Pistacia chine n si s . A very large staminate Chinese 
pietache tree in full flower and surrounded by bamboo canes. 
The buncky panicles are produced in such masses that at a 
distance the trees look as if they were Ail an t hus glandulos a 
in late autumn, vfhen full of fruits. Male trees are invari- 
ably larger than the female ones and seem to be of stronger 
constitution. (Meyer.) 
Neg. No. 13273. near Gho yong, Hupeh, China, April 8, 
1917. 
December 31, I917. 
