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Of this genus there are in Europe 4 species, 1 in the 

 Canary islands, 2 in tropical America, 1 in Siberia, 1 in 

 Imeretia and 8 in Japan. 



291. SAMBUCUS. L. (Elder.) 



Calix small, 5-cleft. Corolla somewhat urce- 

 olate, 5-lobed. Berry roundish, 3-seeded. 



Shrubs or small trees; leaves opposite, simply or doubly 

 pseudopinnate, in a few species bistipulate, in others bi- 

 glandular at the base, glands stipitate; flowers cymose. 



Species. \. ^. canadensis. Leaves on either side not 

 unfrequenily more or less minutely and hirsutely pube- 

 scent. Fruit not ealen, nor agreeable. The first leaves 

 of young plants, after the cotyledones,are simple and cor- 

 date- 2. piibescens. 



Of this genus, besides the above, there are 3 species 

 in Europe, and 1 in Japan where the S. nigra is also indi- 

 genous, of tliis species tJiere occurs a variety with re« 

 markably laciniated leaves. 



292. RHUS. L. (Sumach.) 



Calix 5-parted. Fetah 5. Berrij small, with 

 1 nuciform seed. 



Small trees or shrubs; leaves pinnate or ternate, in 2 

 species of doubtful genus, entire; flowers paniculate or in 

 terminal compounded and dense racemes; often polyga^ 

 moiis. Several of the North American species are poison- 

 ous to the touch. 



Species. 1. R. typhimim. 2. glabrum. 3. viHdiforum. 

 \. pximilum. Extremely venomous. 5. Vernix. also indi- 

 genous to Japan. 6. Copallimim. 7- Toxicodendron. 

 8. radicans. Certainly distinct from No. 7- Both these spe- 

 cies are venomous. 9. aromaticiim. Dioicous; leaves ter- 

 nate; this is the only species to be met with in Upper Lou- 

 siana, the berries of which, as in some of the other 

 species, afford an agreeable and wholesome acid 



Of this genus there are 3 species in tropical America, 

 2 in the southern extremity of Europe, and 1, R. Cotiims, 

 extending into Austria, Helvetia, and Siberia; 2 species 

 in Java, one of them common also to China, another com- 

 mon to China and Japan, 1 in the island of New Caledo- 

 nia; 2 in Northern Africa, and no less than 20 at the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



