312 ENNEANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Anacardium. 



cular, that is with only one oblong, polleniferous pit 

 on each side, as in Cassyta, this species differing from 

 all I have yet met with, the rest having two pits on each 

 side. Nectarial glands nine, all pediceiled ; six alter- 

 nate, with the six exterior stamina, with larger, and 

 more rounded heads, and three alternate with the inner 

 three, and of a cordate-sagittate shape, all yellow and 

 fleshy. Germ ovate, one-celled, with one seed attach- 

 ed to the top of the cell. Style straight, length of the fila- 

 ments. Stigma somewhat three-cornered. Berries ob- 

 long, as thick as the largest olive and considerably long- 

 er, being about two inches long, and one in diameter, 

 smooth, when ripe a deep dark purple, covered with much 

 whitish-grey bloom which easily rubs off. Pulp pale 

 yellow. Seed solitary, conform to the berry. Integument 

 somewhat nuciform, and lined with a thin membrane. 

 Perisperm none. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons conform 

 to the seed. Plumule of two minute lobes. Radicle round- 

 ish, superior. 



ANACARDIUM. Schreh. gen. n. 1582. 



Calyx five-parted. Petals five, reflexed. Germ superi- 

 or, one-celled, one-seeded, attachment lateral. Nut reni- 

 form, resting on a fleshy receptacle. Embryo erect, with- 

 out perisperm. 



1. A. occidentale. Willd. 2. 486. 



Kapa mava. Rheed. Mai. 3, t. 54. 



Cassuvium. Rumpli. Amb. 1. t. 69. 



Hind, and Beng. H^jMlee-b^^dam. 



Acajuba occidentalis, Gcert. sem. 1. 192. t.40.f. 2. 



A tree common in the East and West Indies. In the 

 former it is found in the vicinity of the sea only, where 

 the soil is almost perfect sand. Flowering time March 

 and April. 



