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TEREBINTHACE^. XVII. Rhus. XVIII. Mauria, XIX. Stagmaria. XX. Duvaua. XXI. Schinus. 



Balb. cat. taur. 1813. p. 64. and Poir. suppl. 5. p. 262, is the 259. t. 86. A large tree, with alternate elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 

 same, or a distinct species. It is also probably the R. variifo- It is dangerous to handle, or even to sit or sleep under its shade. 



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Hum, Moc. et Scsse, fl. mex, icon. ined. 

 Fariable-leaved Sumach. Shrub. 



The bark exudes a resin, which soon becomes hard and black on J 

 exposure, and is collected and employed as a varnish. Accord- 



95 R. digita'ta (Lin. fil. suppl. 184.) climbing; leaves pin- ing to Rumpliius, this is the celebrated varnish-tree of Japan 

 nate ; leaflets 5, oblong, quite entire, smooth, obtuse ; Jendrils and probably the Augia of Loureiro. 



Varnish-flowing Stagmaria. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of Rhus, 



XX. DUVA^UA (in honour of M. Duvau, a French bo- 

 tanist). Kunth, gen. tercb. p. 8. D. C. prod. 2. p. 74. 



Lin. syst. Moiia'cia or Dioecia^ Octdndria, Flowers mo- 



axillary. ^ . v^. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 and fruit unknown. 



DifriiateAotived Sumach. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



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* Leaves trifoliate. 



9G R. AKBOREA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 73.) leaflets lanceolate, un- . v * n ^ a i r. * d . i i 



Pou'illv serrated downv beneath ' ietioles and branches niloselv- "^ecious or dioecious. Calyx 4-cleft, permanent. Ietals4, 



equall) sciratcd, downy beneath , petioles ana orancne^ concave. Stamens 8-10, inserted under the disk, alternate ones 



^2 • ^j» i^ati\c oi Jamaica, on i * i -.i -. 'i^i^.. 



tomentose ; stem arborescent. 



hills, as well as of Campeachy. Toxicodendron arboreum. Mill. 



diet. no. 8. Berry orange, smooth. Sloan, cat. 170, 



Tree Sumach. Tree 20 feet. 



97 U. AnpoKi/scKNS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 73.) leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, oblique at the base ; stem 

 shrubby, branched ; flowers dioecious- T? . S. Native about 

 Cartlingena. Toxicodendron arborescens, Mill. diet. no. 9. 



Arborescent Sumach. Shrub G feet. 



Cull. The hardy species of this genus are very proper for 

 shrubberies ; some of them are propagated freely from cuttings 



of the roots, and others from cuttings and layers. The green- 

 house and stove species will grow In any kind of soil, and 

 ripened cuttings of them root freely under a hand-glass in sand ; 

 those of the stove species require heat. 



XVIIL MAU'RIA (in honour of Antonio Mauri, an Italian 

 botanist, autlior of Flora? Romance Prodromus, 8vo. 1818). II. 

 15. vi Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 11. gen. tereb. p. 6. 



LiN'. svsT. Oc/o'Di(d/i(lria, i\Ionogfjnia, Flowers herrna- 

 plu()(h't(\ Calyx 4-5-lobcd, urceolate, i)ermanent. Petals 4-5, 

 broad at tlie ])aso. Stamens 8-1 0, inserted under the disk. Disk 



longer than the petals, they are barren in the female flowers. 

 Disk urceolar, 8-toothed. Ovary sessile, conical, containing 

 only one ovulum, sterile in the male flowers. Styles 3-4, very 

 short. Stigmas capitate. Drupe globose, containing a coria- 

 ceous nut. Seed 1, pendulous, destitute of albumen, with flat 

 cotyledons and a long superior radicle. — Smooth, somewhat spi- 

 nescent trees, natives of Chili, with simple, almost entire leaves, 

 and axillary, many-flowered racemes. . Flowers sometimes 5- 

 cleft. 



1 D. depe'ndexs (D. C. prod. 2, p. 74.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, entire, and sometimes trifid ; racemes simple, length of 

 leaves ; flowers usually octandrous. T? . F. Native of Chili, 

 where it is called Huinghan. Amyris polygama, Cav. icon. 3. 

 p. 20. t. 239. Schinus dependens, Ort. dec. 8. p. 102. Flowers 

 yellowish- white. Berries black. The flowers are occasionally 

 polygamous, monoecious, and dioecious. 



Dependeni"hxvir\Q\\eA Duvaua. Clt. 1790. Tree 20 feet. 





