The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . oth north andsouth of the equator, but not known to oc-cur in Australia. Pistacia,and some kindsof Bhxis, inhabit temperate the products of the order are theMango fruit, and that called in the WestIndies the Hog Plum; the nuts namedPistachios and Cashews, the Black Varnishof Burmah and elsewhere, Mastich, Fustic,&c. These varnishes are extremely acrid,and produce dangerous consequences topersons who use them incautiously. SeeMelanoeehcea, Mangifeea,
The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . oth north andsouth of the equator, but not known to oc-cur in Australia. Pistacia,and some kindsof Bhxis, inhabit temperate the products of the order are theMango fruit, and that called in the WestIndies the Hog Plum; the nuts namedPistachios and Cashews, the Black Varnishof Burmah and elsewhere, Mastich, Fustic,&c. These varnishes are extremely acrid,and produce dangerous consequences topersons who use them incautiously. SeeMelanoeehcea, Mangifeea, Spondias,Rhus, Anacaedium, Schinus, &c. ANACARDITTM. A genus of woodyplants, from which the family to which theybelong derives its systematic name, Ana-cardiacece. The plants of this group arechiefly remarkable for their kidney-shapedfruit, which is placed on the end of thethickened fleshy pear-like receptacle. , a plant cultivated in the WestIndies and other tropical countries, pro-duces the fruits known as Cashew is a large tree, somewhat like a walnut-tree in appearance, but with oval, blunt,. Anacardium occidentale. alternate leaves; the fragrant rose-colouredflowers are borne in panicles. The stemfurnishes a milky juice, which, as it dries,becomes black and hard, and is used as avarnish. A gum is also secreted by thisplant, having qualities like those of gum ANAC Ctye QLxckSutv of JSntanp. 58 arabic. It is imported into this countryfrom S. America, under the name of Cadjiigum, and is used in S. America by book-hinders, who wash their books with it, tokeep away moths and ants. The thickenedreceptacle has an agreeable acid flavour,with some degree of astringency; the fruitat its extremity is kidney-shaped, of anash colour; the shell of the fruit consistsof three layers, the outer and inner ofwhich are hard and dry, but the interme-diate layer contains a quantity of black,extremely acrid, caustic oil, which givesrise to severe excoriation of the lips andt
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