220 EUPIiORBIACEAE. 



the fruit a fleshy capsule, is occasionally grown for interest. [Croton 

 sthiferum L., Stillingia sebifera BailL] 



Cicca disticha L. [Phyllantlius distichus (L.) Muell. Arg.], Otaheite 

 Gooseberry, of the Old World tropics, is a tree up to 40° high, with 2-ranked 

 ovate leaves, appearing as if pinnate, and small imperfect flowers fascicled on 

 the upper part of the trunk, its yellow fruits edible ; an old large tree stood 

 near the border of Pembroke Marsh at Mt. Langton in 1912. 



Brejmia nivosa (W. G. Smith) J. K. Small, Snow-bush, of the South Sea 

 Islands, a shrub with oval green, white and pink variegated leaves, and small 

 greenish flowers, is common in gardens. [Phyllanthu» nivosiis W. G. Smith.] 



Excaecaria bicolor Hassk., Crimson-leaved Excaecaria, Javan, a shrub 

 4°-6° high, with opposite or ternately whorled, lanceolate acuminate erenu- 

 late, short-petioled leaves about 4' long, green above, conspicuously crimson 

 beneath, the small, greenish monoecious flowers axillary, the fruit a capsule 

 about 4" broad, is a beautiful and interesting plant, occasionally grown for 

 ornament. 



Bischofia trifoliata (E-oxb.) Hook., Kainfal, East Indian, a timber-tree, 

 with deciduous 3-foliolate, long-petioled, alternate leaves, the stalked serru- 

 late, acuminate leaflets 4'-6' long, the numerous minute greenish 5-parted 

 flowers in axillary panicles shorter than the leaves, was shown at the Agricul- 

 tural Station in 1915 by a fine tree about 20° high. [Andrachne trifoliata 

 Roxb.; B. javanica Blume.] 



Order 19. SAPINDALES. 



Mostly trees or shrubs. Petals usually present and separate. Sepals 



mostly distinct. Stamens rarely more than twice as many as the sepals, 



when as many or fewer, opposite them. Ovary superior, compound. Ovules 



pendulous, with the raphe away from the axis of the ovary, or erect or 



ascending. 



Ovary mostly 1-celled ; plants with resin-bearing tissues. 1. Anacardiaceae. 



Ovary 2-several-celled. 



Leaves simple, pinnately veined. 



Ovule 1 in each ovary-cavity. 2. Ilicaceae. 



Ovules 2 or more in each ovary-cavity. 



Flowers with a disk and petals. 3. Celastraceae. 



Disk obsolete : corolla wanting. 4. Dodonaeaceae. 



Leaves compound : fruit various. 



Flowers regular. 5. Sapindaceae. 



Flowers irregular. 6. Melianthaceae. 



Family 1. ANACARDIACEAE Lindl. 



Sumac Family. 



Trees or shrubs, with acrid resinous or milky sap, alternate or rarely 

 opposite leaves, and polygamo-dioecious or perfect, mainly regular flowers. 

 Calyx 3-7-cleft. Petals of the same number, imbricated in the bud, or 

 rarely none. Disk generally annular. Stamens as many or twice as many 

 as the petals, rarely fewer, or more, inserted at the base of the disk; fila- 

 ments separate; anthers commonly versatile. Ovary in the staminate 

 flowers 1-celled. Ovary in the pistillate flowers 1- or sometimes 4-5-eelled ; 

 styles 1-3; ovules 1 in each cavity. Fruit generally a small drupe. Seed- 

 coat bony or erustaceous; endosperm little or none; cotyledons fleshy. 

 About 60 genera and 500 species, most abundant in warm or tropical 

 regions, a few extending into the temperate zones. 



