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115.11-31 pinnately compound leaflets, 



deeply toothed, soft-hairy. See #112. 



Cut-leaved Sumac 

 Rhus typhina var. 

 dissect a Rehd. 

 115. Huge leaves with pinnately compound, 

 toothed leaflets, base of main leaf 

 stalk encircling the stem, stalks 

 armed with slender prickles erect at 

 the base of the leaflets. 



Hercules Club 

 Aral la splnosa L. 

 116. Leaf deciduous, small scales, sheathing 

 the stems, grey-green. 



Tamarisk 



Tamarix parvt flora DC. 



116. Leaf firm or leathery, evergreen 117 



117. Leaf a tiny needle, \ inch long, 

 yellow-green, set radially around 

 the stems, low, spreading shrubs, 

 making a heath-like ground cover. 



Broom Crowberry 

 Corema Conradli Torr. 

 117. Leaf linear, 1 inch long, abruptly 

 pointed, dark green above, yellow- 

 green beneath, prominent midrib. 



Yew 



Taxus cuspidata Sieb. 

 & Zucc. 

 117. Leaf J inch long, sharp-pointed, 

 stiff. See #63. 



Genus Junlperus . . . . 118 

 118. Leaves opposite on the twig, 



young trees, 1-2 feet high, the 

 young stage of the Red Cedar. 

 See #63. 



Red Cedar 



Juniperus vtr£lnlana L. 



118. Leaves in 3 ' s on the twig 119 



119. Leaf with white stripe on the 

 upper side, a low, sprawling 

 shrub . 



Ground Junpier 

 Junlperus communis 

 var. depressa Pursh. 



