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ORDER 35. BURSERACE.E. (TORCH- A 



Trees or shrubs, wit:. - is juice, unequally-pinnat- !:oli- 



olate commonly dotted leaves, and small regular - in axillary or 

 terminal racemes or panicles. C a - from the 1 - 7>- 



ovary, J-5-lobed. persistent. Petals 2-o. a? with ti. 



-. and inserted under an orbicular or annular disk at the In. 

 of the calyx, mostly valvate in the bud. Stame:.- 

 the petals, and inserted with them: anthers intro: - itro- 



pous, pendulous, mostly two in each cell. Stigmas 1 - 5. Fruit dru- 

 paceous, dry; the pericarp often splitting into valv-r-. AI 

 none. Kadicle superior. 



1. BURSERA, Jac-qnin. 



Flowers polygamous. Ster F. Calyx 3 - 5-parted. Petals 3-5. va~ 

 in the bud. Stamens 6 10. Disk crenulate. f~-:~'~ F . Ca.'-x 5-: 

 1'etals 3. Stamens 6. Ovary ovate. 3-c-elled. Sty] - - :gma 3-". 



Drupe oblong, 1-seeded; the pericarp 3-valvnL Cotyledons wriiikl 



1. B. guminifera, Jacquin. Leaves alternate. 3 - iolate, long-: 

 oled, deciduous ; leaflets stalked, opposite, .:nminat- 



or slightly cordate at the base, at length smooth on both si>" - - -mall, 



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



ORDER 36. AXACARDIACE^. CA-HEW FAMILY. 



Trees or shrubs, with milky or resinous juice, alternate exstipulate 

 dotless leaves, and perfect or polygamous regular flowers. - 

 and petals 4-5. imbricated in the bud. Stamens as many as the 

 petals, or twice as many, and inserted with them on the base of the 

 calvx. Ovarv solitary, with a single ovule ascending from the base of 



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the cell. Style simple or 3-cleft. Fruit drupaceous. Seeds without 

 albumen. Radicle curved. 



1. EHTJS, L. SUMACH. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. inserted with the 5 stamens on the disk which 

 surrounds the base of the ovary. Stigmas 3. Drupe dry. Radicle snj 

 incurved. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate or triioliolate, rarely 

 simple. Flowers small, greenish, in spikes or pani 1 - 



=* Foicers polygamous, in a cJ'ise terminal panicle: drupe red , ka'r *] : - 



pinnate. (^/-A pots 



1. E. typhina, L. Branches. petioles. and drupes viHous : leaflets 17-21, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, smooth, pale beneath. Dry hillsides i: 

 upper districts. June - July. A shrub or small tree. 



