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embryone carnoso, cotyledonibus plicatis, radicula supera, — Arbor 
20—40Q-pedalis cortice glabro griseo; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 
racemis subcorymbosis petiolo triplo brevioribus.  Folia (15—20 
cent. long.) imparipinnata, 1—2—3—4-juga (in eodem ramo 
sæpe), estipulacea; petiolus tomentosus, inferne subcylindraceus, 
superne planus in rachidem communem subarticulatum exiens. Fo- 
liola (10—42 cent: long., 3—4 lata) petiolulata; imparia oblongo- 
ovalia ad basim et ad apicem ægqualiter attenuata, paria autem 
sæpe inægquilateralia, scilicet margine superiore obtusa, inferiore 
attenuata; omnia penninervia cøstis costulisque inferne promi- 
nentibus haud procul a margine arcubus anastomosantibus, 
supra lævia, lucida, glaberrima, subtus glauca, glabra necnon in 
costa principali fulcro-tomentosa. 
[In silvis ad Lagoa Santa arbor frequentissima; jam m. Julio 
Aug. floret fronde nova sordide purpurascente eodem tempore 
evoluta; floret usque in Octobrem; corolla flavescenti-viridis; 
folia viridissima nitidula, costis flavicantibus; m, Nov. fructifera. 
— Species hic enumeratæ omnes ab incolis ,Almecegaf vel 
rectius ,Almecegueira” denominantur; substantiam  certam 
resinosam albam proferunt, quæ terebinthinam valde redolet et 
ab incolis remedium maximi pretii habetur; arbores vel sæpius 
arbusculæ sunt cortice vulgo ut in Fago silvestri lævi cinereo: 
Warming.] 
Fam. Anacardiaceæ. 
Auctore Dr. Léon Marchand. 
Terebinthacearum Jussieu, Gen. 368; Cassuvieæ Anacardiaeeæ, 
. R. Brown. Tuck, Cong. 44; Kunth Ann. sc. nat,, 4% ser, II, 
333; DC. Prod. II, 79, trib. 1 et 2; Bartling Ord. nat. 395; 
Spach suites å Buffon II, 229. — Anacardiaceæ Endlicher Gen. 
1127, Ordo CCXLV; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 4415. Léon Mar- 
chand Revision des Anacardiacées. 
