352 PENTANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. sambucus. 



p. 328. R 67)1. <^ Schult. VI. p. 641. \ . pubescens 

 Per*. %J. I.p. 328. P w r 5 /i /7. 1. p. 204. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 368. 



A shrub 6—8 feet \\\?\\ ', branches often tuberculate. Leaves 

 simply pinnate ; leaflets 3 pairs, with an odd one, oval or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, much acuminate, acutely serrate. Cyme or 

 panicle pyramidal, denue, naked. Flowers white. Berries 

 small, red. 



Hab. On mountains. Canada to Carolina. Not found in New- 

 York below the Highlands. June. 



217. RHUS. L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Berry small, subglo- 

 bose, with one bony seed. Gen. pi. 502. Nutt. 

 Ge?i. I. p. 203. Ju s s. p. 369. L a m. III. t. CC VII. 

 iiocm. y Schult. Gen. 1230. Nat. Ord. TERE- 

 fi i n t a c e /e 7 z^ ^ ^. Sumach. 



* Leaves pinnate. 



\ . R. glabrwn L. : leaflets lanceolate, smooth, acuminate, 

 acutely serrate, whitish beneath 5 flowers perfect ; fruit downy. 

 Wi 1 1 d. Spec, f . p. 1 478. jM i c h. Fl. I. p. 182. Pursh 

 P/. I. p. 204. Big. Bost.Yt.li. Elliott Sk.\.^.oQ>\. 

 Walt. Car. p. 255. R em. <^ Sc hu 1 1. Y\. p.Gid. DHL 

 Elth. t. 243. f. 3 1 3. Co Id. J^oveb. G3. 



A shrub 6 — 12 feet high, with straggling smooth branches. 

 Leaves pinnate; leaflets 12 — 15 pairs, sessile, 2 — 3 inches 

 long, rather remotely serrate. Mowers in a large terminal 

 compound panicle. Calyx- 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla 

 greenish-yellow. Berries crimson, acid, downy. 



Hab. In hedges and tiiickets July. Cojmnon Sumach. 



The leaves of this species, and the following, are astringent, 



and are used in tanning. The acid of the berries resides in the 



down, and has been ascertained by Mr. C zzens to be the 



tnalic.t 



2. R. typhinum L. ; branches and petioles very villous ; 

 leaflets in many pairs, lanceolate oblong, acuminate, acutely 

 serrate, pubescent beneath. IV Hid. Spec I. p. 1473. 

 Duham. Arb.W.i. Al. M ich. F"/. \. p. ]82. Pursh 

 P/.l.p.204. Big. Bost.p.T2. Elliott Sk.\. p. 360, 

 Walt. Car. p. 255. R o e rn. 6/ Schult. VI. p. 643. 



t See Annals of the Lyceum of JKatiival History of JVe-w-rork, No. 2. p. M 



