CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 53 



STAGHOBN SUMACH. 



New Brunswick, west through the valley of the Saiut Lawrence river to southern Ontario and Minnesota, 

 south through the northern states and along the Alleghany mountains to northern Georgia, central Alabama and 



Mississippi. 



A small tree, rarely 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.30 meter in diameter, or often a shrub; dry 



hillsides or often along streams in sandy, moist soil. A variety with laciniate leaves occurs near Hanover, New 

 Hampshire, var. laciniata, Wood, Cl. Book, 284. Bot. & Fl. 73). 



Wood light, brittle, soft, coarse-grained, compact, satiny, susceptible of a good polish; layers of annual growth 

 clearly marked by four to six rows of large open ducts; medullary rays numerous, obscure; color, yellow streaked 

 with green, the sap-wood nearly white; specific gravity, 0.4357; ash, 0.50; occasionally used for inlaying cabinet 

 work; the young shoots for "sap quills" in drawing the sap of the sugar maple. 



Bark and leaves astringent, rich in tannin, and somewhat used locally as a dye and in dressing skins (Special 

 Rep. No. 26, U. 8. Ay. Dep. 22, t. 3) ; an infusion of the berries used domestically as a gargle in cases of catarrhal 

 sore throat. 



71. Rhus copallina, Liunseus, 



Spec. 1 cd. 266. Medicus, Bot. Beobacht. 1782, 224. Marshall, Arbustum, 128. Wangenheim, Amer. 96. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 255. 

 Gsortner, Fruct. i, 205, t. 44. Aiton, Hort. Kc\v. i, 366; 2 ed. ii, 163. Plenck, Icon. t. 233. Lamarck, 111. ii, 346, t. 207, f. 3. 

 Jacquin, Hort. SchiJnb. iii, 50, t. 341. Willdenow, Spec, i, 1480; Enum. i, 324. Miehaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 182. Schkuhr, Handb. 

 237. Nouveau Dnbanicl, ii, 160. Persoon, Syii. i, 324. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 325. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vii, 506. 

 Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 39. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 205. Eaton, Manual, 34; 6ed. 302. Nuttall, Genera, i, 203. Rcemer & 

 Schultes, Syst. vi, 647. Hayne, Deud. Fl. 34. Elliott, Sk. i, 362. Torrey, Fl. U. S. 323 ; Compend. Fl. N. States, 140 ; Fl. N. York, 

 129. De Candollo, Prodr. ii, 68. Sprengel, Syst. i, 936. Don, Miller's Diet, ii, 72. Beck, Bot. 75. Hooker in Jour. Bot. i, 202. 

 Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 214. Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 217. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 392. Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 126. 

 Dietrich, Syii. ii, 1003. London, Arboretum, ii, 554. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 503 ; 2 ed. ii, 574. Griffith, Med. Bot. 186. 

 Gray in Mem. Am. Acad. new ser. vi, 28; Manual N. States, 5 ed. Ill ; Hall's PI. Texas, 5. Scheele In Roemer, Texas, 431. 

 Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 43. Darby, Bot. S. States, 255. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 69. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. 

 Carolina, 1860, iii, 92. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 352. Wood, Cl. Book, 284 ; Bot. & Fl. 73. Engelmann in 

 Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. new ser. xii, 187. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 207. Koch, Deudrologie, 575. Young, Bot. Texas, 197. 

 Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 11. Nat. Dispensatory, 2 ed. 1236. Ward in Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 22, 73. Ridgway in Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 63. Engler in De Caudolle, Suites, iv, 384. 



f R. copallina, vars. latifolia, latialata, angustifolia, and serrata, Engler in De Candolle, Suites, iv, 384. 



DWARF SUMACH. 



Northern New England, south to Manatee and Caximbas bay, Florida, west to Missouri, Arkansas, and the 

 valley of the San Antonio river, Texas. 



A small tree, 6 to 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 meter in diameter, or at the north a low shrub 

 1 to 2 meters in height; dry hills and ridges, reaching its greatest development in southern Arkansas and 

 eastern Texas ; running into various forms. The best marked is 



var. leucantha, De Candolle, Prodr. ii, 68. Gray in Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, vi, 158. 

 K. leucantha, Jacquin, Hort. Schonb. iii, 50, t. 342. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 215. 

 B. copallina, var. angustialata, Engler in De Candolle, Suites, iv, 384. 



Shrubby, leaflets lanceolate, flowers- white. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained, compact, satiny, susceptible of a good polish ; layers of annual 

 growth clearly marked by several rows of large open ducts; medullary rays thin, not prominent; color, light 

 brown streaked with green, or often tinged with red ; the sap-wood lighter ; specific gravity, 0.5273 ; ash, 0.60. 



Leaves and bark astringent, rich in tannin ; the leaves largely collected, principally in Maryland, Virginia, 

 West Virginia, and Tennessee, and ground for tanning and dyeing (Special Rep. No. 26, V. S. Ag. Dep. 26, t. 5) ; 

 the fruit, acid and astringent, used, as well as that of the shrubby Rhus glabra, by herbalists in the form of 

 decoctions, fluid extracts, etc., as a gargle in the treatment of sore throat. 



Var. lanceolata, Gray, 



Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, vi, 158. Torrey, Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 44. Watson in Proc. Am. Acad. xvii, 33d. 

 R. copallina, var. integrifolia, Eugler in De Candolle, Suites, iv, 384. 



Western Texas, Dallas (Reverchon) to the Eio Grande. 



A small tree, with lanceolate, elongated leaflets, 5 to 6 meters in height, with a trunk 0.12 to 0.15 meter in 

 diameter; calcareous soil; common; specific gravity, 0.5184; ash, 0.85. 



