( 1967 ) 
Pistacita Lentiscus. Common Mastick-. : 
TREE. 
Seite de edock die deck deh ade 
Class and Order. 
Diacra PEenranpria. 
Generic Character. ~ 
Mase. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 0. : 
Fem. Cal. 3-fidus. Cor.0. Styli 3. Drupa 1-sperma, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pistacta Lentiscus ; foliis abrupte pinnatis: foliolis lanceo» 
latis octonis, petiolo alato.—Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 753. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 382. ~ . gate 
Pistacia Lentiscus; foliis abrupte pinnatis: foliolis lanceo- 
Jatis. Sp. Pl. 1455. Reich. 4. p. 247. Hort. Cliff. 
_ 456. Woodv. Med. Bot. 412. Desf. Atl. v. 2. p. 365 
Lentiscus vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 339. Matthioli Kreuterb. 
19. C. Du Ham. Arb.1 p, 354. t. 136. Jonston Dendrogr, 
297. t. 84. : 
Lenriscus: Clus. Hisp. 84. t. 85.—Hist.1. p. 14. Dod. 
pempt. 871. Camer. Epit. 50. fig. bona. Bauh. Hist. 
1. pars ¥. p. 285. Lob. ic. 2. 96. Ger. emac. 1432. 
Park. Theatr. 1524. 1. Raj. Hist. 1579. Blackw. 
Herb. 1. t. 195. ee | 
LEnTisgus. Tournef. Voy. 1. p. 375. Regn. Bot. 
_ The Pistacia Lentiscus, of which our figure represents a 
male plant, is a native of the South of Europe and the Levant. 
ESFONTAINES says that it is very common in Barbary, both 
wild and cultivated, but he observes that it produces no 
astick, though the wood gives out an aromatic scent in 
burning. Both there and in Spain an oil is extracted a 
