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Rh broad, cup-shaped obscurely lobed. Drupes densely crowded, ⅓in. diam., globose, puberulous, epicarp dry, crustaceous, bursting irregularly ; stone globose, very thick, bony, surrounded by vegetable wax.

Use : — The juice of the leaves is corrosive and blisters the skin (Stewart.)

Vern. :— Kagphulai (Nepal) ; Serh (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. Medullary rays fine, numerous. Leaves 12-18in. ; petiole terete. Leaflets 6-9 by 3-4½in., coriaceous, quite entire, elliptic or oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shining above, rusty, softly tomentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in R. Wallichii ; panicles larger, more lax and nearly glabrous. Fruiting panicles axillary, stout, 10in. long, peduncled ; branches spreading. Drupes scattered on panicles, smaller than in R. Wallichii, globose, ⅓in. 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).

Sans. : — Karkat sringi.

Vern : — Tatree, rikul(Pb). ; Kâkra-Singi, kakkarsing (H.) ; Kakra sringi (B.) ; Raniwalai (Nepal) ; Serhnyok (Lepcha) ; Dingkain (Khasia).

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 l½-3in., ovate-Ian-