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ANACARDIACEZ. Sumach or Cashew Family. 
Trees or shrubs, often with a colored or milky juice; leaves without stipules 
and alternate; flowers small, parts in fives except the pistil, which is single 
(having, however, 3 stigmas), one-celled, and one-seeded; petals 5. Our 
single genus (Sumach) has some species that are poisonous by proximity as 
well as by contact. Bark of some species used for tanning, and leaves of 
others for dyeing, and the milk of another in Japan for lacquering. 
Rhus aromatica, Aiton. FRAGRANT SUMACH. A low, straggling, native 
bush, with pale yellow scaly flowers appearing before the 3 small, toothed, 
aromatic (when crushed) leaflets. 
Rhus copallina, Zimmeus. DWwArr SUMACH. Native shrub, I to 7 feet 
high, with young shoots and leaf-stalks downy; leaves often 2 feet long; 
leaflets from 9 to 21, winged along the central axis; fruit covered with acid, 
crimson hairs. 
Rhus Cotinus, Zimnzus. VENETIAN SUMACH, SMOKE-TREE, Fuss AND 
FEATHERS. European shrub, 6 to 8 feet high. Leaves smooth, ovate; fruit 
half heart-shaped, and falling early, leaves the feathery stalks, to suggest the 
name Smoke-Tree. 
Rhus glabra, Zinnzus. SmMooTH SUMACH. Native shrub, 6 to 12 feet 
high, with leaves bright green above and white beneath; fruit with acid, ‘ 
crimson hairs. 
Rhus trilobata, Nué/a//. From the Southwest, and regarded as a mere 
: variety of Xhus aromatica, Aiton. 
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