TEREBINTH TRIBE ; CASHEW-NUT. 



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petals, or are twice as numerous, and are inserted at the bottom 

 of the calyx, or around the ovary. The carpels are sometimes 

 distinct, and sometimes adherent; but the styles are always 

 distinct. The ovules are few in number in each carpel, and are 

 usually solitary. Most of the species are trees or shrubs, having 

 alternate leaves, which are usually compound. The resinous 

 matter is chiefly contained in the bark, whence it frequently 

 exudes naturally, or may be drawn by incisions. Gum mastic 

 (. 377) and Chian Turpentine (. 375) are obtained from species 

 of this order ; as are also Sumach and the Japan and Chinese 



FIG. 154, ANACAHDIUM OCCIDENTALS, OR CASHKW-TREE. 



black varnish, and probably Olibanum. The fruit is very com- 

 monly acrid and astringent, and these qualities usually exist in 

 some degree in the bark also. The well-known Cashew-nut of 

 the East and West Indies is produced by a plant of this order. 



