TEREBINTHACE^. XV. Bischofia. XVL Sabia. XVII. Rhus. 



69 



4 P. Tari'ri (D. C. prod. 2. p. 4.) flowers? leaflets broadly in the calycine disk or In the calyx. Ovary solitary (from 



and unequally ovate, acuminated, with villous edges, and bear- abortion), 1 -celled, containing only 1 ovulum. Seed pendulous, 



ing glands in the axillae of the veins. ^ . S. Native of Guiana exalbuminous, sustained by a funicle rising from the base of 



in woods. Tariri Guianensis, Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 37. t. 390. the cell. Cotyledons leafy, with the radicle bent in above the 

 It is called Tariri by Caribbees. 



7V/nVi Majo-bltters. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See Astromum for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



fissure of the cotyledons. 



XVII. RHU'S (derived from pooc or poucj in Greek, which 

 is derived from rhudd, a synonyme o^ rub in Celtic, red ; in allu- 

 sion to the colour of the fruit and leaves of some species in 

 XV. BISCHO'FIA (in honour of — Bischoff", of the Bota- autumn). Lin. gen. no. S69. Lam. ill. t. 207. Kuntl), gen 



Munich). Blum, bijdr. 1168. 

 Lin. syst. Dice^cta^ Pentdndria. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 

 inferior, 5-sepalled. Corolla wanting. Male 



tereb. p. 5. D. C. prod. 2, p. 66, 



Lin. SYST. Peniandria^ Trigynlay or Diccciay Pcnidndria. 

 Calyx permanent, small, 5-parted. Petals 5, ovate, spreading. 



sliort stamens, which are joined into an urceolus, hardly free at the Stamens 5, all antheriferous, both in the male and female flowers, 

 apex. Anthers 2-ceIled. Female flowers with the rudiments of Ovary ij somewhat globose, 1-celled. Styles 3, short, or stigmas 

 filaments scale-formed, sometimes 2. Ovary ovate, globose, 3- 

 celled ; cells 2-ovulate ; ovula pendulous. Stigmas 3, sessile, 



Fruit containing 3 



3, sessile. Drupe almost dry, 1-celled, containing a bony, 1- 

 seeded nut from abortion, and sometimes 2 or 3 seeds. 

 Seeds without albumen, sustained by a funicle rising from tbe 



linear, reflexed, approximate at the base. 



1 -seeded nuts. — A strong tree, with very hard red wood, alter- bottom of the cell. Cotyledons leafy, with the radicle lying 



nate, trifoliate leaves, serrulated leaflets, axillary and lateral on the upper suture of the cotyledons. Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 205. 



panicles of flowers, with each pedicel furnished with 1 3 bracteas 

 at the base. ""' ' 



t. 44. — Shrubs with alternate, various, but usually compound 



hinthdcece. 



This genus agrees better with Rutacece than Tere- leaves. Flowers usually polygamous, or dioecious from abortion. 



1 B, JavaVica (Blum, bijdr. 1168.)- b- S.- Native of Java, Sect. L Co'tinus {kotivoq, coiinos, is a name under which 



m mountain woods in the western provinces, where it is called 

 Gadok. 



Java Bischofia. Fl. Sept. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. See Astromum for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XVL SA'BIA (Soobja is the Bengalese name of one of the 

 species). Colebr. in Lin. trans. 12. p. 351. and 355. Wall, in 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 308. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Mono 



Pliny speaks of a tree with red wood, which is supposed to grow 

 in the Apennines). Tourn. inst. p. 380. D. C. prod. 2. p. 77. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Drupe half cordate, veiny, smooth, 

 containing a triangular nut. Leaves simple. Flowers loosely 

 panicled, many of which are abortive, and of these the pedicels 

 are elongated and hairy after flowering. 



1 R. Co'tinus (Lin. spec. 383.) leaves obovate. Tj • H. 

 tive of the south of Europe from Spain to Caucasus, in places 



Na- 



Calyx inferior, 5- exposed to the sun. Jacq. aust. t. 210. 



Mill. fig. t. 270. 



