ANACARDIACE^E 



covered with sticky looking hairs. After the leaves have 

 fallen, the fruits persist and the stiff branches then resemble 

 hot pokers. 



ANACARDIACE^ CASHEW FAMILY 



Rhus glabra, L. 



Green-white Smooth Sumach, Scarlet Sumach, 



Sleek Sumach, Shoemaker Sumach, 



June- August Pennsylvania Sumach, Vinegar Tree, 

 White Sumach, 



Rhus: for derivation see copallina. 

 Glabra: Latin for smooth. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: borders of thickets. 



THE SHRUB: two feet to six feet high, branched; the 

 branches lacking hairs. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; pinnately divided into eleven to 

 thirty-one lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaflets which are 

 dark green above, beneath whitish; sharply saw-toothed; 

 the stem between the leaflets not widened. 



THE FLOWERS: very small, similar to those of the copallina, 

 although the clusters are usually more dense. Sometimes 

 a part of the flower cluster is changed into small leaves. 



THE FRUIT: similar to that of the copallina. 



A shrub or rarely a small tree that grows with the copal- 

 lina and from a distance seems to resemble it, but on closer 

 view one finds that the stem between the leaflets is not 

 widened. 



From the berries a valuable gargle used to be made 

 that was effective also as a mouth wash. The bark, as well 

 as the berries, is astringent. 



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