TREES AND SHRUBS 



Leaves opposite, imparipinnate, leaflets 5-7, elliptical-oblong, serrate, 

 accumulate, glabrous, stipulate, petiole long. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-12 ft.; Suckers freely produced; Branches ascending; 

 Twigs brown ; Bark smootli ; Buds acute, flattened. 



Native of S. Europe. Known also as Job's Tears and St. Anthony's Nuts. 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division II Calycijiorce 



Natural Order . . . Anacardiacece 



Trees or shrubs with resinous, acrid, or milky juice, alternate, simple or 

 compound, exstipulate leaves, and small, regular, minute, dioecious or 

 polygamous flowers ; Calyx usually 5-lobed, imbricated in bud ; Petals usually 

 5, imbricated ; Stamens usually 5, alternate with petals, inserted on margin or 

 under an annular, fleshy, 5-lobed disk ; Ovary usually superior, 1-celled, styles 3 ; 

 Fruit drupaceous. 



DWARF SUMACH, Rhus eopallina. 



Gardens. A handsome shrub in autumn, easily distinguished by its petioles 

 being winged between the leaflets. July. 



The genus Rhus contains about 120 species, of which less than twenty are 

 hardy shrubby plants in cultivation. Some contain poisonous properties, and 

 require very careful handling. They are suitable for sunny borders or 

 shrubberies, and some are remarkable for their brilliant tints in autumn. They 

 are propagated by cuttings of firm shoots 6-8 ins. long in ordinary soil in a 

 cold frame or under a hand-light in October or November; by cuttings of 

 roots 2-3 ins. long planted 3 ins. deep in sandy soil in October or November; 

 or by layers of shoots in autumn. 



Flmvers greenish-yellow, dioecious, minute, in a compact thyrsoid panicle, 4-6 

 ins. long, bracteate and bracteolate ; Calyx puberulous, lobes ovate, acute, one- 

 third as long as petals ; Petals rounded, reflexed above middle, deciduous ; 



Stamens longer than petals, filaments slender, anthers orange ; Ovary ovate ; 



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