SPONDIACEYE. I. STONDIAS. II. POUPARTIA. BURSERIACE^E. 



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I. SPO'NDIAS (rrirot'ctac, spending, one of the Greek names 

 for the plum ; the fruit exactly resembles a plum). Lin. gen. no. 

 577. Gaert. fruct. 2. t. 10J-. Kunth. gen. tereb. p. 31. B.C. 

 prod. 2. p. 74. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Pentagynia. Flowers sometimes of 

 separate sexes. Calyx S-cleft (f. 15. a.*), coloured. Petals 5 

 (f. 15. b.), oblong, spreading, somewhat valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 10, glandular, exserted, rising from the crenate disk. 

 Ovary 1, ovate. Styles 5, erect, distant, simple. Drupe ovate 

 (f. 15. </.) or roundish, crowned by the punctiform vestiges of 

 the styles, containing a fibrous 5-celled nut (f. 15. c.), each cell 

 containing 2 ovula. Seed solitary from abortion, without albu- 

 men. Embryo straight, with somewhat fleshy cotyledons, and 

 an inferior radicle. Trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, very 

 rarely simple. Racemes axillary or terminal, simple or panicled. 

 This genus agrees with Schlnus in the radicle being inferior. 



1 S. PURPU'REA (Lin. spec. 613.) 

 leaves impari-pinnate ; petioles com- 

 pressed. Jj . S. Native of the AY est 

 Indies and South America. S. Mom- 

 bin, Lin. syst. veg. 357. but not of 

 Jacq. S. myrobalanus, Jacq. amer. 

 t. 88. Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 102. t. 104. 

 Sloan, jam. 2. p. 126. t. 219. f. 

 3, 4, and 5. Flowers small, red, in 

 simple racemes. Fruit ovate or ob- 

 long, purple or variegated with yel- 

 low, an inch long ; pulp yellow, with 

 a singular, but agreeable acid aro- 

 matic flavour, but is not held in 

 much esteem by Europeans. The 

 tree is very variable in size ; the 

 boughs are set in the ground when 

 in flower as hedges, and in the 



coufse of 2 or 3 months they are laden with fruit. 

 Spanish plum-tree. 



Purple-fruited Hog-plum or Spanish plum. Clt. 1800. Tree 

 30 to 40 feet. 



2 S. ZA'XZEE ; leaves impari-pinnate, with entire leaflets; 

 fruit small, black, edible ; panicle terminal. Ij . S. Native of 

 Guinea, where it is called Zanzee. 



Zanzce Hog-plum. Tree 60 feet. 



3 S. LU'TEA (Lin. spec. 613.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 7-9 

 ovate, oblong, shining leaflets, which are gradually acuminated ; 

 petioles round. J? . S. Native of South America and the West 

 Indies, where it is called Mombin, Hobo, &c. S. myrobalanus, 

 Lin. syst. 357. S. Mombin, Jacq. amer. 138. Gaert. fruct. 2. 

 p. 102. Sloan, hist. t. 219. f. 1 and 2. Racemes in branched 

 panicles. The fruit of this tree is yellow, and as large as a 

 plum ; the flesh is of an agreeable acid aromatic flavour, eaten 

 by children and some of the inhabitants, but furnishing excellent 

 food for hogs. There is a variety of this species in Jamaica, 

 esteemed by some persons. As the branches grow very readily, 

 the tree is used by some for hedges, and one or two is planted 

 in pastures to afford shade for sheep. 



ye/Zow-fruited Hog-plum. Clt. 1 739. Tree 50 feet. 



4 S. OGHI'GEE ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acute, 

 entire ; panicle spreading, terminal ; flowers pentandrous. Tj . 

 S. Native of Guinea, where it is called Oghigce. Fruit about 

 the size of a pigeon's egg, yellow, of a fine sweetish acid taste. 

 Flowers small, white. 



Oghigee Hog-plum. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. Loam and sand is a good mixture for the species of 

 Spondias, and large cuttings will root if planted in sand or mould, 

 in heat. 



It is called 



II. POUPA'RTIA (the tree is called in the island of Bourbon 

 Bois de Powpart). Comm. in Juss. gen. 372. Kunth. gen. tereb. 

 p. 31. D. C. prod. 2. p. 75. 



