. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. n. 2. , L. Bladder-Nut. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5. Ovary 3-3-parted to base, cellsmany ovuled, styles 3-B, rarely free ; stigmas capitate. Capsule stip-itate, bladdery-inflated, 3-3-lobed and celled, the cells splitting at thetip of the ventral suture. Seeds globular, with a bony testa — Shrubswith trefoil or pinnate leaves. S. pinnata, L. 5 Leaflets 5-7, remote, oblong-lanceolate, ser-rulate at base, puberulent at under surface. Racemes terminal, long-ped
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. n. 2. , L. Bladder-Nut. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5. Ovary 3-3-parted to base, cellsmany ovuled, styles 3-B, rarely free ; stigmas capitate. Capsule stip-itate, bladdery-inflated, 3-3-lobed and celled, the cells splitting at thetip of the ventral suture. Seeds globular, with a bony testa — Shrubswith trefoil or pinnate leaves. S. pinnata, L. 5 Leaflets 5-7, remote, oblong-lanceolate, ser-rulate at base, puberulent at under surface. Racemes terminal, long-peduncled, ovate, pendulous. Lobes of capsule connivent — Spring—-^Hedges and shady places ; Amanus and northward. Order XXXIII. ANACARDIACE^E, Eitol. (Cashew Family.) Trees or shrubs, with alternate dotless leaves (usuallypinnate), a resinous or acrid juice, small, often polygamousregular jlowers, a minute, persistent, ZA-fid calyx, petals asnumerous as calyx-loles, inserted oji the calyx,^ valvate, some-times 0, and a l-ceUed 1-ovuled ovary, with 1 or morestigmas or styles— Disk ring-shaped or toras-like. Stamens. 206 ANACARDIACE^. (CASHEW FAMILY.) as many or twice as many as petals. Ovule pendulous or as-cending, with inferior mlcropyle, and usually dorsal free, or surrounded at base by the calyx, usually an in-dehiscent drupe. Petals 5. Juice not PISTACIA. Petals 0. Juice terebinthine. 1. RHUIS, L. Sumach. Simmdq. Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious-polygamous. Calyx 5-fid. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 5, inserted under the orbicular disk. Short styles or stigmas 3. Drupe small, dry, flattened, with a 1-seeded bony pip — Shrubs or small trees, with simple, trefoil, or pinnate leaves. 1. R. Cotiuiis, L. 5 Smoke Plant. 2 to 4, glabrous. LeavessimjiJe, oiovate, entire, glaucous beneath. Panicles large, loose, com-pound, terminal, .2 to .4 long, mcmy of the 2^ecUcels abortive, hairy ;flowers hermaphrodite ; drupe obovate, veined, glabro
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