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ANACARDIACEyE. 



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produce of Pistacia atlautica and Lentiscus ; Scio turpentine, a limpid, fragrant Ijalsamic 

 resin, with an odour between Lemon and Fennel, is yielded by Pistaeia Terebinthus ; a 

 substance like raastich is exuded by Schinus MoUe, and the Peruvians use it also for 

 strengthening theii' gums. , A full account of the mode of obtaining mastich at Chio, 

 from the Pistaeia Lentiscus, is given in the Annals of Chemistry, vol. 1. p. 223. The 

 juice cf many species of Rhus is milky, stams black, and is sometimes, as in R. toxico- 

 dendi'cn and radicans, extremely venomous ; being volatile it is capable of poisoning per- 

 sons who approach such plants in hot weather ; and the same effects are produced by 

 R. venenata. R. coriaria, a powerful astringent, is used by tanners; its acid fruits are 

 eaten by the Turks and used to sharpen their vinegar. The bark of R. glabrura is 

 considered a febrifuge, and is also employed as a mordant for red colours. R. Cotinus, 

 Arbre a perruque of the French, and Venetian Sumach of the English, has wood called 

 Young Fustick, which is astringent as well as the fniit ; it dyes a bright yellow colom-. 

 R. vernix, a Japanese tree, exudes a wliitish resinous juice, which soon becomes black 

 in the au\ R. succedaneum and verniciferum have a similar property. R. metopium, 

 a Jamaica plant, yields a gum called Doctors' Giun, which has powerful purgative, emetic, 

 and diuretic effects. It is also said to be a ^•ulnerary (Pkarm. Journal, v. 60). But are 

 not different plants mixed up under the name of Doctors' Gum and Hog Gum ? 



The fruit of several species of Spondias, especially S. purpurea and Mombin, is eatable 

 in the Bi'azils and West Indies, where they are called Hog Plums. Martins says that 

 the juice of the fruit of S. tuberosa is di'ank in Brazil in fevers. The bark of S. venulosa 

 is an aromatic astringent, employed in diarrhoea, blennorhoea, &c. The most agreeable 

 of these fruits is the S. cytherea or dulcis, a native of the Society Islands, whose golden 

 drupes are compared for flavoui* and fragi'ance to the Pine-apple. The negroes of Sene- 

 gal make an intoxicating beverage from the fruit of S. Birrea. 



Pistaeia, Linn. 



Terebinthus, Juss. 



Lentiscus, Toumef. 

 Dupuisia, A. Rich. 

 Sorindeia, Thouars. 

 Comocladia, P. Br, 



Dodontea, Plum. 

 Cyrtocarpa, H.B. K. 

 Odina, Roxh. 



Wodier, Anders. 



Hdberlia, Dennst. 



Lannea, A. Rich. 

 Pegia, Colebr. 

 Solenocarpus, Wight et A. 

 Schinus, Linn. 



Molle, Clus. 



Mulli, FeuUl. 

 Duvaua, Kunth. 

 Mauria, Kunth. 

 Pennantia, Forst. 



Lithraea, Miers. 



Llithi, Feuill. 



Malosma, Nutt. 

 Rhus, Linn. 



Cotinus, DC. 



Metopium, P. Br. 



Sumac, DC. 



Toxicodendru m , Tourn 



Pocophorum, Neck. 



Thezera, DC. 



Lobadium, Raf. 



Turpinia, Raf. 



Schmalzia, Desv. 

 Styphonia, Nutt. 

 Botrjceras, Willd. 



Laurophyllus, Thunb. 



' Daphnitis, Spreng. 

 , Anaphrenium, E. Meyer. 

 i Ozoroa, Del. 

 Heeria, Meisn. 



Ro meria , Thunb . 

 Loxostylis, Spreng. 



Anasyllis, E. Mey. 

 Astronium, Jacq. 

 Melanorrhoea, Wall. 

 Gluta, Linn. 

 Stagmaria, Jack. 

 Syndesmis, Wall. 

 Holigarna, Roxb. 



Hadestapkylhnn, Benst 

 Pennantia, Forst. 

 Mangifera, Linn. 

 Erjthrostigma, Hassk. 

 Anacardium, Rottb. 



Cassuvium, Rumph. 



Acajou, Tournef. 



Acajuba, Gartn. 



Rhinocarpus, Bert. 



Monodynamus, Pohl. 



Semecarpus, Linn. 



Anacardium, Lam, 

 Bouea, Meisn. 



Cambessedea, "VMght. 

 Buchanania, Roxb. 



Launzea, Buchan. 



Cambessedea, Kunth. 

 Coniogeton, Blum. 

 Phlebochiton, Wall. 

 Cardiophora, Benth. 

 Spondias, Linn. 



Mombin, Plum. 



Cythercea, DC. 

 ? Wirtgenia, Jungh. 

 Poupartia, Commers. 

 ? Huertea, Ruiz et Pa v. 

 'i Rumphia, Linn. 

 ? Augia, Lour. 

 ? Sabia, Colebr. 



Numbers. Gen. 41. Sp. 95. 



Jufjlandacece. 

 Position. — Xanthoxylaceae. — Anacardiace.e. — MeHacese. 

 Celastracece. 



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