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New Jeksey Tea — Contimud. 



Ccmiothiis savf/uinens, Fni sli. Four to V2, feet : on tributaries of Missouri River 



in Rocky Mountaiu regiou : braticJtcs rcddisli. 

 Ccanothuti l/cnOhrl, Gray. One to 2 tVit : New Mexico to Colorado: brauclics 



grayisb, sjiiuy ; leaves small, white-silky below. 



Yitace.e : Vine Family. 



Wild Gkape. Vitis riparia, Micbx. Colorado (abundant in Atlantic regiou) : leaves 

 with 3 loug-poiutcd lobes ; fruit more or less with bloom. 



ViKcaNiA Ckeepek. Ami)clo})sis quinquefolia, Michx. Colorado (and throughout east 

 ern United States) : fruit blackish : 5 leaflets, crimson in fall. "American 

 Ivy. "Woodbine." 



AxACARDiACEiE : Caslicw Family. 



Smooth Sumach. Ehus glabra, L. Three to 12 feet: Colorado, Utah, Idaho (east- 

 ward to the Atlantic): fruit in dense mass (tliyrsc), crimson, hairy. 



Poison Ivy. Poison Oak. Ehus Toxicodendron, L. Climbing: Colorado, Wyo- 

 ming, Utah (eastward to Atlantic): 3 leaflets; fruit whitish ; jjo/6o//o»s 

 to the touch. , 



Rhus aeomatica, Ait., var. irilohaia, Gray. Two to 5 feet : abundant in Rock Mount- 

 ain regiou (and westward) : 3 leaflets; strong-scented. 



ROSACE.E : Eose Family. 



Meadow Sweet. Spircm hetulifolia, Pallas. One to 2 feet: head-waters of Misssouri 

 River in Rocky Mountain region (westward to northern California aud 

 northward beyond the United States boundary; eastward to Alleghauies) : 

 flowers XHirplish; bark reddish. Var. rosea (Gray), has rose-colored flowers : 

 Wyoming, Idaho (to Oregon and California). 



Nine Baek. Physocarjuis opidifolia, Maxim. Three to 10 feet: throughout the 

 United States: flowers white, in flat clusters; bark grayish, loose, parting 

 in layers. 



Physocaepus Tokreyi, Maxim. Lower and with leaves smaller than in the pre- 

 ceding : Colorado to Nevada, ^n the mountains. 



C'Ham.ebateuua Millefolium, Maxim. W^esteru Wyoming to California: flowers 

 large, white; stout, much branched, ^/7a?j(?u/ar-7iair^. 



HoLODiscus discolor, Maxim. Four feet or more : New Mexico, Colorado (and 

 westward to Pacific), flowers white; hairy, spreading, aud with gray- 

 brown bark. Yar. dumosa (Maxim.), 1 to 3 feet, with smaller leaves aud 

 less spreading. 



Salmon Berry. Euhus Xutkanus, Mofino. Three to 8 feet: Colorado to Montana 

 (westward to the Pacific; eastward to northern Michigan): glandular- 

 hairy ; flowers large, white ; fruit large, red, pleasant. 



RuBUS deliciosus, James. Three to 4 feet: Colorado: flowers very Zarr/e, white ; 

 fruit large, x>uri)le^ not agreeable. ♦ 



Wild Red Raspberry. Euhus strigosus, Michx. Two to 3 feet: New Mexico to 

 Montana (in Nevada; eastward through northern half of the United States) 

 fruit red, pleasant; stifl-bristly ; wood dying down every two years. 



Black Raspberry. Thimble Berry. Euhus occidentalis, Ij. Three to 8 feet : New 

 Mexico to Wyoming (westward to the coast; eastward to Missouri, thence 

 throughout Eastern States): stems with lecn, hoolxd jJrickles ; fruit black- 

 ish, pleasant. 



