Handbook of Trees of the E'oethern States and Canada. 307 



The St;i,s-lioni Simiacli i-i occasionally 0.1 

 or 40 fl. ill lu'iLilit, with tnmk 1--1.') iii. in 

 diameter at base, but is usually uiuch smaller 

 and often foruis extensive tliiekets as a shrub 

 but a few feet in beisbt. It usually has a 

 nnae or less cmokt'd or ineliniu^ trunk iliviil- 

 in;^ into few lari;!' brauelies and ultinnitely 

 furniini^f a broad Hat e)r sonieA\bat rouridi'il 

 open head. Its fa\'orite hmne is dry sanil\' (ir 

 gravelly U])lauds •tv sIo|h's wbio'e it prows in 

 abundance in norlbeastern T'nited States and 

 Canada. cnli\"eaiin^r desolate regions with its 

 liandsoine fern-like foliaye of preen interspersed 

 with larpe Ihyr^rs i)f jialc y(dlow unile Howers 

 ur later with eidniso!! bnnidies of \-(d\cty fruit. 

 Its autunnial irarb of roil, purpb' ami ycdiow 

 make-. 11 an rvrn unni' conspicanius objeet. and 

 ^\dlen leafless in aii(\iniu its \-(d\'(dy spi-eadine 

 branches are (piite suepi>^li\-e of the antlers 

 of a stap in the \-(d\"et ; wbi'nee iN name. 



Its wood is liphl. a cu. ft. «b(ai abs(dutely 

 dry weipbinn' 27.1-'i lbs., seft. aiul of a fjoblen 

 yello\^- cidin- streaki'd with lints uf brown ami 

 preen \\ itb >Abite sap-wo:)d.-' The liarlc and 

 leaves aia^ I'ich in t-annin and an infusion of 

 the tart fruit is useil as a "ir'di' 



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o. For genus see p. 445. 



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