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- plants which Iiave male and female flowers on fepa- 

 rate plants, whofe female flowers have three ftyles, 

 The Species are, 



i. PisTACiA {T^enhinthus) foliis imparl pinnatis, folio- 

 lis fubovaro recurvis. Lin. Mac. Med. 



Plant. 



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454. Sp. 



145. Pifiachia with uneqtid winged leaves-^ whofe 

 lobes arc fcmewhat oval and recurved. I'erebinthus In- 

 dica Theophrafti piftacia Diofcoridis. Adv. 413. T:he 



Tifiachia-tree, 



PisTACiA {Trifolia) foliis fubternatis. Hort. Cliff'. 

 456. Tiftada with trifoliate leaves, Terebinthus, feu 

 piftacia trifolia. T6urn. Infl. 5S0. Tbree-Jeaved Tur- 

 pentinCy or Pifiachia-tree, 



PisTACiA {Narbonenfts) foliis pinnatis ternatifqne, 

 fuborbiculatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1025. Pifiachia with 

 ivif^g^d and trifoliate leaves, which are almofi round. 

 Terebinthus peregrina, frudtu majore, piftaciis fimili, 

 eduli. C. B. P. 400. Tourn. Inft. 579. Foreign Ttir- 

 pentine-tree, with a large eatable fruit like Piftachia,_ 



PisTACiA {Vera) foliis imparl pinnatis, foliolis 

 ovato-lanceolatis. Hort. Cliffy 456. Pifiachia wnth un- 

 equal winged leaves, whofe lobes are oval and fpear- 

 fhaped. Terebinthus vulgaris. C. B. P. "400. 1'he 

 common Turpentine- tree. ^'^' 



5. PisTACiA {Lentifcus) foliis abrupte pinnatis, foliolis 

 lanceolatis. Hort. Cliff. 



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456. 



Pifiachia with abrupt 



Lentif- 



winged leaves, and narrow fpear-fioaped lobes. 

 cus vulgaris. C. B. P. "^^(j. Common Maflick-tree, 

 6, PisTACiA {Majftlienfts) foliis abrupte pinnatis, folio- 

 lis lineari lapceolatis. Pifiachia ' with abrupt winged 

 leaves, and narrow fpear-fl: aped lobes. Lentifcus anguf- 

 tifolia Malfilienfis. H. R. Par.' Narrow-leaved Maffick- 







tree of Marfeilles, :,;"..". .\!^[1,'. 



7. PiSTAciA {Americana) foliis imparl pinnatis, foliolis 

 . lanceolato-ovatis acuminacis.' Pifiachia with unequal 



winged leaves, whofe lobes are fpearfhaped, oval, and 

 f ^acute-pointed. -Terebinthus piftaciEe fuiftu nbn eduli. 

 - ' Plum, Cat. 17. "Turpentine-tree with a fruit like , the 

 \. Pifiachia^ which is not eatable, . ', ^., 



.8. PisTAciA (iS'/w^;7/iJ^) foliis pinnatis deciduis,' foliolis 

 ,'^' oblongo ovatis. Pifiachia with wiftgcd deciduous leaves, 

 V having oblong oval lobes. Terebinthus major, bcrute 



cortice, fructu triangular!. Sloan. Hill. Jam. 2. p. 



89.' tab. 199. Greater Turpentine-tree with a bark like 

 . 'the Birch-tree, and a triangular fruit, commonly called 

 ^, Birch-tree in Jamaica. , ' . . ,r— :^- ' 



*;, The firlt fort is the Pifl:achia-nut-tree, 'wfiofe frmt is 



much Better known in England than tKe tfee,^' This 

 : > grows naturally in Arabia, Perfia, and Syria^' from 



whence the nuts areeenerally broU2;Kt to Europe, In 

 ^ thofe countries it grows to the height of tw^nt^-nve 



or thirty feet ; the bark' of tHe ffein arid old branches' 



are of a dark ruflet colour, but that of the youn^ 



J. branches is of a light brown •, tnefe aregarmlhed with 



- winged leaves, compofed fometimes of two, and at 



\^ others of three, pair of lobes, terminated by an bdd 



;,^,^one; thefe lobes approach toward an oval fhape, and 



.' their edges turn backward; if thefe are bruifed, they 



'^mit an odour like the {hell of the nut.- ^Some of 



» thefe trees produce male flowers, others have female, 



and feme, when old, havejbotlii^on tfie iame tree. The 



n\ate flowers come out from tKe fide of the Branches, 

 J-- in loofe bunches or katkins ; they are of an herbaceous' 



colour, having no petals, but have each.^fiye fmall 



ftamina, crowned by large four-cornered fumrnits^ 



• : filled with farina •, when that is difcharged, the flowers' 



