. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 208 XLL 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
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 208 XLL 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. , 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-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brandis, Dietrich, Sir, 1824-1907. London : A. Constable & Co. , Ltd
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