122 ANGIOSPERM^. 



Evergreen trees, 30°-40° high, tropics, both worlds. Fr. drupe-lilce, 

 edible. About 8 spec. Tribe 2. Ova. 1-celled. Ov. suspended. 1. 

 Schinus MMli {Mdtle), Pkpper Trke. ¥\s. J^ 9, apet. Sta. 10. 

 Pis. small, white, panicled. Berries small, rose-color, polished ; taste 

 of black pepper. Lvs. imparipinnate. Evergreen tree, 15°-20^ liigh. 

 Peru. 2. Melanorrhaea. Pis. § , panicled. Pet. -5, sta. oo. Lvs. 

 simple. 2 spec, evergreen trees more than 100° high, yielding Black 

 Varnish. Ind. 3. Anacardium, Cashew-nut. Lvs. large, simple; 

 fls. g , red, panicled. Fr. nut-like, at apex of a pear-like edible torus. 

 Evergreen trees, 20°-40° high. A. oeeidentdle, Fig. 76. "W. Ind., 

 trop. S. Am. A. iiidicum, E. Ind. 4. Mangifera indica, Mango T. 

 Fls. g , pink or yellow, panicled. Pr. large, edible. Lvs. simple. 

 Evergreen tree, 50° high. Ind. Several other spec, and varieties, 

 Asia, Af. 5. Pistacia. Fls. (J' 9 1 apet., panicled or racemed. Drupe 

 dry, 1-seeded. Lvs. pari- or imparipinnate. Trees yielding fine var- 

 nish ; evergreen or decid., 20°-30° high. Few spec.,' tropics. V.Len- 

 iiscus, evergreen; yields Mastic. S. Eur., N. Af., W. Asia. P. 

 Terebinthus, evergreen ; yields Terebinth. Habitat of last. P. vdra, 

 decid. ; fr. is the edible Pistachio nut. W. Asia. 6. RhCis, Sumach. 

 Fls. (i* ? , c^ S 9 , § , panicled, spiked. Pet. 5, sta. 5. Drupe 

 minute, 1-seeded. Lvs. rarely simple. Shrubs and small trees, 120 

 spec, temperate regions, both worlds, chiefly in N. Am., S. Af. ; rare 

 in tropics. R. succeddnea, Ifts. 11-15; evergreen tree, 10°-20° high ; 

 yields wax ; Japan. R. ^ermci/era, lvs. similar, but decid. ; tree 15°- 

 25° high ; yields Lacquer yaTaish. Japan. R. co^jaWina, lvs. decid., 

 Ifts. 9-21. Drupe red, hairy. 5°-25° high ; yields a copal-like var- 

 nish ; R. typhma, similar, lvs. larger ; 10°-30° high ; R. glabra, 

 smaller and glabrous ; R. venenata, Ifts. 7-13 ; drupe whitish, smooth ; 

 8°-18° high; poisonous; R. Toxicodendron, Poison Oak. Lfts. 3; 

 drupe dun-colored. Climbing by rootlets ; poisonous ; R. aromdtica. 

 Lfts. 3 ; fls. (^ 9 , in catkin-like spikes preceding lvs. ; drupe red, 

 hairy. Shrub l°-3° high ; all from Can. to Gulf R. CoimMS, Smoke 

 Trkb, Wig T. Lvs. "simple ; fls. SJ ; panicles with showy, abortive 

 pedicles. Drupe smooth. Fig. 137. Shrub 6°-15° high. Mediter- 

 ranean States R. cotinmdes, similar, but panicle nearly sessile, nar- 

 row. Tree B0°-50° high; mts., N. C, Ala. (Buckley); probably in 

 Ark. (Nuttall) ; and almost identical with R. Cotinus. 



Ord. 103. Sabiaceae. — Pis. reg. or irreg., small, usually panicled. 

 Pet. 4-5. Sta. opp. petals ; only 2 usually perfect. Fr. 1 or 2 dry, 1- 

 seeded drupes. 4 gen., 32 spec, trop., both worlds. 1, Sabia. Pet. 

 4-5. Sta. 4-5, all perfect; all the floral parts opp. Lvs. simple. 

 .9Ato6s, straggling or climbing; 10 spec. Asia. 2. Melibsma. Lvs. 

 simple or pinnate. 20.»peo., trees, shrubs; mts., troj). Asia, Am. 3. 

 Ophiocaryon paraddxum, Snakk-nut. Monotypic. Fls. § or 

 J* 8 9 . Pet. 5, sta. 10 ; 8 sterile. Drupe large ; emb. with a coiled, 

 snake-like radicle. Lvs. pinnate. Large tree, Brit. Guiana. 4. Phox- 

 inthus macrophpllus, monotypic. Fls. g , in large red panicles. Pet. 

 5. Drupe small. Lvs. large; simple on lower branches (which alone 

 bear fls.) and 9-foliolate on upj)er branches. Slender tree; or high- 

 climbing shrub. N. Brazil, Guiana. 



Ord. 104. Saplnd^cese. — Fls. reg. or irreg., often large; panicled. 

 Petals 5-4-12-0. Sta. 5-7-8-10, rarely 2-4-12- oo. Pr. 2-3-4-celled 

 (or 1-celled by suppression), rarely 6-6-celled, Boll dehisc, often 



