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77 R. CUNEIFOLIA (Desf. cat. par. eel. 2. p. 227.) leaflets 

 wedge-shaped, smooth, with 5 or 6 blunt teeth at the apex ; 

 branches pubescent, t? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Perhaps the same as /?. cwneifbtia, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 2'22. 

 Flowers greenish-wliite. 



Wedge-leaved Sumach. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 



78 R. SAXA'TILIS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 71.) leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, coarsely- 

 serrated, and are, as well as the branches, smooth ; racemes 

 axillary, length of petioles. J; . G. Native of Mexico, on 

 rocks, where it is called Metzquaguitli. Flowers whitish-green. 



JRock Sumach. Shrub C feet. 



79 R. GRANDIDENTA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 72.) leaflets ob- 

 ovate, cuneated at the base, with 3 or 4 deep teeth at the apex ; 

 panicles terminal ; fruit round, smooth. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 3079. Flowers whitish- 

 green. 



Large-toolhed-]eaved Sumach. Shrub 6 feet. 



80 R. MIC KA'NTHA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 221.) leaflets ovate, 

 acute, toothed at the apex ; panicles axillary, supra-decom- 

 pound. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 greenish-white. 



Small-flowered Sumach. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 feet. 



81 R. DENTA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 219.) leaflets obovate, 

 mucronately-toothed ; stem covered with scabrous tubercles. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellowish- 

 green. 



7bo/ierf-leaved Sumach. Clt. 1793. Shrub C feet. 



82 R. CRENA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 219.) leaflets wedge- 

 shaped, crenately trifid at the apex, smooth, but rufous beneath ; 

 branches villous ; racemes terminal. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



CVenaie-leaved Sumach. Clt. ? Shrub 3-6 feet. 



83 R. SPICA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 217.) leaflets obovate, 

 toothed at the apex, and are, as well as the branches, smooth ; 

 flowers spicate. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Perhaps this species is referable to section Lobadium. 



Spike-fiovfereA Sumach. Shrub 6 feet. 



84 R. AFRICA V NA (Mill. diet. no. 11.) leaflets ovate, nerved, 

 usually toothed, green on both surfaces. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



African Sumach. Shrub 6 feet. 



85 R. MEERBURGIA'NA (Room, et Schult. syst. 6. p. C63.) 

 leaflets linear-lanceolate, smooth. >j . G. Native of? R. pu- 

 milum, Meerb. icon. pict. t. 14. but not of Miclix. 



Meerburgh's Sumach. Shrub 8 feet. 



SECT. IV. THEZE'RA (from Qri'^ag, thezas, a point; in reference 

 to the prickles). D. C. prod. 2. p. 72. Flowers dioecious. Styles 

 3, distinct, short. Drupe roundish, marked with 3 tubercles at 

 the apex, containing a compressed nut. Leaves palmately 3-5- 

 foliate ; leaflets sessile. Flowers disposed in short racemes. 



86 R. PENTAPHY'LLA (Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 267. t. 77.) branches 

 spiny ; petioles a little winged ; leaflets 3-5, linear-lanceolate, 

 broadest at the apex, blunt, entire or 3-toothed. fj . H. Native 

 of Sicily and Barbary. Rhamnus pentaphy'llus, Jacq. obs. 2. p. 

 27. Bocc. sic. t. 21. R Thezera, Pers. ench. 1. p. 325. Tin. 

 pug. 1. p. 7. Flowers pale-yellow. Fruit red when ripe, with 

 a subacid, rather pleasant taste. The bark dyes red, and is used 

 for tanning leather. 



Five-leaved Sumach. Clt. 1816. Shrub 10 feet. 



87 R. ZIZY'PHINA (Tin. pug. sic. 1. p. 8.) leaflets 3, wedge- 

 shaped, toothed beyond the middle, smooth, shining above ; 

 branches spiny, divaricate ; racemes terminal. ^ . H. Native 

 of Sicily, on the mountains. Schrank. in flora, 1819. p. 384. 



