DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS Ley 
4. E. Cyparissias, L. Cypress SpurGr, Cypress, GRAVEYARD 
Moss. A perennial, in dense clusters 6-12 in. high from running 
rootstocks. Leaves much crowded, all sessile, the stem-leaves linear, 
floral ones broadly heart-shaped. Flower-cluster a simple, many- 
rayed umbel. Glands crescent-shaped. Cemeteries, roadsides, etc., 
escaped from cultivation; also cultivated in old gardens. From 
Europe. 
II. JATROPHA, L. 
Shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers moncecious, 
staminate and pistillate intermixed in the cymes, apetalous. 
Calyx large, white, 5-lobed, corolla-like. Stamens numerous, 
usually monadelphous. Ovary usually 3-celled, 3-seeded ; 
styles 5, united at the base, several-parted.* 
1. J. stimulosa, Michx. SpurGE NETTLE. Perennial herbs armed 
with stinging hairs ; stems erect, branched, bright green with white 
lines, 8-15 in. high. Leaves long-petioled, deeply palmately 3-5- 
lobed, the lobes irregularly cut and toothed, often mottled. Sepals 
white, spreading. Seeds oblong, smooth, mottled. In dry woods S.* 
54. ANACARDIACEZ. Sumac FaAmIty. 
Trees or shrubs, with resinous, acrid, or milky sap. Leaves 
simple, of 3 leaflets or pinnately compound, alternate, with- 
out stipules. Flowers perfect or imperfect, small. Calyx 
3—5-parted, persistent. Petals 3-5 or wanting. Stamens as 
many as the sepals or sometimes twice as many, inserted in 
the base of the calyx, distinct. Ovary free, 1-celled, styles 
1-3. Fruit a 1-seeded stone-fruit.* 
RHUS, L. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves of 3 leaflets or odd-pinnate. 
Flowers in spikes or panicles. Calyx mostly 5-parted. 
Petals and stamens 5. Pistil 1, sessile ; styles 3, terminal. 
Fruit small, smooth or downy.* 
1. R. glabra, L. Sumac. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 
25-30 ft. high ; branches downy. Leaves odd-pinnate, main midrib 
downy and wing-margined ; leaflets 9-21, ovate-lanceolate, acute at 
the apex, inequilateral, entire or slightly toothed, smooth and green 
