3 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
4: Bs hi'na, £. Young branches and petioles densely villous 
leaflets in many a acutely on glaucous and somewhat pilose 
beneath ; drupes densely pubesce: 
HA-LIKE Ruvus. Staghorn pres 
Stem 10-15 ot _ feet high, and sometimes 4-6 inches in diameter, branched. 
— composed of 8-15 or 20 pairs of lance oblong leaflets (2-4 inches in length) ; com- 
i 1-2 feet long. idematg yellowish-green, in thyrsoid_panicles,— the Fertile 
ae s smaller and more compac Genie clothed with a long g oe Pavey pu- 
Rapsints_whiich $i the fok be comes a bright purple, and sharply ac’ 
—! and banks of streams: Canada to Louisiana. Fl. J showy ” Fr. September — 
Obs. This is the jaa — —— species of the genus—as see 
in the Middle Sta The fine purple clusters of fruit, on the fertile 
plant, render it aoe: once and, if tik ll into the yards and 
public squares of our cities, would present an almost literal exemplifi- 
“cation of the much-admired R (h) us in urbe! Its roots, however, are 
rather eonliesans’ in sending up suckers. 
tt Young branches downy-pubescent. 
2. R. copalli’ L. Common petiole win; leaflets oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, > easy entre, ged; . 
Copa R arf Sumach. 
Juice resinous. Stem 3-8 feet high, branched. Leaflets 1-3 inches long, usually 4- 
— a terminal one, subcoriaceous, shining above. Flowers i wie 
Minal thyrsoid panicles. "Fi ruit densely pubesce nt, finally dark purple and aci 
Dry hills, frequent. #1 July. Fr. October. 
Obs. A very neat species, with or variable leaflets, which are some- 
times coarsely and unequally se 
TH Young yyiaves) smooth. 
# tos giant ge a Bais whe and petioles glabrous; leaflets in many 
n both sides, glaucous beneath. 
ey ae ae pia or Smooth Sum: 
Juice copiously milky. Stem 3-8 or 10 feet high, irregularly brenehignts young 
Fre 56 . Smooth Sumach (Rhus glabra),a staminate flower. 57. A pistillate flower. 58. 
Re The same divided, all much enlarged. 
