WHITE 315 



Some persons are poisoned by even passing near 

 the plant, contact not being necessary. 



If in fruit, the whitish color of the drupes and 

 their drooping clusters are sure marks by which 

 this Sumac may be distinguished from the other 

 species. The entire leaves and lack of winged 

 petioles and pubescence are also marks of dis- 

 tinction. 



POISON, CLIMBING, OR THREE-LEAVED 

 IVY 



Rhus radicans Rhus Toxicodendron 



Sumac Family 



Fruit — The fruit closely resembles that of 

 Poison Sumac. September and persistent. 



Leaves. — The compound leaves have three 

 pale green leaflets, which are sharply toothed 

 and entire or sometimes lobed. 



This plant is sometimes erect and one to three 

 feet high, sometimes prostrate and trailing, and 

 sometimes climbing. It supports itself by nu- 

 merous rootlets, which penetrate and hold tena- 

 ciously to various supports. Its three-parted 

 leaves and white fruit distinguish this poisonous 



