- 115 QUASSIADS, 
3. R. Cotinus Linneeus—(Venetian Sumac. Wie Tres.) Fig. 169. 
Leaves simple, obovate; branches of the panicle sterile, becoming covered 
__ with long hairs. 
Habitat. South of Europe. 
Quality. Wood astringent, dyes yellow. 
Uses, As a dye under the name of Young Fustie. 
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170 
Natural Order, Quasstaus ; Simarubacee 
(V. K., p. 477.) 
Prevailing Quality. Bitter, narcotic. 
Quassta. Linneeus. 
Flower. $ hermaphrodite. Stamens 10, longer 
__ than the petals, Drupes 5. 
Q amara Linneus.—(SuRINAM QUASSIA.) 
_ ‘Fig. 170, 
Leaves unequally pinnate, with a broad-winged 
hted petiole; racemes terminal; flowers 
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