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TEREBINTH ACE^. XXII. Triceros. XXIII. Trattinickia. XXIV. Huertia. XXV. RuMriiiA. XXVI. Bareylus, &c. 77 



takes of the nature of mastick. The fresh leaves have a 

 singular motion when immersed in water, and emit a turpentine 

 odour when bruised. Mulli is the Peruvian name of the tree. 

 Var. /3, Arcira (Lin. spec. 14C7.) leaflets almost quite entire. 



Molle, Clus. cur. post. p. 94. 



Glandular Huertia. Tree 70 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus, for culture and propagation, 



p. 76. 



T2. G. 



with a figure. 



Both 



XXV. RU'MPHIA (in lionour of George Everard Rum- 



varieties are beautiful shrubs in England, but they are said to phius, Consul of Amboyna, author of Herbarium Amboinense, 



fjrow to considerable trees in the places of their natural growth. 

 The first variety stands in the open air in Sicily. 



. MuUi or Peruvian Mastick-tree. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1597- 



Tree 20 feet. Petals 3, oblong. Stamens 3, exserted equal with the petals. 



2 S. TEREBiNTiiiFOLius (Raddi, pi. bras. p. 20.) leaves im- ■ Ovary 1, somewhat trigonal.^ Style 1. Drupe coriaceous, tur- 



1750 in foL ; died 1706). Lin. gen. no. 47. Lam. ill. t. 25. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 90. 



LiN. SYST. Trldndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, S-ckft. 



Petals 3, oblong. Stamens 3, exsi 



pari-pinnate, with 7 somewhat serrated, almost equal leaflets ; 



binate, 3-furrowed, contaming 



a 3-cellcd, 3-sceded nut. — A 



flowers racemose. T2 . S. Native of Brazil. C. Aroeiri, Marcj?. tree, with simple leaves and axillary racemes of wliite flowers. 



bras. p. 90. Flowers greenish-w^hite, 



Tereb I nthits-leaved ScKuxus. Clt. 1830. Tree 20 feet. 



3 S. Hu\gan (Mol. chil. ed. gall. 337>) leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 leaflets serrated ; stalked ; the odd one very shorts 



1?. G. 



Native of Chili, where it is called IIuin<yhan. 

 white. 



Flowers greenish- 



Humglian Schinus. 



Tree. 



This genus is excluded from TerehhUhacecc by S. Kunth. 



1 K. tili.i:f6lia (I^am. diet. C. p. 352.). T; • S. Native of 

 Malabar, not of Amboyna. II. Amboiuensis, Lin. spec. 49. 

 Rhced. mal. 4. t. 11. Leaves cordate, ovate, crcnate, hairy, 



rough. 



Lime-tree-leaved Rumphia. Tree GO feet. 



Cult. See stove species of i?A^/5 for culture and propagation, 



Cult. For culture and propagation see greenhouse and stove P- '^^^ 



species of Rhus, p. 76, 



'I' Genera allied to Terehinthiaccce, Tribe SumacMnece^ hut are 

 not sufficiently known. 



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



XXVI. B A'RB YLUS (a name by which Theocritus and others 

 have called the common damask prune). P. Browne, jam, 110. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 91. — Barula, Adans. fam. 314, 



Lin. SYST. OctO'Dccdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-cleft, 



XXII. TRICE'ROS (fromrpeic? trcis^ three, and /ctpag, /j^^ra^, campanulate. Petals 4-5, rising from the margin of the calyx. 



a horn ; in allusion to the fruit being crowned by three horns). 

 Lour. fl. coch. 181. D. C. prod. 2. p. 89. 



Lix. sYST. Pentandria, Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent, spreading. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovary roundish. 

 Styles 3, distant at the base and simple. Berry coriaceous, 3- Adanson it is allied to Tcrcbinthaccc^. 



Stamens 8-10, rising from the bottom of the calyx. Ovary free. 

 Style and stigma 1. Capsule 3-cellcd, each cell containing 2 

 seeds.- — A tree with alternate, pinnate leaves, and racemes of 

 white flowers. This genus is hardly known, but according to 



horned, 3-celled. Seeds 2? roundish. — A tree with impari-bi- 



pinnate leaves, having 2 pairs of pinnae, 

 terminal. 



Racemes loose, sub- of Jamaica. 



