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for rubbing newly made ropes, wbicli it covers with a very cleft. Ovary 1-3-celled. Stigmas 3, tliickish. Drupe rather 

 durable bright dark brown colour. The juice of the same plant dry, containing a bony, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded nut. Leaves pinnate. 



is applied by the Indians in diseases of the eyes (Prince Maxi- 



9 Astro'nium. Flowers dioecious. Calyx of 5 coloured 



mil. trav. 270.). The fruit of Semecdrpus Anacdrdium and^wa- sepals. Petals 5. Glands 5 in the disk. Stamens 5. Ovary 1. 



cdrdium occidentale is said to exercise a singular effect on the Styles 3, reflexed. Pericarp membranous, 1-secded. Leaves 



brain (Verey. bull, pharm. 1814. p. 271.). The bark of Rhus impari-pinnate. 



glahnim is considered febrifugal, and is also employed as amor- 10 Melanorriice'a. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, ca- 



dant for red colours. Several species of Comoclddia stain the ducous, cohering valvatcly. Petals 5, rarely 6, imbricate in 



skin black. The Cashew and the Pistachia are valuable for aestivation. Stamens numerous, inserted in the torus. Style 1. 



their nuts, which are well-known articles in the markets of Fruit indehiscent, depressedly kidney-shaped, stalked. Leaves 



Europe. The Mango is equally famous for its fruit within the simple. 



tropics. Mastich is the jyroduce oi^ Pistdcia lentiscus and Ve- H Comocla^dia. Flowers hermaphrodite or monoecious. 



netian turpentine that of P'lsldcia tcrchinthus. The bark of Calyx 3-4-parted. Petals S-4, long. Stamens 3-4, short. 



/?A(wcormr/a is a powerful means of tanning the skins of animals, Ovary 1. Style none. Stigma 1. Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



and several of the species of the same genus produce excellent Leaves impari-pinnate. 



varnishes. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



Tribe L 



ANACARDiE^iE OT CASSUviE^iE. Petals and stamens inserted In 

 the calycine disk or in the calyx. Ovary 1, l-celled^ 1-ovulate. 



12 Cyrtoca'rpa. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 5, sessile, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10. Disk 

 large, 10-crenate. Style crowned by a 10-cleft stigma. Drupe 

 obovate, having 5 tubercles above the middle, containing a hard 

 nut. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



13 Spathe^lia. Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Calyx 



Seed sustained by a funicle, which is inflexed at the ap)ex and 5-parted. Petals 5, hypogynous. Stamens 5, with tricuspidate 

 rising from the bottom of the celly exalbuminose. Cotyledons 

 thicky replicate above the radicle. 



1 Anaca'rdium. Flowers polygamo-dioecious. , Calyx 5- 

 parted. Petals 5, linear. Stamens 10, unequal, some sterile. 

 Style and stigma one. Nut kidney-shaped, seated on a pear- 

 shaped fruit. Leaves simple. 



2 Rhinoca'rpus. Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Calyx 5- 

 cleft. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 10, 4 or 5 of which are only 

 fertile. Style lateral. Nut oblique, compressed, seated on a 

 thick pedicel. Leaves simple. 



3 Semeca'rpus. 



Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Calyx 5- 



filaments. Stigmas 3. Drupe 3-celled, trigonal, 3-winged, 

 sometimes 2-celled and 2-vvinged. Cells 1-seeded. Leaves 

 impari-pinnate. Perhaps belonging to Sajnnddcece. 



14 Picra'mnia. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 3-5-parted. Pe- 

 tals 3-5. Stamens 3-5. Stigmas 2, sessile. Drupe containing 

 a 2-celled, 2-seeded nut. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



15 Bisciiofia. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 none. Stamens 5, connate. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovulate. 

 Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit containing 3 1-seeded nuts. Leaves 



trifoliate. 



IG Sa'bia. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 



5. Styles 2, contiguous, crowned by an obtuse stigma. Sta- 



cleft. Petals 5, oblong. Ovary 1, sessile, 1-celled. Stamens 5, 



all fertile. Styles 3. Nut compressed, heart-shaped, seated on ^^^^^ 5^ inserted in a 5-lobed disk. Drupe 2-lobed ; lobes 1- 



a thick depressed torus. Leaves simple. 



4 Holiga'rna. 



seeded. 



Male and hermaphrodite flowers on divi- 



sions of the same tree. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, villous. 



Stamens 5. O 



Tribe XL 



vary 1-celled, 1-seeded. Nut olive-formed, 



somewhat compressed. Leaves simple. 



SuMACiii'NEiE. Petals and stamens inserted in the calycine 



5 Mangi'fera. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-parted. Pe- disk or in the calyx. Ovary I, l-celled, l-ovulate. Seed jyen- 



^Is 5. Stamens 5, 4 of which are usually without anthers. 

 ^tyle 1. Drupe baccate, rather compressed (f. 13. 6.), contain- 

 ing a fibry woody nut (f. 13. c). Leaves simple. 



suspended from afunicle^ which rises f) 



leafy y with the radicle inflexed above them. 

 17 Riiu's. Cal)?x small, 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 5, 



6 Buchana nia. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-cleft, all fertile, both in the male flowers and the hermaphrodite ones, 



rarely 3-4-cleft. Petals 5, inserted under the disk. Stamens Ovary 1, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Styles 3, short, or stigmas 3, 



10. Disk 10-crenate. Ovaries 5 or concrete, 4 of which are sessile. Drupe nearly dry, 1-celled, contalninga 1-celled, 1-2-3- 



Wren, the styles are therefore 5, and the ovary 1. Drupe seeded bony nut. Leaves variously compound, rarely simple. 



rather fleshy, 1-seeded. Leaves simple. 



7 Conioge'ton. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-parted. 

 ietals 5. Stamens 10, equal. Ovaries 4-5, 1 -styled, girded by 

 a denticulated urceolus. Stigmas obtuse. Drupe solitary, con- 

 taming a 1-seeded lenticular nut. Leaves simple, 



* 1ST A. CIA, Flowers dioecious, apetalous, disposed in 

 amenuceous racemes, each scale with 1 flower. Calyx 3-4- 



18 Mau'ria. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-5-lobed, 

 urceolate. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10, inserted under the an- 

 nular disk. Ovary 1, sessile, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Style very 

 short, crowned by a 3-4-angled stigma. Fruit compressed, 



Leaves 



19 Stagma^ria. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, 

 egularly ruptured. Petals 5, inserted in the stipe of the ovary. 



