174 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Terebinthacece. 
the calyx throughout the remainder of their length ; alternating with them, and forming an inner series, 
are the ten stamens;. the filaments of which adhere to the sides of the calyx, and separate the bases of the 
scales by elevated naked lines ; the anthers originate nearly from the sinus of the faucial scales, a 
very short portion only of the filaments being free. (e.) A section of the pistil. The stigma is an 
orbicular fungous body, slightly depressed in the middle, and very like that of some Thymelee ; it 
communicates, by means of a very short style; with the ovary, which is woolly and one-celled, (two- 
celled in Roxb.) ; its ventral suture projects into its cavity in the form of a thin plate, from each side of 
which hangs a suspended ovule. (f.) Represents one of these ovules, which has a plano-convex figure, 
and is extended into a thin membrane along the whole of the convex side which is next the placenta ; 
it is produced downwards into a taper horn, at the point of which it is to be presumed i is the foramen ; 
upwards it is gradually rounded off.—I am indebted to.my friend, Dr. Lindley, for this cine as 
well as for the drawings of his dissections. 
60. TEREBINTHACE. 
The Terebinthacea of Jussieu have been, divided by modern botanists into several orders, 
such as Anacardiee, Sumachine, Spondiacee, Bur seracee, Amyridee, and Connaracec. 
The last appearing to be closely allied to Ovalidee, has been already mentioned, and 
the remainder being so closely related to one another, and’ participating i in many of the 
same properties, and having much the same geographical distribution, it is most conve- 
nient to treat of them as one whole, whether this be considered ‘as an order containing 
several tribes, or as a class where these will be elevated to the rank of separate families. 
The genera of Terebinthacea, peculiar. to India, are ‘Semecarpus, Buchanania; Bos- 
wellia, Odina, Sabia, Pygeum, Syndesmis, Holigarna, and Melanorrhea. Of these the 
four last are confined to southern parts, as the forests of Silhet and the Malayan Penin- 
sula, while all the others are found in the most northern parts of India, at the foot of, 
and at moderate elevations on the Himalayas; Sadia alone is found at a consi- 
derable height, with species of Rhus, which we know extends northwards to the south 
of Europe, and southwards to the Cape of Good Hope; iti is also found in China, and 
in North as well as in South America. Being thus a genus of considerable distribution, 
it is not confined to the Himalayas, but occurs also in the Peninsula of India, of © 
which one of the species, R. pgmrensts, extends up to the neighbourhood of 
Delhi. Mangifera and Garuga are likewise genera found in northern parts, whence they 
extend southwards, the former to the island of Mauritius, and the latter to that of 
Madagascar. Protium and Canarium, confined to the southern parts of India, extend 
into the Indian Archipelago, and the Jatter into China. Balsamodendron is common to 
Arabia, Abyssinia, and India; while Anacardium, Spondias, Icica, and Amyris? are 
common to South America, and to both the West and East Indies. The last ‘is 
mentioned with doubt, as most of Dr. Roxburgh’s species have been removed to other 
genera. . . 
The Species of these péhhera; which show themselves in the most northern parts, as in 
the Deyra and Kyarda valleys and lower hills, are Semecarpus cuneifolium, very closel y 
allied to S. Anacardium, Buchanania latifolia,. Odina Wodier, Spondias. mangifera, Bos- 
wellia glabra, and Garuga pinnata. The mangoe attains its full size, and ripens excel- 
lent fruit in the latitude of Saharunpore and at Kirana. The tree thrives as high as 
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