H2 A nacardiacetz Rh^ls. 



inflorescence. This and the next are the only species commonly 

 cultivated in this country. A native of the South of Europe. 

 It furnishes the dye called Young Fustic. 



2. R.typhlna. Stag's-horn Sumach. This is the commonest 

 species in gardens, and spreads very rapidly by suckers. It is 

 a handsome shrub or small tree with large hairy pinnate leaves 

 and densely hairy thick shoots. Leaflets 9 to 25, glaucous 

 beneath, sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, deeply serrate, the veins 

 prominent below and as well as the main rachis clothed with 

 fulvous hairs. Flowers greenish yellow or red, in dense 

 clusters. A native of North America, eminently suited for 

 planting near the sea. 



3. R. glabra, syn. R. elegans. Similar to the last, with 

 glabrous somewhat glaucous leaves, whitish beneath. The 

 berries are bright red, and a variety in which they are unusually 

 brightly coloured is called coccinea. A native of North America. 



R. succedanea and R. vernix are Japanese species of 

 recent introduction with handsome pinnate leaves. R. Toxi- 

 eodendron. Poison Ivy. is a very venomous North American 

 species, half-scandent in habit, with trifoliolate leaves and white 

 berries. 



2. PISTACIA. 



Small trees or shrubs abounding in resinous secretions, with 

 pinnate leaves, with or without a terminal leaflet, or sometimes 

 trifoliolate, and small apetalous dioecious flowers in axillary 

 clusters. Fruit a dry 1 -seeded drupe. There are about six 

 species, from the Mediterranean region and Mexico. The name 

 is an altered form of the Arabic appellation. The Mastich 

 and Turpentine trees require protection in this country, but 

 as they possess no ornamental features, they are rarely seen in 

 any except botanic gardens. Several species furnish galls, 

 employed in dyeing. 



P. Lentiscus. Mastich. A small tree with paripinnate 

 evergreen leaves and a winged petiole. A native of the shores 

 of the Mediterranean Sea. P. vera. Pistachio Nut. A de- 

 ciduous-leaved species. Leaves composed of 2, 3, or 5 ovate 

 leaflets. This is extensively cultivated in the South of Europe 

 for its edible nuts. P. Terebinthus. Turpentine Tree. Leaves 

 imparipinnate ; leaflets about 5, lanceolate. Also from the 

 Mediterranean region. 



