lanceolate acuminate, base obliquely 
shortly cuneate, smooth above, red-tomentose beneath; nerves 
7 to 8 pairs, reticulations distinct, 2*5 to 5 in. long, ‘9 to i'2 in. 
wide; petiolules *i to -2 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 
5 to 12 in. long, red-tomentose; branches spreading. Flowers 
solitary, spicate, oblong under *1 in. across, white. Fruit globose, 
•25 in. through, black. Hab. Southern woods of the peninsula, 
Singapore, Garden lungle; Bukit Timah. Tohor, Castlewood. 
Malacca (Griffith). 
Order XLV. ANACARDIACE^E. 
Trees, often vast, rarely shrubs, with a clear resin which turns 
black on exposure, very poisonous. Leaves usually simple, cori¬ 
aceous or pinnate, alternate, rarely opposite. Flowers small or 
minute, white, yellow or pink, uni- or bi-sexual in panicles in the 
uppermost axils. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed or spathaceous ( Gluta) or 
calyptrate ( Melanorrhcea ). Petals 3 to 5. Disc flat cupular or 
annular or lobed. Stamens many as petals or fewer or more, 
some often abortive insert beneath, rarely on, disc. Ovaries 1 or 
4 to 6, apocarpous or 2 to 5 syncarpous; ovules solitary, pendulous. 
Styles 1 to 5, or stigma sub-sessile. Fruit' drupaceous, i-celled 
and 1 seed or a stone 2- to 5-celled. Seed exalbuminous. About 
430 species, chiefly tropical. (King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxiv. 
ii- 459 ) 
Spondias dulcis , Willd., the Hog plum, is occasionally planted. 
There are trees at Grit in Perak. It is a big tree with caducous 
leaves, long leaflets and greenish yellow plum-like fruit. 
i. Anacardie;e. Ovary i-celled; leaves simple; carpels 1 to 5, only 
1 fertile; style lateral or from base of ovary. 
Petals not accrescent; stamens in 1 whorl, some¬ 
times reduced to 1; fruit a drupe. 
Stamens 10; carpels 5 (4 or 6) 
Carpel 1. 
Leaves opposite ..... 
Leaves alternate. 
Stamens 1 to 5; calyx 4- to 5-partite 
Stamens 8 to 10; drupe reniform on a fleshy 
peduncle ...... 
Calyx spathaceous; drupe corky, fleshy 
often tubercled ..... 
Petals accrescent. 
Calyx calyptrate; drupe sessile . 
Calyx 5-partite; drupe stalked . 
1. Buchanania 
2. Bouea 
3. Mangifera 
4. Anacardium 
5. Gluta 
6. Melanorrhcea 
7. Swintonia 
ii. Rhoide^e. Carpels 1 or 3 united; ovary i-celled; stamens in 1 to 2 
whorls; fruit i-celled, 1-seeded; leaves usually pinnate. 
Leaves simple. 
Flowers 5-merous; stamens 6 to 10 
8 . Campnosperma 
