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14. C. ilicifolia, Sw. Leaflets 9-10-jugal, sessile, glabrous, S-5-spinose, with the 

 spines proceeding from the midrib and principal veins, ovate-deltoid, subcordate at the base ; 

 panicle exceeded by the leaves: flowers glomerate; drupe " oblong." — Plum. Ed. Burm. 

 t. 118. — Drupes red. — Hab. S. Kitts I, Antigua!, Nichols., on limestone-rocks. 



9. ASTRONIUM, Jacq. 



Calyx 5-partite : segments excrescent with the fruit, at length subscariose. Petals 5. 

 Stamens as many, inserted into a perigynous disc. Ovary 1-celled : ovule attached to the 

 top of the cell : styles 3, short. Achenium membranaceous. — Trees ; leaves impari-pinnate, 

 glabrous ; panicles lateral or axillary. 



15. As. obliquum, Gr.{n.sp.). Leaves coetaneous: leaflets 3-4-jugal, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, pointed, quite entire, petiolulate, lateral ones oblique at the base ; panicle axillary : 

 flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. — Leaflets 2£"-2" long, 1" broad, leathery, somewhat 

 shining: principal veins straightish, 8-15-jugal; panicle glabrous, nigrescent, 3"-4" long : 

 branches distant ; calyx 1'" long, at length 5'" long, with a very short tube : segments 

 spathulate-oblong, blunt, exceeding a little the corolla ; petals oval, imbricative, twice as 

 long as the stamens ; anthers introrse, ovoid-oblong ; ovary oblong, exceeding the stamens ; 

 fruit (immature) nearly as long as the excrescent calyx.- -Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., in the 

 northern mountain-woods. 



10*. MANGIFERA, L. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5(-4)-partite, deciduous. Petals 5 (-4). Stamens perigy- 

 nous : 1-2 fertile, usually 4-3 sterile. Ovary 1-celled : ovule ascending : style simple, 

 curved. Pericarp drupaceous : putamen bivalved. Radicle inferior, ascending. — Trees ; 

 leaves simple, quite entire ; panicle large, terminal. 



16*. ML indica, L. Leaves leathery, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, pointed, 

 petioled, panicle pubescent; drupe glabrous. — Tuss. Fl. 2. t. 15. Desc. Fl. 1. t. 25. — 

 Drupes ovate or ovoid, 2"-3" long, variable in shape and colour. Hab. Naturalized in 

 Jamaica ! and in the Caribbean islands ! ; [introduced from the East Indies, naturalized in 

 all tropical countries.] 



11. ANACARDIUM, L. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-partite, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 10-9, perigy- 

 nous : 1-4 of them in $ fertile. Ovary 1-celled : ovule ascending : style simple, curved. 

 Pericarp leathery, indehiscent, on the top of the enlarged, pyriform pedicel. Radicle inferior, 

 ascending. — Trees ; leaves simple, quite entire ; panicle with the distant branches corym- 

 liferous. 



17. A. occidentale, L. Leaves leathery, glabrous, obovate or oval, rounded or emar- 

 ginate at the top, shortly petioled ; bracteoles ovate, acuminate : one flower exceeding the 

 rest ; fruit with a deep lateral notch.— Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 13. Desc. Fl. 7. t. 507.— 15'-20' 

 high ; petals exserted, linear, acuminate, recurved ; fruit 1" long : its pedicel red or yellow, 

 about 3" long, 2" broad. — Hab. Jamaica! to Trinidad!, common; [Cuba! and Mexico to 

 Brazil ! : naturalized in all tropical countries]. 



LXI. JUGLANDE^. 



Flowers unisexual, apetalous, $ amentaceous. Stamens inserted into the torus. Pistil 

 syncarpous or reduced : ovules 1-4 : stigma large, papillose, usually 2-partite, with the long 

 divisions subcylindrical, revolute. Drupe 1 -seeded. Embryo exalbuminous, oily : cotyle- 

 dons large, fleshy, anfractuose-sinuate : radicle superior. — Woody plants ; leaves compound, 

 exstipulate. 



Bitter and aromatic properties prevail in the Walnut-tribe. 



1. PICRODENDRON, Planch. 

 Flowers $ " amentaceous ;" $ solitary : calyx free, exinvolucrate, 5-partite, with the 



