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Rhus glabrum carolinenfe. Carolinian Scarlet-flower* 
ing Sumach . 
This is a variety of the laft defcribed, bat differ- 
ing in having fcarlet flowers. 
Rhus glabrum canadenfe. Canadian Red-flowering 
Sumach . 
This is alfo a variety of the fame, growing natu- 
rally in Canada, with red flowers. 
Rhus typhinum. 
Stag s-horn Sumach . 
This grows naturally in Virginia and Pennfylva* 
nia, often riling to the height of twelve or fifteen 
feet, with a trunk of fix or eight inches in diame- 
ter; dividing at the top into ieveral branches ; which, 
when young, are covered with a foft, velvet-like 
down, refembling that of a young flag’s horn, both 
in colour and texture. The leaves are compofed of 
fix or feven pair of oblong lobes, terminated by an 
odd one, ending in acute points, and together with 
the midrib, a little hairy underneath. The flowers 
are produced in a clofe, eredt panicle or thyrfus, 
terminating the branches ; they are of an herbace- 
ous colour and are fucceeded by feeds enclofed in a 
purple, woolly, fucculent covering ; making a fine 
appearance in the autumn. 
Rhus canadenfe. Canadian trifoliate Su- 
mach, 
This grows naturally in Canada, and perhaps the 
northern parts of Pennfylvania. The items are {len- 
der, rifing to the height of fix or eight feet, and 
covered with a brown bark. The leaves are com- 
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