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4 P. TARI'IU (D. C. prod. 2. p. 4.) flowers ? leaflets broadly 

 and unequally ovate, acuminated, with villous edges, and bear- 

 ing glands in the axillae of the veins. T? . S. Native of Guiana 

 in woods. Tariri Guianensis, Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 37. t. 390. 

 It is called Tariri by Caribbees. 



Tariri Majo-bitters. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See Astrbnium for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XV. BISCHO'FIA (in honour of Bischoff, of the Bota- 

 nical Academy of Munich). Blum, bijdr. 1168. 



LIN. SYST. Dicfcia, Pentandria. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 

 inferior, 5-sepalled. Corolla wanting. Male flowers with 5 

 short stamens, which are joined into an urceolus, hardly free at the 

 apex. Anthers 2-ceiled. Female flowers with the rudiments of 

 filaments scale-formed, sometimes 2. Ovary ovate, globose, 3- 

 celled ; cells 2-ovulate ; ovula pendulous. Stigmas 3, sessile, 

 linear, reflexed, approximate at the base. Fruit containing 3 

 1 -seeded nuts. A strong tree, with very hard red wood, alter- 

 nate, trifoliate leaves, serrulated leaflets, axillary and lateral 

 panicles of flowers, with each pedicel furnished with 13 bracteas 

 at the base. This genus agrees better with Rutacece than Tere- 

 binthacece. 



1 B. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. 1 168.)- T? . S. Native of Java, 

 in mountain woods in the western provinces, where it is called 

 Gadok. 



Java Bischofia. Fl. Sept. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. See Asirbnium for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XVI. SABIA (Soobja is the Bengalese name of one of the 

 species). Colebr. in Lin. trans. 12. p. 351. and 355. Wall, in 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 308. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx inferior, 5- 

 cleft. Petals 5, lanceolate, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 5, 

 opposite the petals, inserted round the base of a perigynous fi- 

 lched disk. Anthers bursting by a dorsal longitudinal fissure. 

 Style furrowed, or 2 contiguous, crowned by a blunt stigma. 

 Drupe deeply 2-lobed ; lobes kidney-shaped, 1-seeded, one of 

 them usually abortive. Embryo erect, folded. Climbing shrubs, 

 with simple exstipulate leaves, and axillary, 1 or many -flowered 

 peduncles. Notwithstanding many anomalies in this genus, 

 Dr.Wallich seems to think it belongs to the present tribe of Tere- 

 binthacea;. 



1 S. LANCEOLA'TA (Colebr. 1. c. 1. 14.) smooth ; leaves oblong, 

 lanceolate, slightly blistered ; corymbs axillary and terminal. 

 Jj . ^,. S. Native of Silhet. An extensively rambling shrub. 

 Flowers very fragrant, marked with linear purple dots. 



Lanceolate-leaved Sabia. Shrub cl. 



2 S. PARVIFLORA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 310.) young shoots 

 slightly pubescent ; leaves ovate, with membranous, waved mar- 

 gins ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered ; petals lanceolate. 



f?. w . G. Native of Nipaul. An extensive climber. Flowers 

 smaller than those of the last species, purple. 

 Small-flowered Sabia. Shrub cl. 



3 S. CAMPANULA'TA (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 311.) leaves oblong, 

 with membranous margins ; flowers solitary, axillary, cup- 

 formed, with large, round, concave petals. J-> . w . G. Native 

 of Sheopore, in Nipaul. Flowers green, large. Anthers 2-celled. 



Z?e//-flowered Sabia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Loam and sand, with a little peat, is a good soil for 

 this genus, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. The species are not worth cultivating, except in botanical 

 gardens. 



Tribe II. 



SUMACHI'NE.55 (plants agreeing with Sumach in important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 2. p. 66. Petals and stamens inserted 



in the calycine disk or in the calyx. Ovary solitary (from 

 abortion), 1 -celled, containing only 1 ovulum. Seed pendulous, 

 exalbuminous, sustained by a funicle rising from the base of 

 the cell. Cotyledons leafy, with the radicle bent in above the 

 fissure of the cotyledons. 



