29133. PHYTOLACCA ACIN- 

 OSA. v&r. esmlenta. A perennial found 

 wild only in moist mo sm tain forest 

 undergrowth in Japan. Tl.s leaves 

 Lire eaten boiled in iniso soug by the 

 native rural people ; the root is some- 

 what poisonous and is used as a drug 

 by the herb medical school ; the ber- 

 ries are not edible. 



PISTACIA VERA. Pistache, 

 Small tree, 20 feet high, native of 

 Mediterraneanregion andQrient,pro- 

 duces the pistachio nuts of commerce, 

 having green flesh and peculiar flavor, 

 much used In confectionery and flavor- 

 ing. 



PISTACIA CHINENSIS, Pistache. 



Tall deciduous, dioecious tree, strik- 

 ingly ornamental, with large pinnate 

 leaves, wine-red when young, chang- 

 ing to vivid green hi summer and 

 flaming scarlet aud'yellow in fail. 

 Berries inedible. Highly nceommeud- 

 ed as a shade and ornamental tree. 



32946c PO P AC H AENIUM 

 E !vi I MEMS. From Prof. Alwin Ber- 



fir, La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy, 

 tall, composite shrub, native of 

 southern Mexicoand Central America, 

 highly esteemed on account of the 

 large, sweet-scented foliage and lax 

 terminal corymbs of daisy-like heads 

 with white ray flowers. 



23476. PISTACIA TEREBIN- 

 TH US PALESTINA. Melengish. 

 From H. H. Bakkalian, Aintab, Cen- 

 tral Turkey. Small tree, useful as a 

 source for terpentine. Bears very 

 showy clusters of small fruits which 

 become red as they ripen, covering the 

 tree, # Introduced as a possible stock 

 for Pistacia vera. 



22861. rapUJLUS SP. 



From Frank Meyer, ¥/utaishan,Chlna. 



White-barked poplar, growing at 

 high altitudes and valuable for sand 

 binding. Frequently planted along 

 ravines to prevent erosion and dam- 

 age to lands below. Suggested for 

 similar use and avenue planting in 

 this country- The young bark of the 

 tree is green. 



