SPONDIACEiE. L Spondias. IL Poupartia. BURSERIACE.E. 



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L SPO'NDIAS (ffTTovhag, spondias, one of the Greek names 



II. POUPA'RTIA (the tree is called in the island of Bourbon 



for the plum ; the fruit exactly resembles a plum). Lin. gen. no. Bois de Poiipart). Comm. in Juss. gen. 372. 

 577. Gsert. fruct. 2. t. 104. Kunth. gen. tereb. p. 31. D. C. p. 31. D. C, prod. 2. p. 75. 



Kunth. gen. tereb. 



74. 



prod. 2. p. 



Lin. syst. Decdndriay Pentagynia. 

 separate sexes. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 15. a.), coloured. Petals 

 (f. 15, 6.), oblong, spreading, somewhat valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 10, glandular, exserted, rising from the crenate disk. 

 Ovary 1, ovate. Styles 5, erect, distant, simple. Drupe ovate 

 (f. 15. d.) or roundish, crowned by the punctiform vestiges of 

 the styles, containing a fibrous 5-celled nut (f. 15. c), each cell 

 containing 2 ovula. Seed solitary from abortion, without albu- 

 men. Embryo straight, with somewhat fleshy cotyledons, and 

 an inferior radicle. — Trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, very 

 rarely simple. Racemes axillary or terminal, simple or panicled. 

 This erenus acfvees with Schinus in the radicle beinj? inferior. 



Lin. syst. Dicecia^ Dccdndria. Flow^ers of separate sexes. 

 Flowers sometimes of Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, spreading very much. 



5 imbricate in aestivation. 



Stamens inserted on the margin of a 



hypogynous disk. Ovary 5-celled ? cells 1-seeded, witli some 

 of the cells usually abortive. Styles 5, approximate or subcon- 

 nate, crowned by obtuse truncate stigmas. Drupe baccate, con- 

 taining a 2-5-celled nut ; cells remote from the axis. Seeds 

 flattish, without albumen, somewhat falcate. Embryo exalbu- 

 minous, inverted with plano-convex cotyledons, and a lateral or 



centrifugal 



radicle. 



and 



1 S. purpu'rea (Lin. spec. 613.) 

 leaves impari-pinnate ; petioles com- 

 pressed. Ij . S. Native of the West 

 Indies and South America. S. Mom- 

 bin, Lin. syst. veg. 357. but not of 

 Jacq. S. myrobalanus, Jacq. amer. 

 t. 88. Goertifruct. 2. p. 102. t. 104. 



Sloan, jam. 2. p. 126. t. 219. f. 

 3, 4, and 5. Flowers small, red, in 

 simple racemes. Fruit ovate or ob- 

 long, purple or variegated with yel- 

 low, an inch long ; pulp yellow, with 

 a singulr 



FIG. 15. 



but agreeable acid aro- 

 matic flavour, but is not held 

 much esteem by Europeans, 

 tree is very variable in size ; the 



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The 



boughs are set in the ground when 

 flower as hedges, and in the 



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Trees, WMth impari-pinnate leaves, 

 quite entire acuminated leaflets, and subterminal panicles of 

 flowers. This genus is said to belong to Biirseriaccce by R. 

 Brown. 



1 P. BoRBONiCA (Lam. diet. 5. p. 606.) leaves pinnate; 



racemes compound. Ij . S. Native of the island of Bourbon, 

 w^here it is called Bois de Poupart. Leaves some of them simple, 

 others with numerous leaflets, 11-19. Flowers dark-purple. 

 Bourhon Poupart-wood. Clt. 1825. Tree 40 feet. 



2 P. MANGi'pERA (Blum. bijdr. 1160.) leaflets ovate or ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acuminated, oblique at the base, quite entii-e, veiny, 

 and smooth ; panicle divaricate. \i , S. Native of Java, and 

 other parts of the East Indies, where it is called Dalio, Mangi- 



Spondias mangifera, Pers. 



261. The 



fera pinnata, Lin. fil. suppl. 156. 

 ench. p. 509. Spondias amara, Lam. diet. 4. p 

 leaves of this tree are said by Rheede to be agreeably acid. 

 The fruit oval, of a yellowish-green colour, an inch and a half 



The cat-ambalan of 



lonnf 



eatable, and agreeably fragrant. 



Rheed. mal, p. 93. appears to be a wild state of the same plant. 