LIN. SYST. Diafcia, Decdndna. Flowers of separate sexes. 

 Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, spreading very much, 

 imbricate in aestivation. Stamens inserted on the margin of a 

 hypogynous disk. Ovary 5-celled ? cells 1-seeded, with some 

 of the cells usually abortive. Styles 5, approximate or subcon- 

 nate, crowned by obtuse truncate stigmas. Drupe baccate, con- 

 taining a 2-5-celled nut ; cells remote from the axis. Seeds 

 flattish, without albumen, somewhat falcate. Embryo exalbu- 

 minous, inverted with plano-convex cotyledons, and a lateral or 

 centrifugal radicle. Trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, and 

 quite entire acuminated leaflets, and subterminal panicles of 

 flowers. This genus is said to belong to Burseriacece by R. 

 Brown. 



1 P. BORBONICA (Lam. diet. 5. p. 606.) leaves pinnate; 

 racemes compound. Tj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon, 

 where it is called Bois de Poupart. Leaves some of them simple, 

 others with numerous leaflets, 11-19. Flowers dark-purple. 



Bourbon Poupart-wood. Clt. 1825. Tree 40 feet. 



2 P. MANGI'FERA (Blum, bijdr. 1160.) leaflets ovate or ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acuminated, oblique at the base, quite entire, veiny, 

 and smooth ; panicle divaricate. T? . S. Native of Java, and 

 other parts of the East Indies, where it is called Daho. Mangi- 

 fera pinnata, Lin. fil. suppl. 156. Spondias mangifera, Pers. 

 ench. p. 509. Spondias amara, Lam. diet. 4. p. 261. The 

 leaves of this tree are said by Rheede to be agreeably acid. 

 The fruit oval, of a yellowish-green colour, an inch and a half 

 long, eatable, and agreeably fragrant. The cat-ambalan of 

 Rheed. mal. p. 93. appears to be a wild state of the same plant. 



Mango-bearing Poupartia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



3 P. DU'LCIS (Blum, bijdr. 1161.) leaflets elliptic-oblong, acu- 

 minated, repandly-crenulated, smooth, with parallel veins ; pa- 

 nicle divaricate. fj . S. Native of Java, Moluccas, and the 

 Society Islands. Spondias dulcis, Forst. prod. 198. Spondias 

 Cytherae v a, Sonn. itin. 2. t. 123. Lam. diet. 4. p. 160. ill. t. 384. 

 Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 101. t. 103. The fruit is large, and very 

 smooth, of a golden-yellow colour, and a somewhat nauseous 

 fetid smell, containing a sweet, aromatic, succulent pulp. The 

 tree is cultivated to a great extent in the Society and Friendly 

 Islands, especially in Otaheite, for the sake of its fruit, which is 

 esteemed one of the most wholesome ; it has almost the flavour 

 of a pine-apple, and not only assuages thirst, but is given to the 

 sick without distinction. 



Sweet Otaheite-apple. Clt. 1793. Tree 30 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Spondias. 



ORDER LXXV. BURSERIA'CE^E (plants agreeing with 

 Bursera in important characters). Kunth, in ann. sci. nat. 2. 

 p. 333. Lindl. introd. nat. ord. Terebinthaceae, Tribe IV. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 75. Terebinthaceae, part. Juss. gen. 368. 



Flowers hermaphrodite (f. 16.), but occasionally unisexual 

 (f. 18.). Calyx permanent, nearly regular, with from 2-5 divi- 

 sions (f. 16. a.). Petals 3-5 (f. 16. c.), inserted below the disk, 

 rising from the calyx, usually valvate in aestivation. Stamens 2 

 (f. 1 6. d.), or 4-times as many as there are petals, perigynous, 

 all fertile. Disk orbicular (f. 18. d.}, or annular (f. 16. b.). 

 Ovary 2-4-celled, superior, sessile (f. 16. e. f. 18. e.). Style 

 short or wanting, with the stigmas equal in number to the cells 

 of the ovary. Ovula in pairs, attached to the axis, collateral. 

 Fruit drupaceous (f. 18. e.\ 2-5-celled, with the outer part often 

 splitting into valves. Seeds exalbuminous. Cotyledons either 



