CASHEW-NUT.-ANACARDIUM. 



In Botany, a Class of the Polygamia Moncecia 

 Class. Natural Or der, HoloracecE. 



THE generic name is derived from two 

 Greek words, signifying without a heart ; be- 

 cause the fruit, instead of having the seed en- 

 closed, has the nut growing at the end. 



The cashew-tree, is a native of the Bra- 

 zils, and other parts of America, where it 

 grows to the height of twenty feet or more, in 

 favourable situations. Lunan gives the fol- 

 lowing account of it in his Hortus Jamaicensis. 

 The fruit is full of an acrid juice, which is 

 frequently used in the making of punch. 

 To the apex of the fruit, grows a nut, of the 

 size and shape of a hare's kidney, but much 

 larger at the end which is next the fruit than 

 at the other end. The shell is very hard, and 

 the kernel, which is esteemed the finest nut 



