PENTANDR1 \, TRIGTNIA. 158 



Maple-leaved MtoUj-tree, 



rries black. GfOWl ^ ith No. 4, common. V> Ma\ , 

 June. 



151. BAMBUCU8. Gen. pi. 505. (Cafirifrha.) 



Calix small, 6-cleft. Corolla somewhat or- 

 ceolate, 5-lobed. Berry roundish, 3-seed- 



ed. — A'ntt. 



i. S, stipules wanting; cymca 5-partedj leaves C MM w w h, 

 generally bipinnate; leaflets oblong-ovalj shin- 

 ing; glabrous : stem shrubby. — Pen, 

 Icon. Schmidt, arb. 142. (Pursh.) 



Well known to every body by the above English name. 

 dark purple — often eaten, but not generally grateful, 

 nor much esteemed. In swamps and along ditches, very com- 

 mon. )j . June, July. 



15 J. RHUS. Gen. pi. 502. (Terebintacex.) 



Calix ^-parted. Petals 5. Berry small, with 

 1 Duciform seed. 



l. R. leaves pinnate; leaflets lanceolate, acumi- typhmum. 

 nate, acutely serrate, villous underneath. — 



&p. PL 



Icon. Duham. 2. t. 47. (Pursh.) 



Stag'hom-Shumach. 



l'rom four to eight feet high. Flowers greenish. Rerries 

 rich velvety teddiah-purple, in large dense clusters. Common 

 at the borders of copses and fields ; also in thickets. 1^ . Jul\ . 



\ R. leaves pinnate, lanceolate, serrate, glabrous sUnm. 



on both surfaces; flowers all fertile. — » s '/>. PL 



