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Hope, Australia, and in America. Among 

 the species are Rue (Ruta), Bucku (Barosma), 

 also Galidea, which yields Cusparia or An- 

 gostura-bark. 

 9. Family. — Connarads (Omphalobiacese). Trees 

 or shrubs ; leaves alternate, exstipulate, not 

 dotted j flowers terminal and axillary, in ra- 

 cemes or panicles, rarely unisexual; calyx 

 5-partite, persistent ; petals five ; stamens 

 ten ; ovary of one or more separate carpels ; 

 ovules two, collateral, ascending, orthotropal ; 

 styles terminal ; stigmas dilated ; fruit folli- 

 cular, dehiscent. Zebra-wood is yielded by 

 this family. (Connaracece, Brown.) 



10. Sumachs (Anacardiacese). Trees or shrubs ; 



juice resinous, often caustic ; leaves alternate, 

 not dotted ; flowers terminal or axillary, 

 mostly unisexual ; calyx usually 5-divided, 

 small, persistent ; petals equal to divisions of 

 calyx ; stamens generally equal to, and alter- 

 nate with, petals; ovary single; ovule soli- 

 tary, attached by a funiculus to the base of 

 the cell ; styles or stigmas 1, 3, or 4 ; fruit 

 indehiscent, usually drupaceous. Inhabit 

 tropical parts of America, Africa, and India. 

 Among the products, &c, are Cashew-nuts, 

 Pistachio-nuts, Chian-Turpentine, Mastic, Su- 

 mach, Japan- Varnish, Mango, Hog's-plums, 

 &c. 



11. Family. — Margosa-plants (Meliacese). Trees or 



shrubs; leaves mostly alternate, exstipulate ; 



