RHUS TYPHINA, L. 135 



rarely laciniate, long-pointed, slightly heart-shaped or rounded 

 at base ; stipules none. 



Inflorescence. June to July. Flowers in dense terminal, 

 thyrsoid panicles, often a foot in length and 5-6 inches wide ; 

 sterile and fertile mostly on separate trees, but sterile, fertile, 

 and perfect occasionally on the same tree ; calyx small, the 

 5 hairy, ovate-lanceolate sepals united at the base and, in 

 sterile flowers, about half the length of the usually recurved 

 petals ; stamens 5, somewhat exserted : ovary abortive, smooth; 

 in the fertile flowers the sepals are nearly as long as the 

 upright petals ; stamens short ; ovary pubescent, 1-celled, with 

 3 short styles and 3 spreading stigmas. 



Fruit. In compound terminal panicles, 6-10 or 12 inches 

 long, made up of small, dryish, smooth-stoned drupes densely 

 covered with acid, crimson hairs, persistent till spring. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England. 

 Grows in any well-drained soil, but prefers a deep, rich loam. 

 The vigorous growth, bold, handsome foliage, and freedom 

 from disease make it desirable for landscape plantations. It 

 spreads rapidly from suckers, a single plant becoming in a few 

 years the center of a broad-spreading group. Seldom obtain- 

 able in nurseries, but collected plants transplant easily. 



The cut-leaved form is cultivated in nurseries for the sake of 

 its exceedingly graceful and delicate foliage. 



PLATE LXVIII. RHUS TYPHINA. 



1. Winter buds. 



2. Branch with staminate flowers. 



3. Staminate flower. 



4. Branch with pistillate flowers. 



5. Pistillate flower. 



6. Fruit cluster. 



7. Fruit. 



