366 PERIPETALER. 
Cassiee. _ Mimose. 
Cassia Fistula. Acacia vera. 
Cassia lanceolata. Acacia arabica. 
Cassia obovata. =" Acacia Catechu. 
Hematoxylon campeachianum. 
Tamarindus indica. 
Potsonovus Prorerties.—The seeds of the Laburnum 
Cyiisus Laburnum are said to be poisonous, owing to the 
presence of a peculiar uncrystallizable principle, called Cy- 
tisine ; and a few other plants in the order are deemed dan- 
gerous. 
ORDER CIX. 
TEREBINTHACE&, 
Anacardiacee, Burseracee, Xanthoxylacee, Connaracee, Amy- 
ridacee, Lindley. 
Cuaracters.— Trees or arbuscles, with alternate leaves 
usually without stipules, and generally compound ; flowers 
minute, in branched racemes, hermaphrodite or unisexual, 
Moneecious or dicecious ; calyx monosepalous, of 2 to 5 deep 
divisions ; corolla of 5 petals, or absent ; stamens of the same 
number, or twice as many as the petals, inserted along with 
the petals on a perigynous disk; ovary simple and superior, 
_ Leelled or 2-5 celled, often 2 ovules in each cell; style 
simple and short, with a lobed stigma, or several stigmas ; 
pericarp a dry or succulent drupe, with one 1- — nut, 
or several small nuts. 
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