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tile, in the rest small ; the pistiilum has a kid- 

 ney-shaped germ, obliquely emarginate in front ; 

 the style subulate, bent in, the length of the 

 corolla; the stigma small, roundish, depressed, 

 and concave ; no pericarpium ; receptacle fleshy, 

 very large and obovate; the seed a nut, kidney- 

 shaped, large at the top of the receptacle, with 

 a thick shell, cellular within, and abounding 

 in oil. The calyx, corolla, and stamina, of the 

 male flowers, as in the hermaphrodites ; the pis- 

 tiilum has either no germ, or one that is abortive. 

 There is only one species, the A. occidc/ilale, 

 Cashew Nut Tree, Cassu, or Acajou. 



In its native state this is said to rise to the 

 height of a tree; but according to Brown from 

 twelve to sixteen feet, spreading much as it ad- 

 vances from the distance of five feet from the 

 ground. It here, however, only rises to the 

 '•eight of a small shrub. The leaves are coria- 

 ceous, subovate, shining, and quite entire, pe- 

 tioled and scattered alternately. The panicles 

 are corymbed, diffused and terminating, con- 

 taining numerous sweet-smelling flowers, rest- 

 ing on an oblong receptacle, hardly to be distin- 

 guished from the peduncle. The corolla is red, 

 and has commonly ten stamina, one of which 

 has no anther, but there is often not more than 

 seven or eight, all of which are fertile. Occa- 

 sionally there are female flowers entirely desti- 

 tute of stamina. 



The fruit is varied in colour, some of the 

 apples being yellow and others red, according 

 to circumstances. The flavour is agreeably sub- 

 acid with a degree of astringency. The nut 

 springs from one end of the apple, and is some- 

 what of the size and shape of the kidney in the 

 hare, being the largest at the end which is at- 

 tached to the fruit. The outer shell is of an 

 ash colour, and very smooth ; beneath which is 

 another covering that envelopes the kernel, and 

 between ihese a thick inflammable oily substance 

 is deposited, which is very caustic in its pro- 

 perties, often affecting the mouth when incau- 

 tiously put into it to be cracked. 



Culture. — The propagation in this plant is ef- 

 fected by setting the nuts, which are procured 

 from America, in small separate pots of light 

 sandy earth, and then ploughing them into a 

 good bark bed, without any water being admit- 

 ted till the plants are come up, as the nuts are 

 apt to rot by moisture. If the nuts be fresh the 

 plants soon advance to the height of four or five 

 inches, but do not make a great progress after- 

 wards. As they do not bear transplanting, the 

 best method is to break the pots at the time of 

 their removal, being cautious to preserve the 

 mould about them, so as to place them in pots 

 a size larger without its being much disturbed. 



These should be immediately filled up with earth 

 of the same sort as above, and replaced in the 

 bark hot -bed. The plants should not be re- 

 moved oftener than once a year, when care 

 should be taken that the pots are not too large, 

 as they require the roots to be confined in order 

 to their thrivingwell. 



It is necessary to keep the plants constantly in 

 the stove, as they are too tender to stand the 

 exposure of the atmosphere in the warmest sea- 

 son of the year in this climate, even in the 

 green-house. As they are of a succulent na- ' 

 ture little water is required even during the 

 summer season ; and in the winter a very little, 

 once a fortnight will be sufficient. In this way 

 they may be kept several years, but they grow 

 but slowly after the first, seldom rising to more 

 than two feet or two feet and a half in height. 



The juice expressed from the fruit of this 

 tree in its native state, when fermented, affords 

 an agreeable wine ; and by distillation a spirit is 

 drawn from it which is preferable to arrack and 

 rum in the making of punch. The fruit is 

 sometimes sliced and used in punch for the pur- 

 pose of giving it a line flavour. 



The kernel of the nut in its fresh state has a 

 delicious taste, and abounds with a saccharine 

 milky juice. 



The oil which it affords is an admirable pre- 

 server of timber; and the milky juice obtained 

 from the body of the tree produces an indelible 

 black colour on linen. It likewise produces an 

 astringent gummy substance. 



ANAGALL1S, a genus comprising a plant 

 of the herbaceous perennial kind, which is 

 known by the name of Pimpernel. 



It belongs to the class and order Pcnlan- 

 dria Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order 

 of Rotacece. 



Its characters are : that the calyx is a five- 

 parted, sharp, and permanent perianthium : the 

 divisions keeled: the corolla is wheel-shaped: 

 the border five-parted : divisions ovate-orbicu- 

 late, with the claws connected : the stamina 

 have erect filaments, shorter than the corolla, 

 shaggy below j anthers simple: the pistiilum is 

 a globose germ, style filiform, slightly bending, 

 and the stigma capitate : the pericarpium is a 

 globose, one-celled capsule, opening trans- 

 versely : the seeds are very many and angular : 

 the receptacle alobose, very large. 



The species "chiefly cultivated in the garden is 

 the A. Monetti, Upright Perennial Anagallis, or 

 Pimpernel. 



It is an erect plant about a foot in height, 

 rather bushy, closely adorned with leaves in 

 pairs or threes. It affords in April and May a 

 great number of wheel-shaped blue flowers, 



