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black, acid, and eatable, and the leaves are 

 smooth, shinino^, and so abundant as to render 

 the plant an excellent screen. 



ORDER LXIV.— CHAILLETIACE^. 



African plants, with panicles of small white 

 jQowers, and simple leaves. 



ORDER LXV.— AQUILARINE^. 



Trees, natives of Asia, little known in Eng- 

 land. 



ORDER LXVI TEREBINTHACE^.— THE 



TURPENTINE TRIBE. 



This order is divided by De Candolle into 

 seven sections ; viz., 1 . Anacardiacese, includ- 

 ing the Cashew-nut {Anacardiiim)^ the Mango 

 (Manc/ifera), and the Turpentine trees {Pista- 

 cia ) ; 2. Sumachineae, which contains Rhus, 

 Schinus, and Bwcaua : 3, Spondiaceae, contain- 

 ing the Hog-plum (Spondias) ; 4. Burseraceae, 

 including the Jamaica Birch {Bursera), and 

 the Balm of Gilead tree {Balsamodendron) ; 

 5. Amyride£8, the West Indian Balsam tree 

 (Jmi/ris); 6. Spatheliacece, the West Indian 

 Sumach (Spathelia) ; and 7. Connaracese, 



