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times a rich dull carmine. Fruit small, globulose, apiculate, red, then black when 

 ripe. This plant (Lentisc in Eng.) yields the resin known as " mastic ". 

 Very common in dry places and rocky woods in the littoral. April-May. 



P. Terebinthus L. Te're'binthe. Shrub of 2-5 yds. with a strong resinous 

 smell. Leaves imparipinnate, deciduous. Leaflets 5-11, lanceolate, large, 

 slightly leathery. Shining above, dull and pale below. Petiole not winged. 

 Flowers in compound spikes. Fruit small, subglobular, red then brown. 



Limestone hill-sides and rocks ; much less common than the Lentisc, and 

 rarely descending to the coast. April. 



Schinus molle, the Californian Pepper-tree, so often planted for ornament, 

 belongs to this family. 



RHUS L. 



R. Cotinus L.. Shrub of 1-3 yds., very glabrous, smelling of turpentine. 

 Leaves simple, oboval, glaucous and dull on both sides, petioled. Flowers 

 yellowish, in terminal, compound panicles becoming feathery at maturity. 



Woods, hill-sides, and arid slopes in the lower mountains. May-June. 



R. CoriariaL. Sumac. Shrub of 1-3 yds., downy above, juice milky. Leaves 

 imparipinnate ; leaflets 7-15, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, thick, velvety. Flowers 

 whitish, in compact, long, erect spikes. Drupe subglobular compressed, very 

 hairy, purple brown at maturity, not plumose. 



Dry, stony slopes and railway banks. June-August. 



SIMARUBACE^. 

 CNEORUM L. (sometimes place in ANACARDIACEjE). 



C. trlcoccum L. (Plate IX). A small shrub 2-4 ft. high, erect, glabrous. 

 Leaves leathery, shining, persistent, entire, oblong, sessile, i nerved. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, deep yellow, 1-3 in the axils of the upper leaves. Petals 3-4, 

 much shorter than the calyx. Stamens 3-4. Style i, short with 3-4 stigmas. 

 Fruit a dry drupe, greenish-black when ripe, divided into 3. This is the only 

 representative in Europe of a family ordinarily tropical or sub-tropical. Prof. 

 Penzig says it is perhaps a relic of the Tertiary flora of Europe, when the climatical 

 conditions were different from those to-day, represented by types of plants now 

 confined to hotter regions. 



Dry rocky places in the littoral, here and there in les Alpes-Maritimes, west 

 of the R. Roja, as near Menton, Monaco, Nice, and Antibes. April-June. 



Sub-division III. CALYCIFLOR^. 



LEGUMINOS^:. 

 A. ANOMAL/E. Stamens free, not united by the filaments. 



Stamens 10, free. Flowers red CERCIS. 



Stamens 10, free. Flowers yellow ANAGYRIS. 



Stamens 5, free. Corolla o CERATONIA. 



B. Stamens more or less united into a tube by the filaments. 



Series i. Leaves i or $foliolate, without tendrils. 



Tribe I. GENISTE^E. Shrubs. Leaves o, i or 3-foliolate. Leaflets entire. 

 Filaments all united. Pods 2 valved. (See Lupinus.) 



Calyx i lipped, like a spathe SPARTIUM. 



Calyx tubular, with 5 short teeth ; plants spiny CALYCOTOME. 



Calyx shortly 2 lipped, lips deeply toothed GENISTA. 



Calyx shortly 2 lipped, lips minutely toothed CYTISUS, 



Calyx 2 lipped, the upper lip with 2 deep lobes ADENOCARPUS. 



Calyx deeply 2 lipped, coloured. Leaves spiny ULEX. 



Calyx scarious, very short ; 2 spreading lips. Style long SAROTHAMNUS. 



Calyx deeply 2 lipped. Pod large, leaves digitate (more than 3 leaflets), mostly 

 annual, herbaceous plants LUPINUS. 