^, fall ofi; The female flowers come out Upon different * 



^'; trees in clufters from the fide of the branches';" thefe 

 have no petals, but have each a large oval mermen, 

 fupporting three reflexed fl:yles \ thefe are fucceeded 

 by oval nuts. - This tree flowers in April,' but the ' 

 fi*uit never ripens in England. , It is propagated by 

 the nuts, which ftiould be planted in Dots filled 



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whon they fliould be placed under a hot-bed frame t(^ 

 fcreen them from the froft in v/inter ; for while they 

 are young, they are too tender to live through the 

 winter in England without proteftion, but they 

 ftiould always be e^ofed to the air in mild weather ; 

 thefe plants ftied their leaves in autumn, fo fliouId 

 not have much wet in winter ; and in the fpring, be- 

 fore the plants begin to flioot, they mufl: be tranf- 

 planted each into a feparate fmall pot ; and if they 

 are plunged into a very moderate hot-bed, it will for- 

 ward their putting out new roots ; but as foon as they . 

 begin to fi^oot, they muft be gradually hardened, and 

 placed abroad again j thefe plants may be kept in 

 pots three or four years till they have got flrength, 

 during which time they fiiould be fhekered in win- 

 ter % and afterward they may be turned out of the 

 pots, and planted in the full ground, fome againft 

 high walls to a v/arm afpeft, and Others in a ftieltered 

 fituation, where they wul bear the cold of cur ordi* 

 nary winters very well, but in fevere frofl:s they are 

 often defl:royed. The trees flov/er and produce fruit 

 in England, but the fummers are not warm enough to 

 ripen the nuts. " 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Sicily and the Le- 

 vant, where it is a tree of a middling fize, covered 

 with a rough brov/n bark, and dividing into many 

 branches, which arc garnilhed with leaves, which for 

 the moft part have three, but fome have four oval 

 lobes ', they flaiia upon long foot-ftalks, and are of 

 li'dark gi-een colour. 'The male flowers grow upon 

 different trees from the female, and are like thofe of 

 tnc former fort, but are of a yellowifli green colour. 

 ' The female flowgfs 6f this foi't I have riot feen, fo can 

 eive no account of them ; thefe are fucceeded by fruit 

 like that of the former, but are much fmaller. This 

 IS propagated by feeds in the lame manner as the for- 

 mer, and the plants ftiould be treated in the fame way, 

 but require Qiore proteftion in winter. There were fe- 

 veral plants of this kind in the Englifti gardens before 

 the year 1740, which had lived abroad fome years 

 againfl: walls, but that fevere winter killed mofl: of 

 them. 



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third fort grows in Italy and the South 

 France,' but is fuppofed to have been tranfplanted 

 .there, from fome other country. This is a tree of a 

 '^ middling fize, covered with a light gray bark, fend- 

 er ing" out many fide branches, which are garniflied with 

 Heaves "which, have fometimes five, and at others but 

 ;/, three roundilh lobes, which ftand upon pretty long 

 XToot-fl:alks, and are of a tignt green colour. ^ .The 

 /"male flowers grow upon fc|)arate trees from the 

 ».fruit, as in the other forts j the fruit of this is fmall, 

 7 but eatable.*"^ This is propagated by nuts in the fame 

 *" way'as the firll, and the plants are equally hardly .^ 

 llVThe fourth fort grov/s naturally iri'BarbaryJ arid alfo. 

 ;"^n Spain,_ Italy,^and the Levant.- .This is a trep of 

 .middling fize, covered with a brown Hark', an^ di- 



^ vidihg into many branches, whofe bark is very fmooth ' 



' while young, garniftied with winged leaves, compofed ' 



of three or four pair of oval fpear-fhaped lobes, ter- 



The flov/ers are male and 

 as the' former : the rfiale 



minated by an odd one. " 

 "'female on differerit tree's. 



: fio^txi of this have purplifli ilamina; they appear in 

 !!^ April, but I have not feen any of the female trees in 

 '/flower. This ispropaSated by feeds, but unlefs they 

 ;^;are fown in\utumn1bori after they are ripe, they fel- 

 "dom grow the fiHl year, but regain in the ground a 

 a: whole y^ear ^ and^ unlefs the^fee^s arc taken from fqch 

 r.trees as grow near the male,^ the feeds will ilotgrow. 



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with light kitchen-garden earth, and plunged into a 

 moderate hot-bed to bring up the plants \ when thefe 

 appear, they fl:iould have a large ftiare of air ad- 

 mitted to them, to prevent their drawing up weak ; 

 and by degrees they muft be hardened to bear the 

 open air, to which they Thould be expofed the be- 

 ginning of June, and may remain abroad till autumn, 



"'as I have fever aTfimes eJcpe'fl^ricedT.^ 



//rhe plants of this fort may be treated in the, fame 



/'.manner as the firft, and are as'Kafdy./"^" There is a tree 

 of' this fort now grbwlrig Tri the gardens ' oFtHe Biftiop 



"of LoMon at Tulham,' againft ^ wall, which was 

 planted there' above fifty years ago, and has endured. 

 the winters without cover; and fome trees of this 

 kind which were plained in the open air, in the gar-- 

 deifi of his Grace the" Duke of Richmond at Good- 



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Wood 111 Suftex, had furvived feveral winters withouc- 



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