118 Class V. Order III. 



SAMBUCUS PUBESCENS. MX. P articled Elder. 



Bark verrucose ; pairs of leafets two, oval- lanceo- 

 late, subpubescent underneath ; cymes panicled. 



A smaller shrub than the preceding. Leaves pinnate. Lea- 

 fets rive, lanceolate, sharply serrate and acuminate. Flowers 

 white, in a panicle, with opposite, divaricated branches. Calyx 

 teeth acute, spreading. Segments of the corolla oval, revolute. 

 Stamens inserted on the corolla. Style very short, ending in 

 three brownish stigmas. 



Common in Vermont and the interior of New-England, though 

 I have not seen it near the sea coat. It is hardly to be distin- 

 guished in the dried specimen, from S. racemosa of Europe. 



128. RHUS. 



RHUS GLABRUM. L. Smooth Sumach. 



Glabrous ; leaves pinnate, of many pairs, leafets 

 lance-oblong, serrate, whitish underneath, flowers 

 dio3cious. 



A common species of Sumach found about fences and borders 

 of fields. Petioles and leaves unarmed and smooth. The flow- 

 ers are dioecious. Barren panicle much larger and spreading. 

 Petals twice as long as the calyx, subacule, green. Stamens 

 five, with oblong green anthers, and the rudiments of three 

 styles. Fertile panicle more crowded ; corolla about as long as 

 the calyx, green; germ reddish with three styles. The leaves 

 of this and the two following species are astringent and used in 

 tanning. Berries crimson, astringent, and acid. June, July. 



RHUS TYPHINUM. LJ. Stag's Horn or Velvet Sumach. 



Branches and petioles hairy ; leaves pinnate, of 

 many pairs, hairy underneath ; leafets lance-oblong, 

 sharply serrate ; flowers dioecious. 



A larger species than the last ; its leafstalks and young 

 branches covered with thick bristly hair. Bunches of berries 

 crowded, purple, velvet like. This species is also dioecious. 

 In low ground. June. 



The bark and leaves give out a milky juice on being broken, 

 both in this and the other species. 



