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leaves also then change first to a purplish, and, 

 before they fall, to a feuilicmort colour. It is a 

 native of Virginia and Carolina. 



The third is not so high as the second ; the 

 branches are much more spreading and smooth, 

 the leaflets are wider and less serrate, they are 

 oFa deeper green, and have only a hoary cloud 

 or bloom on the under surface, which may be 

 wiped oft' with the finders ; whereas in that they 

 are covered with a hoary pubescence; the pani- 

 cle is more diffused. It is a native of North 

 America. 



There are several varieties ; as the New Eng- 

 land Sumach; in which the stem is stronger, 

 and rises higher than that of the second sort ; 

 the branches spread more horizontally, they are 

 not quite so downy, and the down is of a brown- 

 ish colour; the leaves are composed of many 

 more pairs of leaflets, and are smooth on both 

 sides: the flowers are disposed in loose panicles, 

 and are of an herbaceous colour. The Canada 

 Smooth Red Sumach, w hich has smooth branches 

 of a purple colour, covered with a gray pounce: 

 the leaves are composed of seven or eight pairs 

 of leaflets which are four inches and a half long, 

 and one inch broad in the middle, terminating 

 in acute points, and a little serrate, of a lucid 

 green on their upper surface, but hoarv on their 

 under, and smooth : panicle large, composed 

 of several smaller, each on separate footstalks, 

 the whole covered with a gray pounce : the 

 flowers are of a deep red colour. 



The fourth species rises commonlv to the 

 height of seven or eight feet, and divides into 

 many irregular branches, which are smooth, of 

 * purple colour, and pounced over with a grav- 

 ish powder ; as are also the petioles, which are 

 of a purplish colour. The leaves have seven or 

 eight pairs of lobes, not alwavs exactly opposite ; 

 they are three or four inches long, and almost 

 an inch broad in the middle; above they are of 

 a dark green, underneath hoarv but smooth. 

 The flowers of a bright red colour, in very close 

 thick large panicles, appearing in July and Au- 

 gust, and continuing till autumn. It is a na- 

 tive of South Carolina. 



The fifth seldom rises more than four or 

 five feet high, dividing into many spreading 

 branches, which are smooth, of a light brown 

 colour, and pretty closely furnished with pinnate 

 leaves ; these have four or five pairs of narrow 

 leaflets, which are entire, two inches long and 

 half an inch broad, ending in acute points ; of a 

 light green on both sides, and in autumn change 

 to purple : the petiole has on each side a winged 

 or leafy border, running from one pair of leaflets 

 to another, ending in joints at each pair. The 

 flowers are produced in loose panicles at the end 



of the branches, of a yellowish herbaceous co- 

 lour, and appear in July. It is a native ol North 

 America. 



The sixth species rises with an irregular 

 shrubby stalk to the height of ten or twelve feet, 

 sending out inanv spreading branches covered 

 with a smooth brown bark, garnished with 

 single obovate leaves about two inches long, 

 and of the same breadth, rounded at their points, 

 and stand upon long footstalks ; are smooth, 

 stiff, and of a lucid green, having a strong mid- 

 rib, whence several transverse veins run towards 

 the border. The flowers come out at the end of 

 the branches upon long hair-like footstalks, 

 which divide and branch into large hair- 

 like bunches of a purplish colour ; are small, 

 white, and composed of five small oval petals, 

 which spread open. Thev appear in July. It 

 is a native of the South of France, &c. 



The root is used for dyeing; : the leaves and 

 voung branches dye black ; and the bark is used 

 for tanning leather. 



The seventh has the stalks rising higher than 

 those of the ninth sort ; the branches are slender 

 but woody, and have a brown bark : the leaves 

 are on prettv long petioles; leaflets oval, two 

 inches long, one inch and a half broad, indented 

 angularly, and hoary on their underside: the 

 male flowers, which are produced on separate 

 plants from the fruit, come out from the side 

 of the stalks in close short spikes, and are of an 

 herbaceous colour : the females are produced 

 in loose panicles, agree in shape and colour 

 with the males, but are larger and have a round- 

 ish germ supporting three very short styles. It 

 is a native of many parts of North America. 



The eighth species has a straight trunk : the 

 leaflets four or five pairs, sometimes more, the 

 upper surface green and smooth, the lower paler 

 and pubescent, entire about the edge, or some- 

 times slightly sinuate, with oblique superficial 

 veins, and the midrib inclining to the inner side, 

 except in the odd leaflet, which it divides into 

 equal parts : the petioles oblong, purple : from 

 the base of these come out the peduncles, which 

 are green, and bear many flowers in a racemed 

 spike ; these are small and herbaceous : fruit 

 a juiceless drupe, slightly compressed. It is 

 common in swamps in North America. Flowers 

 here in July. 



Martyn says, that " the milky juice stains 

 linena dark brown. The wholeshrub is, in a high 

 degree, poisonous ; and the poison is communi- 

 cated by touching or smelling any part of it." 



The ninth has a low shrubby stalk, which 

 seldom rises more than three feet high, sending 

 out shoots near the bottom, which trail upon 

 the ground, putting out roots from their joints. 



