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MANOTFEFA TNDTCA L. Manro. 
The gum resin , mixed with lime juice or oil, wes used as a cure 
for scabies, and the powdered flowers were used for fumigating mosquitoes. — 
Kirtikar and Basu ( 230 , v. 1, pp. 375-376) • 
PISTACIA LENTISCUS L. Mastic tree. 
Various gums with oils were tested for stability as emulsifiers. 
Mastic gum was unstable.— Ginsburg ( 158 ) . 
•RHUS CANADENSIS March, Synonym: R. aromatica Ait. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
RHUS CORIARIA L. Sumac. 
When grown in proximity to infested vines, sumac destroys phylloxera. — 
Von Mueller (414, p. 461) . 
Negative results were obtained upon testing infusions of the wood 
and leaves against phylloxera on grape vines in Italy.— Floriano ( 141 ) • 
A bag of sumac leaves wbs buried around the base of each apple 
tree infested with the woolly aphid. For some time aphids remained on 
the roots, but a year later they had disappeared, and it was thought 
that the tannin in the leaves killed or repelled them.— Reymond ( 320 ) . 
RHUS GLABRA L. Sumac. 
Extracts from this plant were not repellent to the Japanese beetle. — 
Metzger and Grant ( 277 ). 
RHUS sp. 
Water extracts of the leaves and berries killed only 5 and 20 
percent, respectively, of the mosquito larvae tested.— Hartz ell and 
Wilcoxon ( 188 ). 
SCHINOPSIS sp. Quebracho. 
The commercial extract was an effective repellent against the 
Japanese beetle.— Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) . 
SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM L. 
TOXICODENDRON RADICANS (L.) Kuntze. Synonym: Rhus toxicodendron L. 
Extracts tested in sprays against adult mosquitoes were much in- 
ferior to the standard mosquitocide. — ,Vats and Singh ( 421 ) . 