1 B. Jamaice'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 91.) \^ . S. Native 



1 T. Cochinchine'nsis (Lour. 1. c). ^, G. Native of 

 Cocliin-china, on the mountains. Flowers white. 

 Cochin-china Triceros. Tree 25 feet. 

 Cult. See Cncbrum for culture and propagation, p. 78. 



XXIIL TRATTINI'CKIA (in honour of Trattinick, a Ger- 

 man botanist). Willd. spec. 4. p. 975. but not of Pers. nor 

 Esp. D. C. prod. 2. p. 89. 



Lin. SYST. Monce'cia^ Pentdndria. Male and female flowers 



Jamaica Barbylus. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus for culture and propagation. 



p. 76. 



* * Petals wanting. 



Stamens 10-12. 



mixed. Calyx campanulate, 3-toothed. 

 S-toothed. 



Corolla campanulate, 



Style awl-shaped, simple. 



Stamens 5, rising from the torus. 



Fruit unknown. 



Ovary 1, ovate. 



XXVII. LUNANEA (in honour of John Liman, author of 

 Hortus Jamaicensis). D. C. ])rod, 2. p. 92. — Edwardsia, Rafin. 

 speech. I. p. 158. but not of Salisb. — Bichy, Lunan, hort. jam. 

 1. p. 86, 



Lin. SYST. Polygamia, Dioc'cia. Flowers polygamous. Ca- 



ct]y-spreading, thick, and 



A large tree, with 

 the appearance of Rhus. Leaves impari-pinnate. Panicles of 

 flowers terminal. From the petals being connected, it would 

 appear that this tree is closely allied to Hedwigia. 



lyx coloured, 5-parted ; lobes 

 pilose on the outside. Petals wanting. Disk concave, 10- 

 toothcd. Stamens 10, exserted from the diak ; anthers witli 

 coalescent teeth on the outside. Ovary roundish, crowned by 

 5 stigmas. Capsule somewhat ovate, gibbous, 1 -celled, valve- 



IT , - /\\r-ii 1 \ \ T, c XT *.\ ' ^r n^o^M :^ less (ex Rafin), semilocular, 2-valvcd (ex Lunan). 'J^iis genus 



1 1, RHoiFOLiA (Wdld. 1. c), b • ^» rsative oi brazil, m . i,\ , ^^* , . * . . i^ V a ^ c i if *i 



the province of Para, 



Red-leaved Trattinickia. Tree 66 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus, for culture and propagation, 

 p. 76. 



XXIV. HUE'RTI A (in honour of Jerome Huerta, a Spaniard, 

 who translated Pliny into his own langurge). Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. prod. 34. t. 6. syst. 1. p. 63. 



LiX. SYST. 



is allied to Pottpdrtia, according to Rafin- Seeds fixed by the 



back. 



1 L. BiciiY (D. C. prod. 2, p. 92.). ^ , S. Native of Guinea, 

 from whence it has been introduced to the West Lidics by the 

 negroes, imder the name of Bichy. Edwardialurida, Rafin. l.c, 

 Amyris Lunani, Spreng, syst. 2. p 



o 



17, 



Leaves alternate, 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 90. 



Pentdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 5, ovate, sessile. Stamens 5. Ovary free. Style L Stigma 

 bifid, acute. Drupe? obovate, containing a 1-celled, 1-seeded 

 nut ? — A tree with impari-pinnate leaves, and stalked, oval- 

 lanceolate, serrated leaflets, which are villous at the origin of 

 the veins beneath, bearing 2 glands at the base of each. Racemes 

 axillary and terminal. Flowers yellow. 



1 H. GLANDuiosA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 5. t. 227. f. a.). 

 1^ . S. Native of Peru in groves. 



stalked, oblong, acuminated, smooth, waved, veiny, and com- 

 pound racemes of yellow flowers, which are striped with j)urple 

 and have an uncfrateful smell, 



Bichy Lunania, Tree, 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove s])ecies of Rhus ^ 

 p. 76. 



XXVIIL IIETERODE'NDRON(from iTipoQ.hcteros.vax]^- 



ble, and cercpoy, dendron^ a tree ; tree variable in form). DQ)>f, 

 mem. mus. 4. p. 9. t. S. D. C. prod. 2. p. 92. 



Lin. SYST. Decdndriaj Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 