XVII. RHU'S (derived from pooc or pone, in Greek, which 

 is derived from rhudd, a synonyme of rub in Celtic, red ; in allu- 

 sion to the colour of the fruit and leaves of some species in 

 autumn). Lin. gen. no. 369. Lam. ill. t. 207. Kunth, gen 

 tereb. p. 5. D. C. prod. 2. p. 66. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Trigynia, or Dice cm, Pentandria. 

 Calyx permanent, small, 5-parted. Petals 5, ovate, spreading. 

 Stamens 5, all antheriferous, both in the male and female flowers. 

 Ovary 1, somewhat globose, 1-celled. Styles 3, short, or stigmas 

 3, sessile. Drupe almost dry, 1-celled, containing a bony, 1- 

 seeded nut from abortion, and sometimes 2 or 3 seeds. 

 Seeds without albumen, sustained by a funicle rising from the 

 bottom of the cell. Cotyledons leafy, with the radicle lying 

 on the upper suture of the cotyledons. Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 205. 

 t. 44. Shrubs with alternate, various, but usually compound 

 leaves. Flowers usually polygamous, or dioecious from abortion. 



SECT. I. CO'TINUS (KQTIVOQ, cotinos, is a name under which 

 Pliny speaks of a tree with red wood, which is supposed to grow 

 in the Apennines). Tourn. inst. p. 380. D. C. prod. 2. p. 77. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Drupe half cordate, veiny, smooth, 

 containing a triangular nut. Leaves simple. Flowers loosely 

 panicled, many of which are abortive, and of these the pedicels 

 are elongated and hairy after flowering. 



1 R. CO'TINUS (Lin. spec. 383.) leaves obovate. T? . H. Na- 

 tive of the south of Europe from Spain to Caucasus, in places 

 exposed to the sun. Jacq. aust. t. 210. Mill. fig. t. 270. C6- 

 tinus Coggygria, Scop. earn. ed. 2. no. 368. Moenth. meth. 73. 

 Lob. icon. 99. Cotinus coriacea, Duh. arb. l.t. 78. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow. This is rather an ornamental shrub, and the 

 wood is much used by the modern Athenians for dyeing wool of 

 a most beautiful and rich yellow. The whole plant is used for 

 tanning in Italy, where it is called Scotino. 



Venus-Sumach or Wild-olive. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1656. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



2 R. VELUTINA (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) leaves simple, 

 oblong, on long petioles, repand-toothed, clothed beneath with 

 velvety white pubescence, as well as the branches ; peduncle 

 racemose, terminal. Jj . G. Native of Kamoon, in the East 

 Indies. Flowers small, white. 



Velvety Sumach. Shrub. 



3 R. L^VIS (Wall. mss. in herb. Lin. soc.) leaves simple, 

 ovate, or obovate-oblong, mucronate at the apex on long petioles, 

 entire, quite smooth, and rather glaucous beneath ; panicle ter- 

 minal. Tj . G. Native of the East Indies. Flowers small, 

 white. 



Smooth Sumach. Shrub. 



SECT. II. METOPIUM (Metopion is a name under which Pliny 

 speaks of a resinous tree unknown to us ; it is derived from 

 OTTOC, juice). D. C. prod. 2. p. 67. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Drupe ovate, rather oblong, dry, smooth, containing a large, 

 ample membranous nut. Seed, according to Linnaeus, aril- 

 late and 2-lobed. Leaves impari-pinnate, with 2 pairs of ovate, 

 quite entire, long-stalked leaflets. 



4 R. METOPIUM (Lin. amoen. 5. p. 395.) leaves quite smooth. 

 T2 . S. Native of Jamaica, in woods on the mountains. Sloan, 

 hist. 2. t. 199. f. 5. Browne, jam. 177. t. 13. f. 3. Drupes 

 reddish. This tree yields a great quantity of gummy resin 

 called Doctors' gum, which, when pure, is of a yellow colour, 

 and after a short time, acquires a hard brittle consistence. It 



