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a2. Fruit grayish white, smooth, borne in axillary panicles. 

 Leaves 7 to n foliate, margin entire, petiole not 

 winged ; plant very poisonous to the touch. Poison 



Sumach 82 



Leaves 3 foliate, stems trailing or climbing ; plants 



poisonous to the touch . Poison Ivies 84 



#3. Fruit red, globose, downy, borne sparingly in short 

 clustered spikes. 



Leaves 3 foliate, aromatic. Fragrant Sumach. ... 88 

 Leaves 3 foliate, unpleasantly odorous. Ill-scented 



Sumach 90 



b. Flowers cream-white, small, borne in terminal cymes; 



fruit a drupe. 



b\. Stems with white pith, swollen at the joints; leaves 

 5 to 1 1 foliate ; cymes flat, spreading ; fruit dark 



purple, pleasant. American Elder 262 



b2. Stems with brown pith; leaves 5 to 7 foliate; cymes 



pyramidal, appear early ; fruit scarlet. Red Elder . 266 

 c. Flowers of pea type. 



c\. Flowers deformed, only the banner petal remaining; 

 bright purple, borne in slender terminal spikes. 



Leaves 1 1 to 21 foliate. False Indigo 95 



Leaves 15 to 49 foliate, crowded on the stem. 



Downy Amorpha 98 



C2. Flowers yellow, in loose terminal spikes ; leaves i 



foliate. Woad Waxen 100 



CT>. Flowers yellow, in drooping racemes ; leaves 3 foliate. 



Laburnum , 103 



d. Flowers small, star-like, prune purple, appearing before 

 and with the leaves ; leaves 5 foliate, sometimes bipin- 



nately foliate. Shrub Yellow-root 3 



e. Flowers white, in terminal or axillary racemes ; leaves 3 



foliate ; fruit a swollen capsule. Bladder-nut 74 



f. Flowers white, in erect, slender, terminal panicles, 12 to 

 1 6 inches long; leaves palmately 5 foliate. Dwarf 



Buckeye 71 



g. Flowers yellowish green, in loose panicles ; leaves 3 



foliate ; fruit a samara. Wafer Ash 45 



h. Flowers bright yellow, terminal ; leaves 5 to 7 foliate ; 



often a weed. Shrubby Cinquefoil. 161 



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