OS ANACAItDI.VCK.K. (cASIIIIW KAMII.Y.) 



inserted under an (irliicular fir annular di^k at tlie InUtom of the, calyx, 

 mostly valvate in the bud. Stamens twiee as many as tiic petals, and in- 

 serted with them . anthers introrse. Ovules anatro])OUS, pendulous, 

 mostly two in each cell. Stigmas 1-5. Fruit drujjaeeou.s, dry; the peri- 

 earp oCteii splitting into valves. Albumen non*'. Radicle superior. 



1. BURSERA, Jac-iuin. 



Flowers polygamous. Sterilt Fl Calyx .3 - ."i-parted. Petals 3 -.■), valvate 

 in the bud. Stamens G- 10. Disk crunulatc. Feitih Fl. Calyx 3 parted. 

 Petals ."1. Stamens 6. Ovary ovate, S-eelled. Style short : stijj;ma 3-lol)ed. 

 Drupe oblong, 1-seedcd ; the pericarp 3valved. Cotyledons wrinkled. 



1 . B. gummifera, Jacquin. Leaves alternate, 3 - 9-foIiolatc, long-peti- 

 oled, deciduous ; leaflets stalked, opposite, ovate, acuminate, entire, rounded or 

 slightly cordate at the base, at length smooth on both sides ; flowers small, 

 wdiitish, in axillary racemes ; drupe purplish. — South Florida. — A large tree. 



2. AMYRIS, L. ToRcii-WooD. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4, narrowed at the base, imbricated 

 in the bud. Stamens 8, shorter than the petals, hypojiynous. Ovary 1-eclled. 

 Stiirnia capitate. Drupe globose, 1-scedcd. Cotyledons plano-convex. — Trees 

 or shrubs. Leaves 3 - 7-foliolate, opposite, with glandular pellucid dots. Flow- 

 ers paniclcd, white. 



1. A. Floridana, Xutt. Smooth; leaves petiolcd, trifoliolate ; leaflets 

 ovate, olitiise, entire, 0!i slender stalks ; branches of the jnmicle op])osite ; drupe, 

 like the flowers, dotted. — South Florida. — A shrub or small tree. Leaflets 

 l'-l.i' long, shining above Flowers yellowish-white. 



OuDKii 37. ANACARDIACK^. (CAS^K^v Family.) 



Trees or shrul)s, with milky or resinous juice, altej-nate oxstipulatc dot- 

 less leaves, and perfect or polygamous regular llowers. — Sepals and 

 petals 4 - 5, imVn-icated in the bud. Stamens as many as the petals, or 

 twice as many, and inserted with them into the base of the calyx. Ovary 

 solitary, with a single ovule ascending from the base of the cell. Style 

 simple or 3-cleft. Fruit drupaceous. Seeds without albumen. Iladicle 

 curved. 



1. RHUS, L. Sumach. 



Calyx .5-partcd. Petals .5, inserted with the .5 stamens on the disk which sur- 

 rounds the ba.se of the ovary. Stipmas 3. Drupe dry. Radicle superior, in- 

 curved. — Slind)s or small trees. Leaves pinnate or trifoliolate, rarely simple. 

 Flowers small, greenish, in spikes or panicles. 