D.? denta'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 74.) leaves lanceolate, 

 tootlied ; racemes compound, a little longer than the leaves; 

 flowers decandrous. Tj . F. Native of the island of Owhyhee. 

 Schinus dentatus, Andr. hot. rep. t. 620. Flowers white, ini- 



annular! ' Ovarv 1, sessiie, "l-celiedr T"ovui^^^^^^ Style Very ^^'^''^^ in compound axillary racemes. Berries black, the size 



" -^ of a small currant, with a sweet fleshy pulp, each having many 



cells, though generally perfecting but one seed. 



7W/iC£/-leaved Duvaua. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1795. Tr.20ft. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see greenhouse species of 



Rhus. 



XXT. SCHFNUS (o-aroc, schinos^ is the Greek name for the 

 mastick ; a resinous juice exudes from this tree similar to mas- 

 tick). Lin. gen. no. 1130. Lam. ill. t, 822. Kunth, gen. 

 tereb. p. 7. 



Lin. 



short. Stigma thick, 3-5-angled. Fruit obliquely-elliptical, 



compressed, ratlier fleshy. Seed without albumen, pendulous. 



Cotyledons flat. Radicle superior, Looked. — Peruvian trees, 



with simple or impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary and terminal 

 panicles of flowers. 



1 M. siMPLiciFOLiA (II. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 605.) leaves sim- 

 ple, somewhat elliptical. ^ . S. Native of South America. 

 Flowers pale-red. 



Simple-leaved Matiria. Tree 20 feet. 



2 M. heteroimiy'ixa (II. B. et Kunth. 1. c. t, 60G.) leaves 

 with 1 or 2 pah's of leaflets, with an odd one, which is oblong. 



^2 • S. Native of Peru, between Loxa and Ayavaca. Fruit un- 

 known. Flower^ ])ale-red. 



Jhriablc-Ieaved Mauria. Tree 20 feet. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 74. 



5-parted. 



SYST, 



Petals 5. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 



Dioe'ciay Decdndria. 



Male flowers with 10 stamens and the 

 Female flowers with sterile stamens and 



Cult. For culture and propagation see the stove species of Ritas. containin 



XIX. STAGMA'RIA (from ffra;a;, stazo^ to run out; the 

 bark exudes a resin). Jack, mal. misc. no. 1. p. 12. 



rudiment of an ovary, 

 one sessile ovary. Style wanting. Stigmas 3-4, collected into 

 a dot. Drupe globose, with a thin epicarp, and very little pulp» 



ining a 1-seedcd bony nut, having G hollows or cavities in the 



Seed without albumen, compressed, suspended 

 ' ■ " - - Embryo 



circumference. 



by a funicle, which rises from the side of the parietes. 

 with flat cotyledons and an inferior radicle. — Shrubs or little 

 trees, natives of America, abounding in peppery, balsamifcrous 

 bular, deciduous, with the mouth irregularly ruptured. Petals gum. Racemes or panicles axillary. Leav 



LiN. sYST. Pentdndria^ Mono-Trigijnia. Calyx inferior, tu- 



5, 



inserted in the stipe of the ovary. Stamens 5, alternatinf^- 

 with the petals ; filaments about the length of the corolla ; an- 

 tluTs oblong. Ovary 3-lohed ; lobes 1-seeded, 1-2 of which are 



of the ovary. 



usually abortive. Styles 1-3, rising from the tops of the lobes 



Stigmas obtuse. Berry kidney-shaped, furrowed, 

 1-secded, warted. Seed exalbuminous. Embryo falsely niono- 

 cotyledonous. — A tree, full of resinous juice, witli simple exsti- 

 pulate leaves, and panicles of flowers. 



impari-pinnate. 



This genus agrees with Spondias In the radicle being inferior. 



1 S. mu'lli (Lin. spec. 1467.) leaves with numerous pairs 

 of lanceolate, serrated leaflets, terminal one longest ; flowers 



Native of Brazil and Peru. Mill. 



paniclcd. 



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c 



G. 



fig. t. 



Ber- 



2 iO. Lam. ill, t. 823. Flowers small, yellowish-green, 

 ries about as large as a pea, of a singularly beautiful rose- 

 colour, and highly polished. The Peruvians are reported to 

 - vnnkc a vinous drink by boiling these berries, as well as a knid 



1 S. VEKMciFLU^A (Jack, 1. c.) >?. S. Native of Sumatra of honev, and a sort of vinegar, according to the mode o£ ina* 

 and Borneo, and other East India Islands.— Runiph. amb. 2. p. nagement. A resinous gum exudes from the stem, which par- 



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