TEREBINTHACEjE. I. ANACARDIUM. 



Stamens 5. Ovaries 1-3, 1-styled, only one of which comes to 

 perfection. Berry 1 -seeded. 



20 DUVA'UA. Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Calyx 4- 

 cleft. Petals 4, concave. Stamens 8, inserted under the disk, 

 unequal. Disk urceolate, 8-toothed. Ovary sessile. Styles 

 3-4, very short, crowned by capitate stigmas. Drupe globose, 

 containing a coriaceous 1 -seeded nut. Leaves simple. 



21 SCHINUS. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10, with the filaments sterile in the male flowers. 

 Ovary sessile. Stigmas 3-4, sessile, collected in a dot. Drupe 

 with a thin fleshy epicarp, and a 1- seeded bony nut. Leaves 

 impari-pinnate. 



f Genera allied to TereUntMcece, tribe Sumachinece, but are 

 not sufficiently known. 



* Petals 4-5. Stamens usually 3-5. 



22 TRICE'ROS. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Styles 

 3, simple. Berry coriaceous, 3-horned, 3-celled, containing 

 2-3-seeds. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



23 TRATTINICKIA. Male and hermaphrodite flowers mixed. 

 Calyx and corolla campanulate, and 3-toothed. Stamens 5, 

 rising from the disk. Style subulate. Ovary 1. Leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate. 



24 HUE'RTEA. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, sessile. Stamens 

 5. Style bifid, acute. Drupe obovate, containing a 1 -seeded, 

 1-cellednut. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



25 RU'MPHIA. Calyx tubular, 3-cleft. Petals 3. Stamens 

 3. Style 1. Drupe coriaceous, turbinate, 3-furrowed, contain- 

 ing a 3-celled, 3-seeded nut. 



26 BA'RBYLUS. Calyx 4-5-cleft, campanulate. Petals 4-5, 

 rising from the margin of the calyx. Stamens 8-10, rising from 

 the bottom of the calyx. Capsule 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



* * Petals wanting. Stamens 10-12. 



27 LUNA'NEA. Flowers polygamous. Calyx coloured, 5- 

 parted. Disk concave, 10-toothed. Stamens 10, inserted in 

 the disk, and adnate to the outside of it. Ovary crowned by 

 5 stigmas. Capsule 1 -celled, valveless (Rafin), half locular, 2- 

 valve:! (Lunan). Leaves simple. 



28 HETERODE'NDRON. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-5- 

 toothed. Stamens 10-12, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled. 

 Ovary bluntly 2-4-gonal, 2-4-celled, hairy. Style hardly any. 

 Leaves simple. 



29 STYLOBA'SIUM. Calyx urceolate, bluntly 5-lobed. Stamens 

 10, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary biovulate, bearing 

 a filiform style laterally at the base, crowned by a capitate 

 stigma. Drupe 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, girded by the calyx. Leaves 

 simple. Flowers usually polygamous from abortion. 



30 GNEO'RUM. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 3-4-toothed. 

 Petals 3-4, imbricate in aestivation. Torus subglobose. Sta- 

 mens 3-4. Stigmas 3-4. Drupes 3-4, baccate, joined to an 

 axis, each containing a 2-celled putamen ; cells 1 -seeded. Leaves 

 entire. 



31 SURIA'NA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 5, hypogynous. Stamens 5-10, some of them usually 

 abortive. Carpels 5, bearing each on the side laterally a filiform 

 style. Seed exalbuminous. 



Tribe I. 



ANACARDIE'^E (trees agreeing with Annc&rdmm in im- 

 portant characters) or CASSUVIE'jE. R. Br. congo. p. 12. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 62. Petals and stamens inserted in the caly- 

 cine disk or in the calyx. Ovary 1 from abortion, 1 -celled, 

 containing 1 ovum. Seed sustained by a funicle rising from the 

 bottom of the cell, which is inflexed at the apex, without albu- 

 men. Cotyledons thick, replicate above the radicle. 



I. ANACA'RDIUM (from am, ana, without, and urapaa, 

 kardia, a heart ; the nut is heart-shaped, and borne on the out- 

 side of the fruit). Rottb. coll. hafn. 2. p. 252. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 62. Acajuba, Gsert. fruct. 1. t. 40. Acajou, Tourn. inst. 

 435. Cassuvium, Lam. diet. 1. p. 22. ill. 322. 



LIN. SYST. Polygamia, Dice*cia. Flowers polygamo-dioe- 

 cious. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, linear, acuminated. Stamens 

 10, connate at the base, the tenth elongated and fertile. Style 

 and stigma 1, lateral. Nut reniform, umbilicated, seated late- 

 rally on a fleshy, wide, pear-shaped peduncle, or what may be 

 called a nut, seated on a fruit. Seed in conformity to the nut. 

 Embryo erect, with half-moon-sliaped cotyledons, and an exserted 

 radicle. Trees with entire, feather-nerved leaves, and terminal 

 panicles of flowers. 



1 A. OCCIDENTALS (Lin. spec. 548.) leaves oval, cuneated, 

 very blunt, somewhat emarginate, obovate-oblong, entire, smooth ; 

 panicle terminal, divaricate. J? . S. Flowers small, of a dirty 

 red colour, sweet-scented. 



Far. a, Americanum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 62.) peduncle thick, 

 about 1 0-times larger than the nut ; longest filament bearing a 

 globe-shaped anther, which is a little dilated at the apex. Jj . S. 

 Native of the West Indies, and of most parts of South America. 

 Jacq. amer. 1. t. 181. f. 35. pict. t. 121. Black, herb. t. 369. 

 Catesb. car. 3. t. 9. 



Var. j3, I'ndicum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 62.) peduncle thick, 

 scarcely 3-times larger than the nut ; longest filament bearing 

 a thick anther, the rest abortive. ^ . S. Native of the East 

 India Islands. Rumph. amb. 1. p. 177. t. C9. Rheed. mal. 3. 

 t. 54. Probably the American plant is a distinct species. 



The Cashew-nut never exceeds 20 feet in heigth ; it com- 

 monly rises to 12 or 16 feet, with spreading branches. The 

 fruit or apple, or what is called above the thickened peduncle, 

 has an agreeable, somewhat acid flavour, with some degree 

 of astringency. It is sometimes of a yellowish, sometimes 

 of a red colour. The juice expressed from it and fer- 

 mented, yields a pleasant wine, and distilled a spirit is drawn 

 from it, far exceeding arrack or rum, making an admirable 

 punch, and powerfully promoting urine. Some planters in the 

 West Indies and elsewhere roast the ripe fruit, or slice one or 

 two into a bowl of punch to give it a pleasant flavour. The 

 astringency of the juice has recommended it as a very signal 

 remedy in dropsical habits. The nut springs from one end of 

 the apple or peduncle. It is of the size and shape of a hare's 

 kidney, but is much larger at the end next the fruit than at the 

 other. The outer shell is of an ash-colour and very smooth, 

 under this is another which covers the kernel, between these 

 there is a thick inflammable oil, which is very caustic, this will 

 raise blisters on the skin and has often been very troublesome 

 to those who have incautiously put the nuts into their mouths 

 to break the shell. This oil has been used with great success in 

 eating off ring-worms, cancerous ulcers, and corns, but it ought 



