808 SPONDIACEAE 
1. MANG L. Trees. Leaf-blades simple, relatively narrow. 
Flowers polygamo- MPa in stiff panicles, the branches not plumose. 
Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 2 Ovary ob- 
lique: bx 1, htm. pHs oid to some- 
what reniform, smooth: ce tenaciously 
fibrous-coated. ed 14 species, Asiatic. 
1. M. indica L. Leaf-blades leathery, 
elliptic to linear-elliptie or linear-lanceolate, 
mostly 1-3.5 dm. long, reticulate: panicles 
—4 ong: flowers greenish, yellowish, or 
red: sepals ovate: petals elliptic or obovate, 
3.5—4 n long: drupe 5-10 En long, 
aromatic. — (MaNnco.) — Hammocks and 
oe ‘S pen. Fla. and the Keys. O Nat. of 
I., and cult.—Spr.—Grown in | many 
i b its ace fruit. 
2. COTINUS Adans. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades simple, relatively 
broad. Flowers mostly e or dioecious, in loose panicles which often 
have plumose branch ls 5. Petals 
obliquely reniform, veiny: stone glabrous.— 
Two species, the following and one Eurasian. 
1. C. americanus Nutt. Shrub, or tree be- 
coming 12 m. tall: leaf-blades membranou us, 
obovate or oval, 4-15 em. long: panicles 
1-3 ong, the branches glandular-villous: 
sepals ‘ovate: petals Wd ovate, green: 
drupe 5 mm. lo d [C. cotinoides (Nutt.) 
Rock 
ct (c 
Britton.]—(SMOKE-TREE. Y Ro y estone 
hills, Interior "Platea au provinces, Ala. to 
Ark. (o —BSpr. 
wood is eoarse-grained, light and soft; 
durable in contact with the soil as fence- Ee It yields a yellow dye. 
3. METOPIUM P. Br. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades pinnate. Flowers 
nd in open panicles. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Ovary equilateral. Styles 
united: stigma 3-lobed. i not oblique 
ud species, West India 
M. toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urban 
ide or tree becoming 14 m. tall, with a 
ular: 
petals élliptie to ovate or oval yellow-green 
and often da ES lined within: drupe 10—15 
nu. long.—(Porsonwoop. | DocTOR-GUM. 
CoRAL-SUMAC.)—Hammocks, pinelands, and 
eys.—(W. 
is a powerful "skin-pois on. The sap-wood is 
yellow or light-brown; the dark-brown and 
