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ANACARDIACE^. (CASHEW I'AMILY.) 



inserted under an orbicular or annular disk at the bottom of the calyx, 

 mostly valvate in the bud. Stamens twice as many as the petals, and in- 

 serted with them . anthers introrse. Ovules anatropous, pendulous, 

 mostly two in each cell. Stigmas 1-5. Fruit drupaceous, dry ; the peri- 

 carp often splitting into valves. Albumen none. Radicle superior. 



1. £UBSEBA, Jacquin. 



Flowers polygamous. Sterile Fl Calyx .3 - 5-parted. Petals 3 .- 5, valvate 

 in the bud. Stamens 6- 10. Disk crenulatc. Fertile Fl. Calyx 3-partcd. 

 Petals 3. Stamens 6. Ovary ovate, 3-cclled. Style short: stigma 3-lobed. 

 Drupe oblong, 1-sccdcd ; the pericarp 3-valvcd. Cotyledons wrinkled. 



1 . B. gummifera, Jacquin. Leaves alternate, 3 - 9-folioIate, long-peti- 

 oled, deciduous ; leaflets stalked, opposite, ovate, acuminate, entire, rounded or 

 slightly cordate at the base, at length smooth on both sides ; flowers small, 

 whitish, in axillary racemes ; drupe purplish. — South Florida. — A large tree. 



2. AMYBIS, L. ToRCH-WooD. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx 4-partcd. Petals 4, naiTowed at the base, imbricated 

 in the bud. Stamens 8, shorter than the petals, hypogynous. Ovary 1-cellcd. 

 Stigma capitate. Drupe globose, 1-seeded. Cotyledons plano-convex. — Trees 

 or shrubs. Leaves 3 - 7-foliolate, opposite, with glandular pellucid dots. Flow- 

 ers panicled, white. 



1 . A. Floridana, Xutt. Smooth ; leaves petioled, trifoliolate ; leaflets 

 ovate, o1)tnse, entire, on slender stalks ; branches of the panicle opposite ; drupe, 

 like the flowers, dotted. — South Florida. — A shrub or small tree. Leaflets 

 I'-IJ' long, sliining above Flowers yellowish-white. 



Okdkr 37. ANACARDIACE^. (Cashew Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with milky or resinous juice, alternate exstipulate dot- 

 less leaves, and perfect or polygamous regular flowers. — Sepals and 

 petals 4-5, imbricated in the bud. Stamens as many as the petals, or 

 twice as manj', and inserted with them into the base of the calyx. Ovary 

 solitary, with a single ovule ascending from the base of the cell. Style 

 simple or 3-cleft. Fruit drupaceous. Seeds without albumen. Kadicle 

 curved. 



1. BHUS, L. Shmach. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, inserted with the 5 stamens on the disk which sur- 

 rounds the base of the ovary. Stigmas 3. Drupe dry. Radicle superior, in- 

 curved. — Shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate or trifoliolate, rarely simple. 

 Flowers small, greenish, in spikes or panicles. 



