70 TEREBINTHACE^. XVII. RHUS. XVIII. MAUIUA. XIX. STAGMARIA. XX. DUVAUA. XXI. SCHINUS. 



Balb. cat. taur. 1813. p. 64. and Poir. suppl. 5. p. 262. is the 

 same, or a distinct species. It is also probably the R. variifo- 

 lium, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Variable-leaved Sumach. Shrub. 



95 R. DIGITA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 184.) climbing; leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 5, oblong, quite entire, smooth, obtuse ; tendrils 

 axillary. J?. w . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 and fruit unknown. 



Digitate-leaved Sumach. Clt. 1 820. Shrub cl. 



* * * Leaves trifoliate. 



96 R. ARBOREA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 73.) leaflets lanceolate, un- 

 equally serrated, downy beneath ; petioles and branches pilosely- 

 tomentose ; stem arborescent. ^ S. Native of Jamaica, on 

 hills, as well as of Campeachy. Toxicodendron arboreum, Mill, 

 diet. no. 8. Berry orange, smooth. Sloan, cat. 170. 



Tree Sumach. Tree 20 feet. 



97 R. ARBORE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 73.) leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, oblique at the base ; stem 

 shrubby, branched; flowers dioecious. T? . S. Native about 

 Carthagena. Toxicodendron arborescens, Mill. diet. no. 9. 



Arborescent Sumach. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. The hardy species of this genus are very proper for 

 shrubberies ; some of them are propagated freely from cuttings 

 of the roots, and others from cuttings and layers. The green- 

 house and- stove species will grow in any kind of soil, and 

 ripened cuttings of them root freely under a hand-glass in sand ; 

 those of the stove species require heat. 



XVIII. MAU'RIA (in honour of Antonio Mauri, an Italian 

 botanist, author of Flora; Romanae Prodromus, 8vo. 1818). H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 11. gen. tereb. p. 6. 



LIN. SYST. Oc/o-Decdndria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite. Calyx 4-5-lobed, urceolate, permanent. Petals 4-5, 

 broad at the base. Stamens 8-10, inserted under the disk. Disk 

 annular. Ovary 1, sessile, 1 -celled, 1-ovulate. Style very 

 short. Stigma thick, 3-5-angled. Fruit obliquely-elliptical, 

 compressed, rather fleshy. Seed without albumen, pendulous. 

 Cotyledons flat. Radicle superior, hooked. Peruvian trees, 

 with simple or impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary and terminal 

 panicles of flowers. 



1 M. SIMPUCIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 605.) leaves sim- 

 ple, somewhat elliptical. ^ . S. Native of South America. 

 Flowers pale-red. 



Simple-leaved Mauria. Tree 20 feet. 



2 M. HETEROPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. t. 606.) leaves 

 with 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets, with an odd one, which is oblong. 

 Jj . S. Native of Peru, between Loxa and Ayavaca. Fruit un- 

 known. Flowers pale-red. 



Variable-leaved Mauria. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see the stove species ofRhiis. 



XIX. STAGMA'RIA (from oraw, stazo, to run out; the 

 bark exudes a resin). Jack, mal. misc. no. 1. p. 12. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Mono-Trigynia. Calyx inferior, tu- 

 bular, decidlious, with the mouth irregularly ruptured. Petals 

 5, inserted in the stipe of the ovary. Stamens 5, alternating 

 with the petals ; filaments about the length of the corolla ; an- 

 thers oblong. Ovary 3-lobed ; lobes 1-seeded, 1-2 of which are 

 usually abortive. Styles 1-3, rising from the tops of the lobes 

 of the ovary. Stigmas obtuse. Berry kidney-shaped, furrowed, 

 1-seeded, warted. Seed exalbuminous. Embryo falsely mono- 

 cotyledonous. A tree, full of resinous juice, with simple exsti- 

 pulate leaves, and panicles of flowers. 



1 S. VERNICIFLU'A (Jack, 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Sumatra 

 and Borneo, and other East India Islands. Rumph. amb. 2. p. 



259. t. 86. A large tree, with alternate elliptic-lanceolate leaves. 

 It is dangerous to handle, or even to sit or sleep under its shade. 

