[828] The “sharp-leaved” cedar. The Juniperus oxycedrus of Linnæus.
[829] The “Pinus cedrus” of Linnæus. The name “cedrus” was given by the ancients not only to the cedar of Lebanon, but to many others of the Coniferæ as well, and more particularly to several varieties of the juniper.
[830] See B. xxxvi. c. 4.
[831] Pistacia terebinthus of Linnæus.
[832] These varieties, Fée says, are not observed by modern naturalists.
[833] Garidel has remarked, that the trunk of this tree produces coriaceous vesicles, filled with a clear and odoriferous terebinthine, in which pucerons, or aphides, are to be seen floating.
[834] “Rhus.” The Rhus coriaria of Linnæus. Pliny is wrong in distinguishing this tree into sexes, as all the flowers are hermaphroditical, and therefore fruitful.
[835] It is still used by curriers in preparing leather.
[836] See B. xxiv. c. 79. The fruit, which has a pleasant acidity, was used for culinary purposes by the ancients, as it is by the Turks at the present day.
[837] The Ficus sycamorus of Linnæus. It receives its name from being a fig-tree that bears a considerable resemblance to the “morus,” or mulberry-tree.