AKBOKI.Tl'M AND I'll UTICKTI'M. 



PART III. 



N. l)u Ham., 

 our '*,'> '--"- " 



\Vati. Dfiul. Urit.,t. 13d.; Blackw , t. 



Plenck. Icon. 



Sj)ec. Char., iVr. Leaf villose, of 

 5 7 pairs of leaflets, and the odd 

 one ; leaflets elliptical, and toothed 

 with large and blunt teeth. The 

 petiole smooth at the tip, a little 

 margined. (Dec. I J rod., ii. p. 07.) 

 A native of sunny rocky spots in 

 the south of 

 Europe, from 

 Portugal to 

 v Tauria. Fruit 

 villose. (Ibid.) 



Description t ti(<\ 



The general habit 

 of this plant re- 

 sembles that, of If. 



t vphina ; but it is much smaller in all its parts. The leaflets are about 2 in. long, 

 ami .', in. wide, of a pale green, serrated, and in general appearance resembling 

 the leaves of the common elm. The flowers are in large loose panicles, of a 

 \\hitish green; and they appear in July, but are seldom followed by seeds in 

 England. The seeds are used at Aleppo, ground into powder, as a provocative 

 to appetite, as mustard is in Britain. The plant is a native of the south of 

 Europe and the north of Africa, and it appears to have been introduced into 

 England in 1040. In British gardens, this species is not uncommon. Plants, 

 in London, co.^t l.v. ()d. each; at Bollwyller, 1 franc. 



1). A'. 



COPALI.I'NA Lin. 



Mastich-trce-leavcd 



Dec. Prod., '>. p. tis. ; 

 , t. :i41. ; Pluk. Aim., p. 



's Mill., L>. p.T-2. 

 f. 1. ; and our Jig. 2<-<. 



Leaf glabrous above, a little pilose beneath, of 5 7 pairs 

 of leaflets, and the odd one; leaflets lanceolate and entire. Petiole winged 



and jointed. Root stoloniferous. 

 (Dec. I'ru(l. y li. p. OS.) 



Flowers yellow u;reen. Sexes dioecious. 



I'aruii/. 



R. c. 'I It 

 Flower 



cnnl/ifi .inc. Hort. Schon., t. :>4^. Root not stoloniferous. 

 \\hitish. Panicles more contracted than in the species. 

 n, AT. The leaves and 



Dcscrtpl , 



veneral habit of the plant are those 

 '..f If. t vphina, but it seldom grows to 

 the hei'ulit of more than 4 ft. or .5ft. 

 The branches are smooth, and the 

 leaflets entire with acute points ; 

 they are linht green on both sides, 

 and in autumn change to a fine pur- 

 pie. The petiole, as in It. ( oriaria, 

 i- somewhat winged towards its tip, 

 uhich, with other circumstances, in- 

 duces us to think that they may both 

 be \;irietie> of the same sptcie-. 

 /'. i'0|)aHina is found in dr\ fields 

 and \\oods, particularly in sandy 

 voil, from New Jersey to Carolina. 

 The leaves are HM-d as tobacco by 

 the Indians of the Missouri and the 

 Mississippi. Tin- species \\as intro- 



