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TEREBINTH ACE/E. 
partite, persistent. Petals 3-4, long. Stamens 3-4, 
short. Ovary 1 : style O: stigma 1. Drupe ovate 
1-celled, l-seeded : ovule subpendulous, fixed to the 
fundus of the ovary by means of a funicle, curved at 
the apex : albumen O : cotyledons thick : radicle su- 
perior, curved. — De Cand. 
Trees, natives of equinoctial America, abounding in a gluti- 
nous juice: leaves impari-pinnate ; flowers very small, shortly 
pedicelled, purple. — Name , from xg/atj hair, and xXadog a 
branch. 
1. Comocladia integrifolia. Maiden-Plum. 
Leaflets petiolulated lanceolate entire glabrous. 
Prunus racemosa, caudice non ramoso, alato fraxini folio non 
crenato, fructu rubro subdulci, Sloane, II. 131. t. 222. f. 1 
Comocladia caudice simplici, Browne, 124 C. integrifolia, 
Swartz, Obs. 26 — Jacq. Amer. 12. — Lam. 111. t. 27. f. 1. 
I1AB. Common. 
FL. From December to the end of March. 
Stem usually about 10 feet or more in height, in general simple, 
sometimes branched. Leaves towards the ends of the stem or 
branches, impari-pinnate : leaflets sub-opposite, shortly petio- 
lulated, lanceolate, abruptly rounded at the base, acuminate, 
entire, glabrous. Panicles several, subterminal, lateral, com- 
pound, patulous, each furnished at the base with a short thick 
early deciduous scale. Peduncle elongated so as to render the 
panicle of nearly the same length as the leaves, compressed : 
branches compressed, coloured, puberulous. Flowers minute, 
of a deep purple, very numerous, crowded, shortly pedicelled, 
not unfrequently male from abortion. Calyx minute, 3-partite ; 
divisions rounded. Petals 3, ovate. Stamens 3, alternating 
with and shorter than the petals : filaments purple : anthers 
yellow. Ovary minute. Drupe fleshy, of a deep purple, 
marked above with 3 black spots. 
The whole tree abounds with a watery, but somewhat viscid 
acrid juice, becoming black on exposure to the air, and staining 
clothes and the skin black, indelibly in the former, and in the 
latter only removed by the renewal of the cuticle. The wood 
is said to afford a red dye. 
IV. PlCRAMNIA. 
Flowers dioecious. Calyx 3- or 5 -partite. Petals 
3, or 5, oblong. $ Stamens exserted, of the same 
number as the petals. ? Ovary ovate : style O : 
stigmata 2. Drupe ovate : nut 2-locular, 2-seeded. 
Lowly shrubs — Name , from cnxeoj bitter. 
