168 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Family ANACARDIACE^. 



Key to the Species Enumerated. 



Leaves simple; large trees. 



Leaves lanceolate, acuminate 405. Mangifera indica. 



Leaves obovate, apex rounded or retuse 406. Anacardium occidentale. 



Leaves pinnate; trees or shrubs. 



Leaflets sessile, minutely repand-denticulate 408. Comocladia dentata. 



Leaflets usually 5, thick, lustrous on upper surface.. . .409. Metopium Brownei, 



Leaflets usually 9-13, thin, dull, or but slightly lustrous. 



407. Spondias Mombin. 



405. Mangifera indica Linnaeus. Mango. 

 Mangifera indica Linn^us, Species Plantarum I, Ed. I, 1753, p. 200. 



Near Nueva Gerona, January 17, 1904 (flowers), A. H. Curtiss, 

 No. 2q8; no locality given, Dr. Jared F. Shafer, February-March, 

 1910. General Distribution: From the Bahamas and Florida south 

 through the West Indies and tropical America. Naturalized through- 

 out the tropics from southeastern Asia, and the better varieties of 

 it furnishing a valuable fruit much appreciated by those who have 

 become accustomed to it. The Mango has established itself, especially 

 in the vicinity of Santa Fe, to the extent of forming small groves . 



406. Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus. Cashew. 

 Anacardium occidentale Linn.^eus, Species Plantarum, L Ed. 1, 1753, p. 383. 



Near Nueva Gerona, January 4, and May, 1904, A. II. Curtiss, 

 No. 271; near base of Casas Mts., west of Nueva Gerona, May 4, 

 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 40; Dr. Jared F. Shafer, February-March, 

 1910; near Los Indios, November 4, 1912, G. A. Link. General 

 Distribution: From the Bahamas and Cuba south through the West 

 Indies and in continental tropical America. Now quite generally 

 naturalized throughout the tropics. See Plate IX. 



The cashew is a very valuable tree, as yet not sufficiently appre- 

 ciated. The wood is strong, hard, and useful in a variety of ways; 

 the peduncle of the fruit becomes enlarged and pear-shaped, and, 

 when mature, constitutes a subacid, slightly astringent edible fruit, 

 which is either eaten raw or prepared in various ways by cooking; 

 and the nut, which is kidney-shaped and about one inch long, is 

 claimed to be a strong competitor of the almond when properly 

 roasted. The middle layer of the shell of this nut is poisonous, but 

 the poisonous property may be destroyed by heat. Altogether the 



