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3. P. mutica, Fisch. et Mey. 5 l^- Leaves deciduous, odd- 

 pinnate, witli margined petiole^ and 2-4 pairs of puberulent, oblong to 

 ovate-oblong, .03 to .05 long, obtuse, muticous leaflets. Fruiting 

 panicles straight, stilf ; drupe .004 long, obovate, flattened, apiculate 



— Spring — North of Jerusalem. Probably introduced from Asia 

 Minor, where it is indigenous. 



4. P. leiitiscii§, L. 5 Mastich. MastiTc. 1 to 3 ; shrubby. 

 Leaves ^(?m«^^e7i^, abruptly-pinnate, yvith icmged 2^^tiole, and 3-5-pairB 

 of .02 to .03 long, leathery, obloDg-lanceolate to obovate, obtuse, 

 mucronulate leaflets. Fruiting panicles small, stifE ; drupe .003 long, 

 globular-obovate, somewhat flattened, obliquely apiculate — Spring and 

 early summer — Copses and rocky hillsides ; common along coast 

 and lower hills. It furnishes the mastich of commerce. 



To this order belongs the Pepper Tree, Shajaret el Filful, Schinus 

 molle, L., extensively cultivated as an ornamental tree, also Sch. 

 terebinthifolia, L., a small tree, resembling Pistacia Terebinthus. 

 Order XXXIV. MORINCJE^E, (Ban Family). 

 jShruhs or small trees with irregular^ Jiermaphrodite 

 flowers^ a ^-jMrted calyx with imbricated lohes^ the fifth 

 posterior, 6 petals imtricated in the hud, alternate loith the 

 calyx lobes, inserted on the tube, per igy nans, a disk liimig the 

 calyx-tube, 10 stamens inserted at margin of dish, perigy- 

 nous, the iipper 5 larger, anther hearing, the lower ^filiform, 

 afree,stipitate, l-celled ovary, with ?t^pjarietal placentcE, and 

 a cylindrical-prisinatic, Z-^-angled, leahed-, l-celled, Z-valved 

 capsule — Ovules numerous, pendulous, anatropous, with a 

 ventral raphe. Style declined, with truiicate apex. Seeds 

 exalbuminous, with straight embryo, and short, superior 

 radicle. 



MORIKTOA, Juss. MoBiNaA. Ban. 



Small trees with the above-characters, odd-bipinnate leaves, 

 destitute of stipules, and broad, axillary panicles. 



M. aptera, Gaertn. 5 4 to 8, glaucescent. Primary ribs of 

 leaves 3 pairs, rush-like, with remote, petiolulate, oblong, obtuse 

 leaflets. Pods .2 long, with 3, rounded angles and 6 grooves — Spring 



— Hot valleys about Dead Sea, and southward to Sinai. An aromatic 

 oil is prepared from the seeds. 



DIVISION 111. CALYClFLORyE. 



Sepals more or less united. Disk, into which the sta- 

 mens are inserted, adnate to calyx-tube, free from ovary, or 

 calyx adherent to ovary, bearing the stamens. Petals 

 generally as many as sepals, or by abortion fewer, inserted at 

 apex of calyx-tube or the disk lining it, sometimes 0. Stamens 

 various, inserted at the margin or the inner face of the disk. 

 Ovary united, or separating into carpels, during flowering 

 usually inferior, or included in calyx-tube. 



Sect. I. Poiypetalse. Petals nearly or quite free. 



