TKREBINTHACE^. RhuS. 



ORD. XXXVI TEREBINTHACEiE 



Juss. Gen. 388. — AmcardiacecB Endl. 



Flores polygamo-dioici rariiis hermaphroditi. Calyx minutus per- 

 sistens 3-7-fidus. Disciis seepius annularis rarius toriformis. Petala 

 segmentis calycis numero tequalia calyci inserla valvata interdum 

 nulla. Stamina spepissime petalis numero dupla rarius sequalia, eis 

 alterna. Ovarium (in nostris) uniloculare uniovulatum. Stign^a 1 vel 

 plura. Ovulum pendulum vel ascendens , micropyle infera raphe 

 ssepius dorsali. Fructus superus liber vel basi caiycis cinctus sfepius 

 drupaceus indehiscens. Semen exalbuminosum. — Arbores vel fru- 

 tices foliis alternis. 



RHUS (L. Gen. 379). 



Flores hermaphroditi vel polygamo-dioici. Calyx parvus 5-hdus. 

 Petala 5 patentia. Stamina 5 sub disco orbiculari inserta. Ovariura 

 uniloculare, styli tres breves vel stigmata tria sessilia. Drupa parva 

 exsucca compressa putamine osseo monospermo. Semen inversum, 

 cotyledones foliacese, commissura supra earum commissuram inflexa 

 pleurorrhizea. — Frutices foliis alternis simplicibus vel 3-plurifolio- 

 latis. 



1. R. Cotinus (L. Sp. 383) fruticosa glabra, foliis simplicibus 

 obovatis obtusis integris subtus glaucis, paniculis magnis compositis 

 terminalibus, pedicellis pluribus demum abortivis auctis hirtisque, 

 floribus liermaphroditis, drupa obovata venosa glabra nucleo trian- 

 gulari 5. Ic. Jacq. Austr. tab. 210. 



Hab. in montosis Peloponnesi (Bory, Heldr!), Bseotise (Heldr!), Albaniae et 

 Thracise (Griseb.), Bithyniae et Paphlagoniae (Wiedem !), Pisidife (Tchih!), 

 Lycioc (Forbes), CilicitE montana; (Bal!), Syrise bor. in monte Ssoffdagh 

 (Haussk !), Tauriae, Gaucasi et prov. Transcaucasicarum (Ledeb.), Armenise 

 Rossicse (Szow!). — Turcice Sumak, Tatarice Sarujaprach. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa australis a Gallia, Helvetia et Germania australibus ad 

 Rossiam austi-alem 



2. R. Coriaria (L. Sp. 379) fruticosa , foliis impari-pinnatis 5-7 

 jugis subtus copiosius villosis foliolis ellipticis grosse serratis, pani- 

 cuiis densis terminalibus- thyrsoideis, floribus poiygamis, drupa glo- 

 boso-reniformi umbilicata villosa 5- Ic Fl. Grsec. tab. 290. 



Hab. inmontosis aridis, Peloponnesi inMesseni4(BoryI), Macedonia; (Friv. 

 Orphl), Bithyniae (Sibth.!) Lydise (Fleisch!) Anatolite in pluribus locis 