 The bark exudes a resin, which soon becomes hard and black on 

 exposure, and is collected and employed as a varnish. Accord- 

 ing to Rumphius, this is the celebrated varnish-tree of Japan, 

 and probably the Aiigia of Loureiro. 



Vunnsh-jlorving Stagmaria. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of Rhi'/a. 



XX. DUVA'UA (in honour of M. Duvau, a French bo- 

 tanist). Kunth, gen. tereb. p. 8. D. C. prod. 2. p. 74. 



LIN. SYST. Monoccia or Dicecia, Octdndria. Flowers mo- 

 noecious or dioecious. Calyx 4-cleft, permanent. Petals 4, 

 concave. Stamens 8-10, inserted under the disk, alternate ones 

 longer than the petals, they are barren in the female flowers. 

 Disk urceolar, 8-toothed. Ovary sessile, conical, containing 

 only one ovulum, sterile in the male flowers. Styles 3-4, very 

 short. Stigmas capitate. Drupe globose, containing a coria- 

 ceous nut. Seed 1, pendulous, destitute of albumen, with flat 

 cotyledons and a long superior radicle. Smooth, somewhat spi- 

 nescent trees, natives of Chili, with simple, almost entire leaves, 

 and axillary, many-flowered racemes. Flowers sometimes 5- 

 cleft. 



1 D. DEPE'NDENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 74.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, entire, and sometimes trifid ; racemes simple, length of 

 leaves ; flowers usually octandrous. Tj . F. Native of Chili, 

 where it is called Hmnghan. Amyris poly'gama, Cav. icon. 3. 

 p. 20. t. 239. Schinus dependens, Ort. dec. 8. p. 102. Flowers 

 yellowish-white. Berries black. The flowers are occasionally 

 polygamous, monoecious, and dioecious. 



Dependent-branched. Duvaua. Clt. 1790. Tree 20 feet. 



2 D. ? DENTA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 74.) leaves lanceolate, 

 toothed ; racemes compound, a little longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers decandrous. Tj F- Native of the island of Owhyhee. 

 Schinus dentatus, Andr. bot. rep. t. 020. Flowers white, nu- 

 merous, in compound axillary racemes. Berries black, the size 

 of a small currant, with a sweet fleshy pulp, each having many 

 cells, though generally perfecting but one seed. 



Toothed-leaved Duvaua. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1795. Tr. 20 ft. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see greenhouse species of 

 Rhus. 



XXI. SCHTNUS (ffKivof, schinos, is the Greek name for the 

 mastick ; a resinous juice exudes from this tree similar to mas- 

 tick). Lin. gen. no. 1130. Lam. ill. t. 822. Kunth, gen. 

 tereb. p. 7. D. C. prod. 2. p. 74. 



LJN. SYST. Dice'cia, Decdndria. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 

 5-parted. Petals 5. Male flowers with 10 stamens and the 

 rudiment of an ovary. Female flowers with sterile stamens and 

 one sessile ovary. Style wanting. Stigmas 3-4, collected into 

 a dot. Drupe globose, with a thin epicarp, and very little pulp, 

 containing a 1-seeded bonynut, having 6 hollows or cavities in the 

 circumference. Seed without albumen, compressed, suspended 

 by a funicle, which rises from the side of the parietes. Embryo 

 with flat cotyledons and an inferior radicle. Shrubs or little 

 trees, natives of America, abounding in peppery, balsamiferous 

 gum. Racemes or panicles axillary. Leaves impari-pinnate. 

 This genus agrees with Spondias in the radicle being inferior. 



1 S. MU'LLI (Lin. spec. 1467.) leaves with numerous pairs 

 of lanceolate, serrated leaflets, terminal one longest ; flowers 

 panicled. Tj . G. Native of Brazil and Peru. Mill. iig. t. 

 246. Lam. ill. t. 822. Flowers small, yellowish-green. Ber- 

 ries about as large as a pea, of a singularly beautiful rose- 

 colour, and highly polished. The Peruvians are reported to 

 make a vinous drink by boiling these berries, as well as a kind 

 of honey, and a sort of vinegar, according to the mode of ma- 

 nagement. A resinous gum exudes from the stem, which par- 



