132 Anacardiaceae. 
ANACARDIACEAE 
Mango Family. 
The most noteworthy members of the Mango Family cultivated 
in this Territory are Mangifera indica L., the Mango, a native of 
India and is here represented by many horticultural varieties. 
Spondias dulcis Willd. and Spondias lutea L., the Wi Apple and 
Hog-plum or Otaheite Apple, respectively, also Spondias mangifera 
Willd. occur. The first is a native of the South Sea Islands ; the 
second of the West Indies, and the third, of which there is only one 
tree in Honolulu, in the premises of Mrs. M. E. Foster on Nuuanu 
Street, is a native of India, where it ascends to 5000 feet elevation 
in the Himalayas. 
Anacardium occidentale L., the Cashew Nut, a native of America, 
is rarely met with ; two trees occur on Dominis Street, near Punahou. 
Of Semecarpus Anacardium L. there is only one tree to be found 
as far as the writer is aware, it grows in the grounds of Mrs. M. E. 
Foster on Nuuanu Avenue. It is a small tree and a native of the 
tropical outer Himalayas, ascending to 3500 feet elevation. It was 
introduced by Dr. Wm. Hillebrand. 
Schinus molle L. 
Pepper Tree. 
The Pepper Tree is too well known to be described. Suffice it 
to say that it is extensively cultivated in Honolulu for street plant- 
ing as well as on lawns in private grounds. It does not stand the 
wind well and is easily uprooted, it ; is also subject to a fungus and 
when it shows signs of disease should be severely cut back. 
It is a native of tropical America, especially Brazil, but is now 
cultivated both in semi-tropical as well as tropical countries, prin- 
cipally in the Americas. In Honolulu it is of comparatively recent 
introduction. 
A tree that has of late come into favor a great deal in Honolulu 
is the so-called Christmas-berry Tree, Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi., 
a much more robust species with axillary and terminal panicles of 
white flowers and globose, bright red, shining berries. 
It is a native of South America, especially of Brazil, where a 
number of varieties occur, and from where it was probably introduced. 
It fruits during the winter months. 
Closely allied to this family is the Corynocarpaceae, of which 
the Karaka Tree of New Zealand has been planted, especially on 
