GUIDE TO THE SHRUBS 



PACE 



(72. — Fruit grayish white, smooth, borne in axillary panicles. 

 Leaves 7 to 1 1 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 



(73. — 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 $><■ 



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

 fruit a drupe. 

 bl. — Stems with white pith, swollen at the joints; leaves 

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



purple, pleasant. American Elder 262 



1)2. — Stems with brown pith; leaves 5 to 7 foliate; cymes 



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

 ;. — Flowers of pea type. 

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

 bright purple, borne in slender terminal spikes. 



Leaves 11 to 2 1 foliate. False Indigo 95 



Leaves 15 to 49 foliate, crowded on the stem. 



Downy Amorpha 98 



C2. — Flowers yellow, in loose terminal spikes ; leaves 1 



foliate. Wood 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 jlsh 45 



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



often a weed. Shrubby Cinqucfoil. 161 



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