 MayigO'hearmg Poupartia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 

 3 P. bu'lcis (Blum, bijdr. 1161.) leaflets elliptic-oblong, acu- 

 minated, repandly-crenulated, smootli, w^ith parallel veins ; pa- 

 course of 2 or 3 months they are laden with fruit. It is called nicle divaricate. Tj. S. Native of Java, Moluccas, and the 



Spanish plum-tree. 



P«r/;Ze-fruited Hog-plum or Spanish plum. 

 30 to 40 feet. 



2 S. Za'nzee : \ei 



Clt. 1800. Tree 



impari-pinnate, with entire leaflets ; 

 fruit small, black, edible ; panicle terminal. ^ . S. Native of fetid smell, containing a sweet, aromatic, succulent pulp. 

 Guinea, where it is called Zanzee. 



Society Islands. Spondias dulcis, Forst. prod. 198. Spondias 

 Cytherse'a, Sonn. itin. 2. t. 123. Lam. diet. 4. p. 160. ill. t. 384. 

 Gcert. fruct. 2. p. 101. t. 103. The fruit is large, and very 

 smooth, of a golden-yellow colour, and a somewhat nauseous 



The 



tree is cultivated to a great extent in the Society and Friendly 

 Zanzee Hog-plum. Tree 60 feet. . Islands, especially in Otaheite, for the sake of its fruit, which is 



3 S. lu'tea (Lin. spec. 613.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 7-9 esteemed one of the most wholesome; it has almost the flavour 



ovate, oblong, shining leaflets, which are gradually acuminated ; 

 petioles round. \ . S. Native of South America and the West 



Indies, where it is called Momhin^ Hoboy &c. 

 Lin. syst. 357. 



p. 102. 



S. myrobalanus, 

 S. Mombin, Jacq. amer. 138. Gaert. fruct. 2. 

 Sloan, hist. t. 219. f. 1 and 2. Racemes in branched 

 panicles. The fruit of this tree is yellow, and as large as a 

 plum ; the flesh is of an agreeable acid aromatic flavour, eaten 

 by children and some of the inhabitants, but furnishing excellent 



of a pine-apple, and not only assuages thirst, but is given to the 

 sick without distinction. 



A^n^e^f Otaheite-apple. Clt. 1793. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Spondias. 



Order LXXV. BURSERIA^CETE (plants agreeing with 

 Biirsera in important characters). Kunth, in ann. sci. nat. 2. 



fnnVrT ^u • P- ^^^^ Lindl. introd. nat. ord. Terebinthace^, Tribe IV. 



lood tor hogs. There is a variety of this species m Jamaica, i^ rrT-i-iv .t oro 



esteemed by some persons. As the branches grow very readily, D._C. prod. 2. p. 75. Terebinth^ceae, part. JuSs. gen. 368. 

 the tree is used by some for hedges, and one or two is planted 



Flowers hermaphrodite (f. 16,), but occasionally unisexual 



m pastures to aflTord shade for sheep. 

 Ke//ow-fruited Hog-plum. 

 4 S. Ogiii'gee ; 



Clt. 1739. Tree 50 feet. 



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leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acute, 

 entire ; panicle spreading, terminal ; flowers pentandrous. 

 S. Native of Guinea, where it is called Oghigee. Fruit about 

 the size of a pigeon's eggy yellow, of a fine sw^eetish acid taste. 

 Flowers small, white. 



Oghigee Hog-plum. 

 Cult. - 



Tree 60 feet. 



Loam and sand is a good mixture for the species of 



Spondias, and large cuttings will root if planted in sand or mould, 

 in heat. 



(f. 18.). Calyx permanent, nearly regular, with from 2-5 divi- 

 sions (f. 16. a.). Petals 3-5 (f. 16. c), inserted below the disk, 

 rising from the calyx, usually valvate in aestivation. Stamens 2 

 (f. 16.6?.), or 4-times as many as there are petals, perigynous, 

 all fertile. Disk orbicular (f. 18. c/.), or annular (f. 16. b.). 

 Ovary 2-4-celled, superior, sessile (f. 16. c. f. 18. e.). Style 

 short or wanting, with the stigmas equal in number to the cells 

 of the ovary. Ovula in pairs, attached to the axis, collateral. 

 Fruit drupaceous (f. 18. c), 2-5-celled, with the outer part often 

 splitting into valves. Seeds exalbuminous. Cotyledons either 



