SABIACEAE • ANACARDIACEAE 175 



Family 39. SABIACEAE. K (3-5), C4-5, A5, G (2) 



MELIOSMA. Buds without scales. Ls. alternate. Fls. small, yellowish white, 

 in large terminal panicles. Fruit |, a purplish-black berry. 



M. cuneifolia. 20. July. D. Ls. simple, obov., 6, tapering base, toothed, with 



numerous straight veins. Fls. in erect panicles. China. (Fig. 84 d.) 

 M. Veitchiorum. 40. May. D. Branchlets stout, erect. Ls. pinnate, stalk 

 red and warted at lower end; Iflts. ov., 7, deeply veined, teeth few 

 or none, hairless except on midrib below. Fls. in drooping panicles. 

 (Fig. 10 D.) 



Family 40. ANACARDIACEAE. K (3 or more), C3-7 or o, A5-14, G (i) 



PISTACIA. Ls. alternate, pinnate; Iflts. entire. Fls. small, without petals, 

 unisexual, in lateral panicles, sexes on different trees. Fruit \, red to black. 



P. chinensis. Chinese Pistachia. 80. April. D. Lflts. an even number, ov., 



lane, 3 1, spicy-scented. China. (Fig. 11 h.) 



* P. Lentiscus. Mastic Tree. 20. E. Branchlets warted. Lflts. an even 



number, lane, i|, with short abrupt point. Mediterranean region. 



(Fig. 12 D.) 



P. Terebifithus. Chian Turpentine Tree. 30. D. Lflts. an odd number, ov., 



2, dark glossy green, hairless, resin-scented. South Europe. (Fig. 9 H.) 



RHUS. Sumach. Ls. alternate. Fls. small, yellow or greenish, 5-parted, in 

 terminal or axillary panicles. Fruit a berry. 



(a) Ls. simple 



R. cotinoides {Cotinus americanus). Chittam Wood. 15. June. D. Ls. obov., 

 5, entire, tapering gradually to base, long-stalked. Fls. greenish yellow, 

 in thin panicles or racemes. Fruiting panicles inconspicuous. South 

 United States. (Fig. 117 f.) 



R. Cotinus {Cotinus coggyria). Venetian Sumach, Smoke Tree. 12. June- 

 July. D. Ls. ov., 3, entire, rounded or notched at apex, tapering abruptly 

 to base, hairless, strong smelhng. Fls. in broad flesh-coloured to smoky 

 grey panicles. Fruiting panicles conspicuous with long, spreading 

 purplish hairs. South Europe. {R. Cotinus of Himalayas is downy on 

 under side of Is.) (Fig. 117 e.) 



Variety atropurpurea. Ls., branchlets, and fls. purple. 

 Variety pendula. Branches drooping. 



{h) Ls. compound 



R. canadensis (JR. aromatica). Fragrant Sumach. 3. March-April. D. Ls. 



3-fol.; lflts. ov., 2-J-, coarsely toothed, aromatic. Fruit round, red, hairy. 



North America. (Fig. 2 f.) 

 R. copallina. Shining Sumach. 30. July-August. D. Ls. pinnate; lflts. ov., 



lane, 4, entire or with a few teeth near apex, glossy above, downy belo\y, 



common stalk winged. Fls. greenish, in dense terminal panicles. Fruit 



crimson, hairy. East United States. (Fig. 10 G.) 

 R. glabra. Smooth Sumach. 12. August. D. Branchlets hairless, glaucous. 



