LY. 
ANACARDIUM. 
(SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM.) 
Marking-nut Tree. 
Synonyms.—Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn. f. supp., 182 ; Roxb. corom.,i.t. 12; 
£1. Ind., ii. 83. Anacardium officinarum, Getn. Anacardium latifolium, Lam. Enc. 
i. 139, t. 208. Anacard. orientale of Mat. Med. 
Forrian Names.—Fr.: Anacardien, Anacarde i feuilles longues. Jtal.: 
Anacardos. Span.: Anacard. Germ.: Elephantem Leusebaum, Anakar- 
diem baum. Dut.: Anakardienboom, Hartjes. Bengal: Belaluhi. Telinga: 
Nellajiedy. 
Nat. Order.—TEREBINTACEX.—POLYGAMIA, Diazcta. 
Gey. Cuar.—Calyz, perianth inferior, of one leaf, bell-shaped, and cloven 
half-way down into five heart-shaped acute segments. Petals five, 
lanceolate, bordered, obtuse, larger than the segments of the calyx. 
Stamens, filaments five, awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla, inserted 
into the receptacle; anthers oblong, small. Pistils, germen superior, 
globular, flattened. Styles three, recurved, situated on the germen, and 
shorter than it. Stigmas club-shaped, retuse. Pericarp, none, except 
the receptacle, which is erect, fleshy, pear-shaped, smooth. Seed, a nut, 
resting on the receptacle, heart-shaped, flattened on both sides, smooth, 
and shining. 
Roxburgh observed, that the flowers of the Anacardium were polygamous, 
dicecious; whereas nearly all those examined by Turpin were poly- 
gamous, which difference he ascribes to the character of the soil. 
History.—The commentator of Paulus Higineta (Adams’s 
Translation, vol. iii. b. vii. p. 450) decides the Anacardium, 
Fig. 1. The male flower. 2, The hermaphrodite flower. 3. The nut. 4. Section . 
of the nut, showing the cells containing the juice, 
be 4 
