Eastern Anacardium: A genus of the angiosperma order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 40th order, Perforata. Thy calyx is quinquepartite; the corolla is bilabiated, the upper lip squa-

red; the capsule is leathery, romb-like, and monospermous. There are two species; the tomentosa or downy, and the nitida or shining. The seeds of the first are said to be the Malacca beans formerly kept in the shops (though this is doubtful), the kernels of which were eaten as almonds. The plant producing the Malacca bean, as it is called, is rather thought to be the Bontia Germinans.