15129 

 (2 leaves) 



SKUNKBUSH 



Rhu's triloba'ta, syns. R. canaden'sis triloba'ta, Schmaltz'ia triloba'ta 



Fruits (drupes) berrylike, somewhat 

 globe-shaped, small (about % in. in 

 diameter), red, sticky-hairy, numerous, 

 in short dense clusters 



Leaves alternate, appearing after the 

 flowers, green above, .pale beneath, 

 finely hairy (at least when young), 

 ill-scented when crushed, stalked, di- 

 vided into 3 leaflets 



End leaflet spatula-shaped with 

 wedge-shaped base, mostly somewhat 

 3-lobed and coarsely scallop-toothed on 

 margins 



Side (2) leaflets elliptic to feverse- 

 cgg-shaped, wedge-shaped at base, usu- 

 ally somewhat 3-lobed and broadly 

 scallop-toothed on margins 



Stems numerous, woody, slender, 

 much-branched, about 2 to 7 ft. high 



