Trees ofiiik Xoimiikkn I'mtkh Statk? S!» 



1:'.. Toxicodendron. I*()i>()n-Suni:ic. 



Small trees or shruhs, ours with alternate pinnate leaves 

 with entire leaflets, with poisonous resinons sap. and with 

 jilabrous or slightly pubescent drupes. 



Flowers small, in axillary i^anicles. imperfectly hispor- 

 angiate : drupes gray or white. 



1. Toxicodendron vernix ( L. ) Ktz. Poison Sumac. A 

 shrult or small iree. very poisonous to the touch. Drupes 

 gray, glabrous, in loose axillary panicles. In swamps and wet 

 places. Wood soft, yellowish I)rown. poisont.us. Maine to 

 l-"la.. Onl.. Minn.. Mo. and La. 



II. Cotinus .\(lan-. .Snioketree. 



Small trees or shrubs with alternate, simple pinnately 

 \eined, entire, deciduous leaves and fragrant resinous sap. 



riowers small, imperfectly bisporangiate. on a large ter- 

 minal panicle: stamens 5, styles •">. lateral: drupe oblique. 

 .>niall. compressed: buds clustered al the tip of the twig. 



1. Blade of the leaf slightly decurrent on the petiole, 

 thin, glabrous or slig"htl>' i)ubescent beneath. C. 

 americanus. 



1. Leaves mostly rounded or obtuse at the base, cori- 

 aceous, more imbescent. C. cotinus. 



1. Cotinus americanus Nutt. .\merican Smoketree. 

 .\ small wide-branched tree. Wood soft, orange-yellow. 

 yielding a rich d\e. .Mo. and Okla. to Tenn. and Ala. 



1. C'oliniis rdlijiiis ( L. ) Sarg. luiropean Smoketree. \ 

 .Nuiall iree. native of l'".uroi)e, fre(|uentl\- culti\ated. 



Snbcla.^s. .\.MK.Vri|-KI<AK. 



Order. Pi..\t.\x.\i.ks. 

 llamamcUdacciic. Witch-hazel bamily. 

 Subfamily. / Idiiidiiirliddlai'. 



I'). Hamamelis L. Witch-hazel. 



Shrul)s or small trees with J-ranked. simple. ine(|uilateral. 

 straight-veined lea\ es and stalked a\illar\ buds. 



Mowers bisporangiate or imperfectl>- bisporangiate. in 

 axillary clusters; fruit a bilocular. woody or cartilaginous, 

 nut-like capsule. 



