ANACARDIACE^ 



Fruit drupaceous, obovate, flattened, red with glandular hairs ; stone orange- 

 brown, bony. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 6-8 ins. long, leaflets 9-21, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, entire or serrate, lower pairs smaller and shortly petiolulate, subcoriaceous, 

 dark shining green above, pale and pubescent beneath, 2-2J ins. long ; petioles 

 winged between leaflets. Autumn tint dark rich maroon. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-8 ft. ; Branches spreading, erect, downy ; Twigs 

 reddish-brown ; Bark brown tinged with red ; Buds minute, rusty-brown 

 tomentose. 



Introduced from N. America, 1088. Common name "Sumach" derived 

 from sumac or shuntac, a dye made of powdered leaves of R. Coriaria. 



CHITTAM WOOD, Rhus cotinoides. 



Gardens. Said to colour best in poor soil, and certainly one of the most 

 lovely of autumn-tinted shrubs. April, May. 



Flowers greenish-yellow, dioecious, minute, in a slender terminal panicle, few- 

 flowered, flowers 3-4 together in loose umbels at ends of pedicels ; Calyx lobes 5, 

 ovate- lanceolate, obtuse, persistent ; Petals 5, oblong, acute, twice as long as 

 calyx, deciduous, inserted under margin of disk ; Stamens 5, shorter than petals ; 

 Ovary sessile, obovate ; styles 3, short, spreading, stigmas large ; Fruit drupace- 

 ous, smooth, in feathery panicles 8-12 ins. long, pedicels 2-3 in%. long, hairy; 

 drupe compressed. 



Leaves alternate, simple, oval or obovate, obtuse or slightly emarginate, 

 tapering towards base, margins wavy, revolute, membranaceous, dark green 

 on upper surface, paler below, silky when young, 4-6 ins. long, 2-3 ins. wide ; 

 petioles stout. Autumn tints orange and scarlet. 



A deciduous shrub, 8-15 ft. ; Branches brittle ; Twigs dark red ; Bark light 

 grey ; Buds small, scales dark red-brown ; Wood light, soft, coarse-grained, 

 bright orange. 



Native of Southern U.S.A. ; discovered by Nuttall on the Grand River, 1819 ; 



there grows as tree, 35 ft. Specific name = like the Rhus Cotinus (Gr. cidos, form). 



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