f 



62 



TEREBINTHACEyE. I. Anacardium. 



1 



t 



V 



Stamens 5. Ovaries 1-3, 1-styled, only one of which comes to 

 perfection. Berry 1 -seeded. 



31 Suria'na. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-parted 

 Petals 5, hypogynous. Stamens 5-10, some of them usually 



20 Duva'ua. Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Calyx 4- abortive. Carpels 5, bearing each on the side laterally a filiform 

 cleft. Petals 4, concave. Stamens 8, inserted under the disk, style. Seed exalbuminous. 

 unequal. Disk urceolate, 8-toothed. Ovary sessile. Styles 

 3-4, very short, crowned by capitate stigmas. Drupe globose, 



Tribe L 



JE (trees agreeing with Anac&rdium in im- 



containmg a coriaceous 1 -seeded nut. Leaves simple. 



21 ScHiNUs. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-parted Petals 5. p.^tant characters) or CASSUVIK^. R. Br. congo. p. 12, 



btaniens 10, with the filaments sterile in the male flowers. D. C. prod. 2. p. 62. Petals and stamens inserted in the caly 



Ovary sessile. Stigmas 3-4, sessile, collected in a dot. Drupe cine disk or in the calyx. Ovary 1 from abortion, l-celled 



with a thin fleshy epicarp, and a 1- seeded bony nut. Leaves containing 1 ovum. Seed sustained by a funicle rising from the 



impari-pinnate. - l^otto^i of the^ cell, which is inflexed at the apex, without albu 



men. Cotyledons thick, replicate above the radicle. 



I. ANACA'RDIUM (from ava, ana, without, and Kaplm 

 kardia, a heart ; the nut is heart-shaped, and borne on the out 

 side of the fruit). Jlottb. coll. hafn. 2. p. 252. D. C. prod. 2. 



p. 62.— Acajuba, Gsert. fruct. 1. t. 40. Acajou, Tourn. 

 435. Cassuvium, Lam. diet. 1. p. 22. ill. 322. 



inst. 



i 



f Genera allied to Terehintl/acece, tribe Siimachineo', but are 

 not sufficiently known. 



* Petals 4-5. Stamens usually 3-5. 



22 Trice'ros. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Styles Lin. syst. Polygamia, Dice'cia. Flowers polygamo-dioe 

 3, simple. Berry coriaceous, 3-horned, 3-celled, containino- ^^""^- ^^b'^ 5-parted. Petals 5, linear, acuminated. Stamens 

 2-S-seeds. Leaves impari-pinnate. ° 10, connate at the base, the tenth elongated and fertile. Style* 



oo T . ' Tv/f 1 J 1- 1 1- „ . , and Stigma 1, lateral. Nut reniform, umbilicated, seated late- 



23 Trattinickia. Male and hermaphrodite flowers mixed. rally on a fleshy, wide, pear-shaped peduncle, or what myl)e 



Calyx and corolla campanulate, and 3-toothed. Stamens 5, called a nut, seated on a fruit. Seed in conformity to the nut » 



rising from the disk. Style subulate, 

 pari-pinnate 



Ovary 1. Leaves im- 



^■adicle. — Trees with entire, feather-nerved leaves, and terrninil 

 2/ HuE'RTEA. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, sessile. Stamens ^^ a' occ^iDEr; 

 5. btyle bihd acute. Drupe obovate, containing a 1 -seeded, very blunt, somewhat emarginate, obovate-oblong, entire, smooth; 



I 



ted 



1 -celled nut. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



panicle terminal, divaricate. Pj . S. Flowers small, of a dirtj 



25 Ru'mpiiia. Calyx tubular, 3-cleft. Petals 3. Stamens ^^^ colour, sweet-scented. 



3. Style 1. Drupe coriaceous, turbinate, 3-furrowed, contain- -. ^'"■•, "' f^^^^^f ««""* (P- C. prod. 2. p. 62.) peduncle thicln 



ing a 3-celled, 3-seeded nut ,^'^ 10-times larger than the nut ; longest filament bearing J 



Of? R.'.^vTTTe ri Ar ^^ , .. globe-shaped anther, which is a little dilated at the apex. ^.S. 



.6 Ba rbylus. Calyx 4-5-cleft, campanulate. Petals 4-5, Native of the West Indies, and of most parts of South Americi 



Jacq. amer. 1. t. 181. f. 35. pict. t. 121. Black, herb, t.369 

 Catesb. car. 3. t. 9. 



Petals 4-5, 

 rising from the margin of the calyx. Stamens 8-10, rising from 

 the bottom of the calyx. Capsule 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



Far. 3 



(D. C. prod. 2. p. 62.) peduncle thick 



• * 



Petals wantins. 



Stamens 10-12. 



a thick anther, the rest abortive, h 



bearing 

 Native of the East 



,,_ T , ^, , India Islands. Rumph. amb. 1. p. 177. t. 69. Rheed. mal.J' 



.7 LUNANEA. Flowers polygamous. Calyx coloured, 5- t. 54. Probably the American plant is a distinct species. I 



parted. Disk concave, 10-toothed. Stamens 10, inserted in -^J^^ Cashew-nut never exceeds 20 feet in heigth ; it com- 1 



the disk, and adnate to the outside of it. Ovary crowned by 



(L 



Leaves simple. 



(Rafi 



28 Hkterode'ndron. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-5- 



Stamens 10-12, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled. 



toothed. 



Ovary bhmtly 2.4-gonal, 2-4-celled, hairy. Style hardly any. 

 Leaves simple. 



29 StylobVsium. Calyx urceolate, bluntly 5-lobed. Stamens 

 10, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary biovulate, bearing 

 a filiform style laterally at the base, crowned by a capitate ^^^^^7 ^'^ dropsicafhabits. 



monly rises to 12 or 16 feet, with spreading bra°nches. Xbe 

 fruit or apple, or what is called above the thickened peduncle, 

 has an arrrppaVilp, somewhat acid flavour, with * some, degree 



It is sometimes of a yellowish, sometime* 



The juice expressed from it and ft^' 



mented, yields a pleasant wine, and distilled a spirit is draffj 

 from it, far exceeding arrack or rum, making an admiratk 

 punch, and powerfully promoting urine. Some planters in tb« 



an agreeable, 

 of astringency. 

 of a red colour. 



Tk 



seeded 

 poly gam 



West 



two into a bowl of punch to give it a pleasant flavour, 

 ^stringency of the juice has recommended it as a very sign* 

 ~"~" r ' ^ * ' '-_".!__. The nut springs from one ena * 

 the apple or peduncle. It is of the size and shape of a hare^ 

 kidney, but is much larger at the end next the fruit than at tW 

 other. The outer shell is of an ash-colour and very sinooto. 



liermaphrodite. Calyx 3-4-toothed. under this is another which covers the kernel, between these 



Petals 3-4, imbricate m estivation. Torus subglobose. Sta- 

 mens 3-4. Stigmas 3-4. Drupes 3-4, baccate, joined to an 

 axis', each containing a 2-celled putamen ; cells 1 -seeded. Leaves 



entire. 



tliere is a thick inflammable oil, which is very caustic, this wiB 

 raise blisters on the skin and has often been very trQublesoiJ« 

 to those who have incautiously put the nuts into their moutf" 

 to break the shell. This oil has been used with great success tf 

 •eating off ring-worms, cancerous ulcers, and corns, but it o«g" 





