Id i I 



\\ \« \KIH M I I 





produce oi Pistacia atlantiea and Lenl turpentine, a lini| . 



resin, with an odour between l.< mon and I i I, i-- yielded 



Babstance like mastich ia exudi d by Schinus Molle, and tl ; 



Strengthening their gums. A full account of the 



from the Pistacia I , is givi □ in die .1 i ...I. I. p. 



juice of manj Bpecies ol Rhus is milky . Btains black, and 1- sonietinu 



dendronand radicans, extremely \ 1 uomous ; 1 1 



sons who approach Bucb plants in 1 1 • ■ t weather ; and the -. 



EL venenata R. coriaria, a powerful astringent, is used bj tanners; it* 



eaten bj the Turks and used to sliarpen tlieir vinegar. The I R glabrum is 



considered a febrifugi . and is also employed as a mordant for n 'I coloui I; ■ 



Arbre .1 perruque ol the French, and Vi uetian Sumach • tl • English, I 



Young Eustick, which is astringent as well as the fruit ; it dyes a bright yell 



It. remix, a Japanese tree, exudes a whitish resinous juice, which - black 



in the :ii r. It. succedaneum and venuciferum have a similar pi R 



■ Jamaica plant, yields a gum called 1 loctors' Gum, which lias powerful pui 



and diuretic effects. It is also Baid to be a vuh 



nut different plants mixed up under the name of Doctors' Gum and Hog Gum ! 



The fruit 01 Bevi ral Bpecii a oi Spondias, especially S. purpurea and Mombin, 1- 1 atable 

 in the Brazils and West indies, where they are called Hog Plums. Martius says 

 the juice of the Bruit ofS. tuberosa is drank in Brazil in fevers. Thebai mlosa 



1- an aromatic astringent, employed in diarrhoea, blennorho a, &c. The mos agn 

 .if these fruits is the S. cj then a or dulcis, a native of the Society Islands, whose golden 

 drupes are compared for tla\ our and fragrance to the Pine-apple. The negroes of £ 

 ga] make an intoxicating beverage from the fruit of S. Birrea, 



GENERA. 



la, / inn. 

 binthut, .1 u 

 r, 1 irnef. 

 Dupulsia, .1. Rich. 

 Sorindela, Thouarg. 

 1 ladia, P. Br. 

 Deed na 1, Plum, 

 irpa, //. H. R 



( h\:: 



II • . • . A mlers. 



flit. D onsta 



/ ■ . ^ Rich. 

 P( ia, Co ■ hr. 

 Bolenoearpoa 11 ighttl A, 

 Bebinua, Linn. 



1/. , , (lug. 



UuUi, leiiill. 

 Duvaua, Kunth. 



.Maiiria, Kitnlh. 

 iVnnanlia. t'urjt. 



Lillin 1 M 

 Uithi, Feuill. 



Nutt. 

 Rhus, Linn. 

 ./.. DC 

 Metopium, P. Br. 



.. 



(rum, Tourn 

 P m, Neck. 



Thezera I" 



. 1; it. 



• 1 1 

 - 

 Botrjrceraa, IVilld. 



Lawn lliunii. 



Vaphnii ■ . 8pi 

 AnaplireoJum, I 



(/;. . 1 



//. M 



I, Tliunb. 



Loxosl 



1 Mey. 

 Astroniuin. Jacq. 

 Melanorrhoea, Wall. 

 Gluta, Linn. 



.1 ia, Jack. 

 - 



r.i. Linn. 

 Erythrostigma, ffasik. 

 rdium, Hfttb. 

 vium, Rumph. 

 : ournef. 



1 ..irtn. 

 Rhinocarpiu, 1 



•nut, Pohl. 



Semecarpus, Linn. 

 Anacardium, I. am 



1 Mi it 11. 



Buchanan.! 



Buchnn. 



i\ until. 



I " 



I 



? Huei I /'in-. 



? Hum 1 



Numi . ' •.. ; : . Sj 



Position. Xanthoxylacea . 



ANACABD i. 



_\ I • 1 • I ll"N \l. GENEH \ 



carpus, • >■ 1 1 



aocarpus, 



>mi mon, I ia 



Bclerocarya, //■ 



" 



irdingtoDr. Hancock the Hog gum ol 

 Metopium, and not 1>> any Guttifer, see p. 102. A. R 

 fleshy kernel of Spondias Birrea n in Abj 



son is not felt bj boii e pen • '■"•• 



mi. 159. But that its ac1 midable 



statement made by the same authority: Th< Rev. I 

 being once on a botanical excursion with 

 city, they came upon a Bpecimen of the Poison 



of gnl.hftring aparimflnn for WTnmii.ni.inn This thej pn 