Co- 



cleft. ^ Petals 5, lanceolate, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 5, tinus Coggygria, Scop. cam. ed. 2. no. 368. Moenth. meth. 73. 



opposite the petals, inserted round the base of a perigynous 5- — Lob. icon. 99. Cotinus coriacea, Duh. arb. 1. 1. 78. Flowers 



lobed disk. Anthers bursting by a dorsal longitudinal fissure, greenish-yellow. This is rather an ornamental shrub, and the 



^tyle furrowed, or 2 contiguous, crowned by a blunt stigma, wood is much used by the modern Athenians for dyeing wool of 



iJrupe deeply 2-lobed ; lobes kidney-shaped, 1 -seeded, one of 

 them usually abortive. Embryo erect, folded. Climbing shrubs, 

 "ith simple exstipulate leaves, and axillary, 1 or many -flowered 

 n w 1^^' ^**twithstanding many anomalies in this genus, 

 J^r.\\ alhch seems to think it belongs to the present tribe of Tere- 

 ointhacea:. 



a most beautiful and rich yellow^. The whole plant is used for 

 tanning in Italy, where it is called Scot'mo. 



Venus- Sumach or Wild-olive. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1050. 



Shrub 4 to feet. 



2 R. VELUTiNA (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) leaves simple, 

 oblong, on long petioles, repand-toothed, clothed beneath with 



velvety white pubescence, as well as the branches -, peduncle 

 racemose, terminal. !? . G. Native of Kamoon, in the East 

 Indies. Flowers small, white. 



Velvety Sumach. Shrub. 



3 R. LiE'vis (Wall. mss. in herb. Lin. soc.) leaves simple, 

 ovate, or obovate-oblong, mucronate at the apex on long petioles, 



1 S lanceola'ta (Colebr. 1. c. 1. 14.) smooth ; leaves oblong, 

 Janceolate, slightly blistered ; corymbs axillary and terminal. 

 ^•v^-S. Native of Silhet. An extensively rambling shrub, 

 r lowers very fragrant, marked with linear purple dots, 

 ^anceo^a/e-leaved Sabia. Shrub cl. 



y\^' PARviFLoRA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 310.) young shoots , . . 



lightly pubescent ; leaves ovate, with membranous, waved mar- entire, quite smooth, and rather glaucous beneathj^ panicle ter- 

 gms; peduncles axillary, few-flowered; petals lanceolate. 

 «r iV , ^^^^^e of Nipaul. An extensive climber. Flowers white, 

 smaller than those of the last species, purple. 



Jwa^/.^on-ered Sabia. Shrub cl. 

 \TiA ^^^panula'ta (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 311.) leaves oblong, 

 . "1 membranous margins; flowers solitary, axillary, cup- -^.- -^ , ,. 



. G. Native ottoq, juice). D. C. prod. 2. p. 67. Flowers hermaphrodite. 



minal. b 



Native of the East Indies. Flowers small, 



ormed, „„« large, round, concave petals, h . ^ 



of Sheopore, in Nipaul ^'" ^ - *- 



^e//-flowered Sabia. 



Smooth Sumach. Shrub. 



Sect. IL Metopium {Metopion is a name under which Pliny 

 speaks of a resinous tree unknown to us ; it is derived from 



Cult. 



Shrub cl. 



Drupe ovate, rather oblong, dry, smooth, containing a large, 

 ample membranous nut. Seed, according to Linn^us, aril- 



Ihi 



loam and sand, with a little peat, is a good soil for late and 2-lobed. Leaves impari-pinnate, with 2 pairs of ovate 



gardens. 



species 



Tribe II. 



quite entire, long-stalked leaflets. 



4 R. Metopium (Lin. amoen. 5. p. :jy5.; leaves quicesmuuui. 

 T2 . S. Native of Jamaica, in woods on the mountains. Sloan, 

 hist. 2. t. 199. f. 5.— Browne, jam. 177. t. 13. f. 3. Drupes 



character n' l?^^^ (plants agreeing with Sumach in important 



*/• D. C. prod, 2. p. 66. Petals and stamens inserted 



reddish. 



quantity 



called Doctors' gum, which, when pure, is of a yellow colour, 

 and after a short time, acquires a hard brittle consistence. It 



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