TEREBINTH ACEJE. XXII. TRICEROS. XXIII. TRATTINICKIA. XXIV. HUERTIA. XXV. RUMPIIIA. XXVI. BARBYLUS, &c. 77 



takes of the nature of mastick. The fresh leaves have a 

 singular motion when immersed in water, and emit a turpentine 

 odour when bruised. Mulli is the Peruvian name of the tree. 



Var. j3, Areira (Lin. spec. 1467.) leaflets almost quite entire. 

 Tj . G. Molle, Clus. cur. post. p. 94. with a figure. Both 

 varieties are beautiful shrubs in England, but they are said to 

 f>row to considerable trees in the places of their natural growth. 

 The first variety stands in the open air in Sicily. 



Mulli or Peruvian Mastick-tree. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1597. 

 Tree 20 feet. 



2 S. TEREBINTHIFOLIUS (Raddi, pi. bras. p. 20.) leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate, with 7 somewhat serrated, almost equal leaflets ; 

 flowers racemose. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. C. Aroeiri, Marcg. 

 bras. p. 90. Flowers greenish-white. 



Terebinthus-leaved Schiiius. Clt. 1830. Tree 20 feet. 



3 S. HU'YGAN (Mol. chil. ed. gall. 337.) leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 leaflets serrated ; stalked ; the odd one very short. Tj . G. 

 Native of Chili, where it is called Huinghan. Flowers greenish- 

 white. 



Huinghan Schinus. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see greenhouse and stove 

 species of Rhus, p. 76. 



\ Genera allied to Terebinthiacece, Tribe Sumachinece, but are 

 not sufficiently known. 



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



XXII. TRICE' ROS (from rptic, trcis, three, and Kepaf, keras, 

 a horn ; in allusion to the fruit being crowned by three horns). 

 Lour. fl. coch. 184. D. C. prod. 2. p. 89. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Trigijnia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent, spreading. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovary roundish. 

 Styles 3, distant at the base and simple. Berry coriaceous, 3- 

 horned, 3-celled. Seeds 2? roundish. A tree with impari-bi- 

 pinnate leaves, having 2 pairs of pinnae. Racemes loose, sub- 

 terminal. 



1 T. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Lour. 1. c.). tj. G. Native of 

 Cochin-china, on the mountains. Flowers white. 



Cochin-china Triceros. Tree 25 feet. 



Cult. See Cncorum for culture and propagation, p. 78. 



XXIII. TRATTINI'CKIA (in honour of Trattinick, a Ger- 

 man botanist). Willd. spec. 4. p. 975. but not of Pers. nor 

 Esp. D. C. prod. 2. p. 89. 



LIN. SYST. Monoe'cia, Pentandria. Male and female flowers 

 mixed. Calyx campanulate, 3-toothed. Corolla campanulate, 

 3-toothed. Stamens 5, rising from the torus. Ovary 1, ovate. 

 Style awl-shaped, simple. Fruit unknown. A large tree, with 

 the appearance of Rims. Leaves impari-pinnate. Panicles of 

 flowers terminal. From the petals being connected, it would 

 appear that this tree is closely allied to Hednigia. 



1 T. RHOIFOLIA (Willd. 1. c.). \i . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Para. 



Red-leaved Trattinickia. Tree 66 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus, for culture and propagation, 

 p. 76. 



XXIV. HUE'RTI A (in honour of Jerome Huerta, a Spaniard, 

 who translated Pliny into his own langurge). Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. prod. 34. t. 6. syst. 1. p. 63. D. C. prod. 2. p. 90. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 5, ovate, sessile. Stamens 5. Ovary free. Style 1. Stigma 

 bifid, acute. Drupe? obovate, containing a 1 -celled, 1 -seeded 

 nut ? A tree with impari-pinnate leaves, and stalked, oval- 

 lanceolate, serrated leaflets, which are villous at the origin of 

 the veins beneath, bearing 2 glands at the base of each. Racemes 

 axillary and terminal. Flowers yellow. 



1 H. GLANDULOSA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 5. t. 227. f. a.). 

 *2 . S. Native of Peru in groves. 



Glandular Huertia. Tree 70 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus, for culture and propagation, 

 p. 76. 



XXV. RU'MPHIA (in honour of George Everard Rum- 

 phius, Consul of Amboyna, author of Herbarium Amboinense, 

 1750 in fol. ; died 1706). Lin. gen. no. 47. Lam. ill. t. 25. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 90. 



LIN. SYST. Tridndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 3-cleft. 

 Petals 3, oblong. Stamens 3, exserted equal with the petals. 

 Ovary 1, somewhat trigonal. Style 1. Drupe coriaceous, tur- 

 binate, 3-furrowed, containing a 3-celled, 3-seeded nut. A 

 tree, with simple leaves and axillary racemes of white flowers. 

 This genus is excluded from Terebinthacece by S. Kunth. 



1 R. TILLEFOLIA (Lam. diet. 6. p. 352.). ^ . S. Native of 

 Malabar, not of Amboyna. R. Amboinensis, Lin. spec. 49. 

 Rheed. mal. 4. t. 11. Leaves cordate, ovate, crenate, hairy, 

 rough. 



Lime-tree-leaved Rumphia. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus for culture and propagation, 

 p. 76. 



XXVI. B A'RBYLUS (a name by which Theocritus and others 

 have called the common damask prune). P. Browne, jam. 116. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 91. Barola, Adans. fam. 344. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decandria, Monogynia. 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. Ovary free. 

 Style and stigma 1. Capsule 3-celled, each cell containing 2 

 seeds. A tree with alternate, pinnate leaves, and racemes of 

 white flowers. This genus .is hardly known, but according to 

 Adanson it is allied to Terebinthacece. 



1 B. JAMAICE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 91.) Pj. S. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



Jamaica Barbylus. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Rhus for culture and propagation, 

 p. 76. 



* * Petals wanting. Stamens 10-12. 



XXVII. LUNA'NEA (in honour of John Lunan, author of 

 Hortus Jamaicensis). D. C. prod. 2. p. 92. Edwardsia, Rafin. 

 speech. 1. p. 158. but not of Salisb. Bichy, Lunan, hort. jam. 

 1. p. 86. 



LIN. SYST. Polygmnia, Dice^cia. Flowers polygamous. Ca- 

 lyx coloured, 5-parted ; lobes erectly-spreading, thick, and 

 pilose on the outside. Petals wanting. Disk concave, 10- 

 toothed. Stamens 10, exserted from the disk; anthers with 

 coalescent teeth on the outside. Ovary roundish, crowned by 

 5 stigmas. Capsule somewhat ovate, gibbous, 1 -celled, valve- 

 less (ex Rafin), semilocular, 2-valved (ex Lunan). This genus 

 is allied to Poupdrtia, according to Rafin. Seeds fixed by the 

 back. 



1 L. BICHY (D. C. prod. 2. p. 92.). ^ . S. Native of Guinea, 

 from whence it has been introduced to the West Indies by the 

 negroes, under the name of Bichy. Edwardia lurida, Rafin. I.e. 

 Amyris Lunimi, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 217. Leaves alternate, 

 stalked, oblong, acuminated, smooth, waved, veiny, and com- 

 pound racemes of yellow flowers, which are striped with purple 

 and have an ungrateful smell. 



Bichy Lunania. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of Rhus, 

 p. 76. 



XXVIII. HETERODE'NDRON(from irepoe, heteros, varia- 

 ble, and 8ev$po>>, dendron, a tree ; tree variable in form). Desf. 

 mem. mus. 4. p. 9. t. 3. D. C. prod. 2. p. 92. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 



