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be handled with caution, as it is very poifonous to 

 many people. 



2 . R H us-To xicoDENDRoN toxicodendnrim . 



Poijbn-Oak. 



This has a low, flirubby ftalk, feldom rifmg above ^ 

 three or four feet. The leaves are trifoliate, with 

 pretty long footflalks, the lobes are entire, fmooth 

 and fomewhat heart-fliaped. The flowers come out 

 from the fides of the ftalks, in loofe panicles of an 

 herbaceous colour; fmall, and not always herma- 

 phrodite. They are fucceeded by roundifh, chan- 

 nelled, fmooth berries, of a yellowifli grey colour 

 when ripe. 



3. Rhus-Toxicodendron radicans. Poifon- 



Vine. 



This rifes with many flirubby climing ftems, at- 

 taching themfelves to every neighbouring fupport; 

 and often rifmg to the height of twenty or thirty 

 feet, with a ftem of two or three inches in diameter; 

 fending off many branches. The leaves are trifoli- 

 ate, and have pretty long footftalks : the lobes are 

 fomewhat oval and pointed, often fomewhat toothed. 

 The flowers are produced in ftiort panicles from the 

 fides of the branches, and are fucceeded by round* 

 ifli berries, of a brownifli colour when ripe. 



R I B E S. 



The CURRANT-BUSH. 

 Clafs 5. Order i. Pentandria Monogynia. 



T^HE Empalement is of one leaf, part five-cleft and bellied; 

 A the divifions oblong, concave, coloured, reflexed and 

 pennanenc. The 



