tubescens, 
typhinum, 
viridiflorum, 3. R. glabriusculum ; foliis pinnatis multijugis, foliolis lan- — 
pumilum. 
PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Sambucus. 
In swamps and near hedges: Canada to Carolina. h. 
June, July. v.v. Berries dark purple or black. 
2. S. cortice verrucoso, foliolis 2-jugis ovali-lanceolatis sub- 
tus pubescentibus, cymis confertis racemosis.— Mich, ` 
Ji. amer. 1. p. 181... 
, On the highest mountains from Canada to Carolina. 
b. July. v.v. Berries red; resembles S. racemosa 
^ very much. . 
262. RHUS. Gen. pl. 502. 
1. R. subarborescens ; ramis petiolisque villosissimis, foliis 
pionatis multijugis, foliolis lanceolato-oblongis argute 
serratis subtus subtomentosis.— Willd, sp. pl. 1. 
p. 1478. | 
Icon. Duham. 2. t. 47. 
In rocky dry situations : Canada to Virginia. h . July, 
Aug. v.v. The purple velvety berries appear imn 
large close clusters. 
2. R. undique glabrum; foliis pinnatis multijugis, foliolis 
.. lanceolato-oblongis serratis subtus albicantibus, fructi- 
bus holosericeis.— Willd, sp. pl. 1. p. 1478. 
P. R. elegans. Ait. kew. 1. p. 162, Catesb. car. appen. t. 4. 
Icon. Dill. elth, t. 243. f. 314. — Catesb. car. 3. t. 4. 
Common in old fields and along fences : New England 
to Carolina, h. July, Aug. v. v. Berries red; 
flowers greenish-red ; in var, £. scarlet. 
ceolato-oblongis serratis sabtus subtomentosis, racemis 
erectis herbaceis.— Lam. encycl. 7. p. 504. — 
R. canadense. Mill. dict. no. 5. De 
On the edges of woods, in dry sunny situations : Pen- 
sylvania and Virginia. h. July, Aug. v.v. Flowers — 
yellowish-green ; probably not much more than ava" — 
.  Tietyof the foregoing species, — — m ee 
4. R. humile; ramis petiolisque pubescentibus, foliis pin- — 
natis multijugis, foliolis ovalibus vix acuminatis aut 
muticis inciso-dentatis subtus tomentosis, fructibus - 
holosericeis, Mich. fl. amer. 1. p.182. — — 
In Upper Carolina. h. July. v. s. in Herb. Lyon. 
(0v. V. in eren ne above a foot high : iine | 
poisonous of the genus, according to information - 
from Mr. J. tja, Who. by collecting the seed of hs 
this species, got poisoned all over his body, and we o 
_ lamed for a considerable time, — 7 
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