Rhamnus tripartita, Ucria and Zizyphus tripartita, Rcem. it 

 Schult. syst. 5. p. 342. and 6. p. G63. Flowers yellowish. 

 Zizyphus-like Sumach. Clt. 1800. Shrub 4 feet. 



SECT. V. LOBA'DIUM (from luba, a stalk of wheat ; similarity 

 in the dense aments of flowers). Rafin. in journ. phys. 89. t. 98. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 73. Turpmia, Rafin. in Desv. journ. 1809. 2. 

 p. 170. Schmalzia, Desv. journ. Flowers polygamous. Glands 

 2-lobed, alternating with the stamens under the ovary. Sty! 

 short, distinct. Drupe somewhat compressed, villous, containing 

 a smooth nut. Aromatic shrubs, with palmately-trifoliateleavrs, 

 rising from the top of the common petiole, sessile, coarsely and 

 deeply serrated. Flowers disposed in dense aments. 



88 R. SUAVE'OLENS (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 368.) leaflets ses- 

 sile, ovate-rhomboid, deeply serrated, smooth. tj . H. Native 

 of Carolina. Myrica trifoliata, Hortul. and perhaps of Lin. ? 

 Toxicodendron crenatum, Lam. diet. no. 5. Flowers greenish- 

 yellow. 



Sweet-scented Sumach. Fl. May. Clt. 1759. Shrub 6 feet. 



89 R. AROMA' TICA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 367.) leaflets sessile, 

 ovate-rhomboid, deeply serrated, covered with longish pubes- 

 cence. J? . H. Native of North America, in Pennsylvania, 

 Carolina, and Kentucky, in rocky situations, about springs. 

 Flowers yellow in catkins, as well as those of the preceding 

 species, which give them quite a distinct appearance from the rest 

 of the genus. 



Aromatic Sumach. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1772. Shrub 6 ft. 



f" Species not sufficiently known. 

 * Leaves simple. 



90 R. A'THA (Forst. prod. 142.) leaves simple, ovate-oblong; 

 flowers polygamous. Jj . G. Native of New Caledonia. 



Atha Sumach. Shrub. 



91 R. SJE'NEB (Forsk. suppl. 207.) leaves long, lanceolate, 

 serrated, clothed with white down beneath ; fruit globose, his- 

 pid, crowded. 1? . F. Native of Arabia, on the mountains 

 about Hadio, where it is called Sczneb. 



Scencb Sumach. Shrub. 



92 R. MO'LLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 10. t. 

 602.) leaves simple, oblong-elliptical, cordate, almost entire, 

 coriaceous, and are, as well as the branchlets, clothed with 

 soft hairs ; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; calyxes closed, 

 covered with long pubescence. ^ G. Native of Mexico, 

 near Quaretaro. The branches of this shrub, when immersed in 

 water, turns it blue. Fruit unknown. This is probably a genuine 

 species of the genus. 



Soft Sumach. Shrub. 



93 R. CAU'STICA (Hook.bot. Beech, p. 15. t. 7.) leaves simple, 

 coriaceous, elliptical, quite entire, with cartilaginous margins ; 

 racemes subpanicled, axillary, and terminal ; flowers dioecious, 

 decandrous ; fruit drupaceous, dry. I; . G. Native of Chili, 

 at Conception. Laurus caustica, Molini, Willd. and others 

 Litri or Llithi, Feull. per. vol. 3. t. 23. A much branched 

 shrub, of which there are two varieties ; the one with rather pu- 

 bescent branches and smooth leaves, the other with the branches 

 pubescent, as well as the leaves beneath. This is so extremely 

 poisonous that individuals resting or sleeping under it at certain 

 times of the year are afterwards attacked with eruptions all 

 over the body. 



Caustic Sumach or Llithi-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



* Leaves pinnate. 



94 R. ? HETEROPHY'LLA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 

 136.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 5-7 ovate, rarely 3 or 1, ob- 

 long, quite smooth leaflets ; petioles a little winged at the apex ; 

 flowers dioecious from abortion. ^ . G. Native of? Fruit 

 unknown. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Perhaps R. heterophylla, 



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