Rhus pcntaphylla, (Jacq.) Desf. Rhus tripartita, (Ucria) Grande Cotinus Miller Cotinus coggygria, Scop. Pistacia L. Pistacia atlantica, Desf. Pistacia vera, L.

3. R. pcntaphylla (Jacq.) Desf. View in CoL , Fl. Atl. 1: 267 (1798).

Thorny tree up to 7 m. Bark of twigs grey, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves digitate; leaflets 3-5, up to 2 cm, oblanceolate to obtriangular, entire to shallowly lobed, most often 3-dentate at apex; petioles winged in upper half. Inflorescence axillary, slender, littlebranched, almost raceme-like, shorter than the leaves. Sepals ovate; petals ovate, pale yellow. Drupe with 3 tubercles at apex, red. Dry calcareous places. Sicilia. Si. (A. Africa.)

4. R. tripartita (Ucria) Grande View in CoL , Bull. Orto Bot. Napoli 5: 62 (1918).

Like 3 but bark of twigs brown; all leaves with 3 leaflets; leaflets entire or with 2-3 teeth on each side; inflorescence obviously paniculate; petals greenish. Dry places. Sicilia. Si. {N. Africa, S. W. Asia.)

2. Cotinus Miller 1

Like Rhus but leaves simple and entire; buds with several imbricatescales; pedicels in fruit long, slender, with long, patent hairs; styles lateral.

1. C. coggygria Scop. View in CoL , FI. Carn. ed. 2, 1: 220 (1772)

{ Rhus cotinus L. ).

Rounded, glabrous shrub up to 5 m. Leaves 3-8 cm, ovate or obovate, glaucous; petioles not winged. Inflorescence 15-20 cm, terminal, with long, slender branches. Pedicels numerous, many without fruits, all plumose. Drupe 3-4 mm, reniform. Dry rocky slopes. S. Europe, from S.E. France eastwards, and extending northwards to S.E. Czechoslovakia and C. Ukraine. Al Au Bu Cr Cz Ga Gr He Hu It Ju Rm Rs (W, K, E) Tu [Ge Hs].

3. Pistacia L. 1

Dioecious trees or shrubs with resinous bark. Buds with several scales. Leaves pinnate, occasionally some reduced to 1 leaflet. Flowers in lateral panicles. Petals absent. Stamens 3-5. Placentation basal.

1 Petioles glabrous

2 Leaves imparipinnate;panicles withlongbranches1. terebinthus 2 Leaves paripinnate; panicle spike-like 4. lentiscus 1 Petioles pubescent or puberulent

3 Leaves coriaceous; drupe c. 5 mm 2. atlantica 3 Leaves thin; drupec.25mm 3. vera

1. P. terebinthus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1025 (1753).

Small deciduous tree or shrub up to 5 m. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets usually 2—8 -5—1 x 3 -5 cm, 3-9, ovate to obovate or oblong, mucronate, coriaceous; rhachis not winged; petioles glabrous. Inflorescence with long branches. Flowers brownish. Drupe 5-7 x 4-6 mm, obovoid, compressed, apiculate, at first reddish, becoming brown. Dry, open woods and rocky, usually calcareous slopes. Mediterranean region, Portugal. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.

2. P. atlantica Desf. View in CoL , FI. Atl. 2: 364 (1799)

(P. mutica Fischer & C. A. Meyer). Like 1 but leaflets lanceolate, obtuse, not mucronate; petioles puberulent; rhachis narrowly winged. N.E. Greece; Turkey-in-Europe; Krym. Gr Rs (K) Tu.

3. P. vera L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1025 (1753).

Like 1 but leaflets 1-3, thin, puberulent when young; petioles pubescent; rhachis scarcely winged; drupe c. 25 mm. Cultivated for its edible seeds in S. Europe and perhaps locally naturalized. [?Ga?Gr?Hs?Si.] {Temperate Asia.)

4. P. lentiscus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1026 (1753).

Small evergreen tree or shrub 1-8 m. Leaves paripinnate; leaflets 1-5 x 0-5-1 -5 cm, (4-)8-12, lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous; rhachis broadly winged; petioles glabrous. Inflorescence compact, spike-like. Flowers yellowish or purplish. Drupe c. 4 mm, globose, apiculate, red becoming black. Dry open woods and scrub. Mediterranean region, extending to Portugal. Al BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.

P. x raportae Burnat , FI. Alp. Marit. 2: 54 (1896) ( P. lentiscus x terebinthus ) occurs locally in France, Italy, Sardegna and, perhaps, Portugal.