{')()() PLANT LIKK «)K ALAHAMA. 



ANACARDIACEAE. Cashew Family. 



COTINUS A«l;iiis. I'iiin. I'l. 2 : IMT). 17t!:i 



Twi) species, soiitlii'iu lOiiroiM, Asia. South Atliintic. North AimTira. Thms ami 

 shiiihs. 



CotinuB cotinoides (^Nnlt.) Jiritton, Mcni. Ton. (inh, 5 : 21(i. 181M. 



Amkkuan S.mokk 'Juee. Ciihtam W<»(»i,>. 



lihus cotinoidcH Nntt. ; Torr. &. Gray, Fl. N. A. 1:216. 1838. 



Votiinis (iiin'ricaiiuf< Nntt. Sylv. N. A. 3 : 1, t. SI. 1849. 1857. 



(Jray. Man.ed.C. ll!t. Chaj). Fi. ?(». 



Carolinian an^a. Indian Territory. Western Texas, valley oi" Medina River; Ten- 

 nessee, Chi-at Mountains; soutli western Missouri. 



Alahama : Mountain region. Kocky woods. On the ridges where the carbonifer- 

 ous sandstone ininiediately overlies the limestone strata at an elevation of itOO to 

 1,200 feet. Madison County, high knob at the Haih'y place near Newmarket, there 

 first discovered by S. B. IJnckley in 1840 and rediscovered by Mohr in 1882. Monte- 

 sano range, copious coppice growth. Jackson County, summit of limestone ridge, 

 rising above the Curley place, extensive grove of original growth. Flowers middle 

 of April; fruit ripe at end of May. Drupes smooth, dark brown; tree 25, rarely 35, 

 feet high, 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Platk \]. 



Economic uses: The hue-grained deep yellow wood was formerly employed for 

 fence posts; used by the negroes for kindling. The bark, like the wood, is used tor 

 dyeing. Ornamental. 



Type locality ^Torr. & Gray): "On the high rocky banks of (Jrand River, 

 -Vrkansas, Xutiall!" 



lAerb. (m'oI. Surv. ilerli. Mohr. 



RHUS L. S]). PI. 1 : 2G5. 1753. 



One hundred and twenty species, of temperate and warmer regions. South iVmerica 

 Asia. North America 14. Trees and shrubs. 



Rhus copalliua L. Sp. PI. 1 : 266. 1753. Simach. Dwaiik Sumach. 



Ell. Sk. 1:362. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 119. Chap. Fl. 69. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 67. Sarg.-nt, Silv. N. A. 3 : 19, /. 104. 



Allegheuian to Louisianiau area. Ontario, New England west to Minnesota and 

 Nebraska, south to the (iulf, and from Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Throughout the State. Hilly rocky woods and dry .sandy pine barrens. 

 Flowers green ; fruit ripe in August, dark red, acidulous. Large shrub, more rarely 

 arborescent. Most abundant and of largest size in the rocky hills of the Lower hill 

 country and Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. 



Economic uses: The leaves are used for tanning. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America seiitentrionali." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhus glabra L. Sp. PI. 1 : 265, 1753. Smooth Sumach, 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 36L Gray, Man. ed. 6, 119. Chap. Fl. 69. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Saskatchewan. New England west 

 to Nebraska, Colorado, Arkansas, and Arizona; from New York to Florida and west- 

 ern Louisiana. 



Ai.aija:ma : Throughout, on barren, gravelly, orrocky soil. Flowers greenish white; 

 June. Fruit rijie in September and October, crimson, acid. Shrub 8 to 15 feet high. 



Economic uses: The leaves are nsed for tanning and dyeing. The fruit is the 

 sumach, "Rhus glabra," of the United States Pharmacopu'ia. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhus vernix L. Sp. PI. 1 : 265. 1753. Poison Sumach. Poison Elder. 



Eh us venenata IJC. Prodr. 2:08. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 362. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 119. Chap. FL 69. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 3 : 23, 

 t. 107, 108. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Western Ontario; New England 

 west to Minnesota, south to the Gulf, and from Florida to western Louisiana. 



Alabama : Throughout, excepting the higher mountain ranges. Swamps. Cull- 

 man County, Meriotts Creek, 600 feet. Flowers white, May; fruit ripe in Septem- 



