92 SYNOPSIS OF 



Pistacia lentiscus, L. 



Hab. South of Europe. Asia Minor. North of Africa. 

 Canary Isles. 



Schinus molle, L. 



Vulgo, Arbol de pimenta, Sp. Pepper-tree. 



Hab. America. 



OBS. Introduced. Cultivated extensively in Spain, Italy, and 

 Sardinia. It forms perhaps the most ornamental tree cultivated 

 in Gibraltar. Its graceful foliage, and delicate drooping clus- 

 ters of flowers, succeeded by clusters of red berries, form pic- 

 turesque objects in almost every garden in the south-district. 

 The term molle is not used in reference to any quality of the 

 plant, but is a slight modification of the Peruvian word 

 mulli. The berry tastes like black pepper, hence sometimes 

 called the pepper-tree. 



LEGUMINOS^:, Juss. 

 Spartium junceum, L. /?>077i+- 



Hab. South of Europe, Sicily. North of Africa. Azores. 

 OBS. This species appears to have been introduced into Gibraltar. 



Spartium monospermum, L. 

 Retama monosperma, Boiss. 



Hab. South of Europe, Sicily. North of Africa. Arabia 

 Petraea. Canary Isles. 



OBS. This beautiful single-seeded broom is a graceful plant, 

 cultivated in gardens and in the Alameda. It does not appear 

 to be indigenous to the rock; it is common in the neighbourhood 

 of Tangier. 



Spartium spinosum, L. 

 Hab. South of Europe. 



OBS. Found on the higher parts of the rock. 



