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(Ex. Sneezewood; Umtati.) 

 Fruit fleshy or dnipaceouB. I. 



Fruit capsular 2. 



1 Flowers 4 parted. Ovary 2 loljed. Fruit dicoccous Schmidelia 

 1 Flowers 5 parted. Ovary 3-4 celled. Fruit tri- 



coccous. Sapindus. 



1 Flowers 5 parted. Ovary entire Fruit drupaceous. Htppobromus. 

 1 Flowers 5 parted. Ovary 4 angled, 4 celled Bersama. 



2 Ovary compressed. Seeds winged. Pteroxylon. 



2 Flowers without petals. Capsule winged. DodoN/I.a. 



2 Flowers bisexual or polygamo-dioecious. Capsule 



not winged. Bersama. 



2 Flowers bisexual. Capsule 5-lobed ; seeds 



minute. - Greyia. 



2 Flowers bisexual. Capsule 4-lobed. Melianthus. 



2 Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Capsule bladdery. 



A climber. Cardiospermum. 



List of Species. 

 1 Oardiospermum, Linn. 5 Dodon^ea, Linn. 



halicacabum, Linn. B. viscosa, Linn. A. 



J). 



C-1), 



B. 



C-E. 



ORDER Lni. ANACARDIACE^. 



■' n Order which is most plentiful in tropical and semitropical 

 countries ^^ It mcludes many useful plants, sucli as UJuis coriaria, the 

 "Varnish" tree, R. cotinns yielding a valuable dye, while U. )nxi- 

 cod^nJron, the " Poison Ivy " of America, is used medicinally. It is, 

 however, poisonous, and merely handling the leaves often causes 

 unpleasant after effects. U. v^mi.v is supposed to vield the varnish, 

 and R. succedanea the vegetable wax of Japan. Several species of 

 other genera also yield a varnish. The well-known Mango (.Motujifera 

 tndina) belongs to this Order, also Anac.ardium accident all-,' the 

 "^Cashew" nut, while several species of Spondias bear eatable fruits. 

 None of our indigenous species have much, if any, economic value. 



Number of species about 450. 



