154 PENTANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 
Smooth Shumach. 
Berries red. Not so common as No. 1, but grows in similar 
places. Both species are handsome shrubs, particularly in 
fruit. \i , July, August. 
vemix. 3 . R, very glabrous ; leaflets oval, abruptly acu- 
minate, entire, panicle diffuse; flowers dioi- 
cous. — Pursh. 
Icon. Dill, eltli. t. 292. f. 377. Pluk. aim. t, 
145. f. 1. 
Poison Shumach. Sxvamp Shumach. Poisonous 
Elder. 
A very poisonous arborescent species, known well by the 
above names, and its effects on those who go within the 
sphere of its influence. In deep swampy thickets in Jersey, 
not uncommon. In the swamp near Kaign’s point, abund- 
ant. Berries white. \ . July. 
Toxicoden. 4. R. stcui crcct, Weak ; leaves sinuate, lobed and 
entire, tomeiitose underneath ; flowers dioicoiiSi 
^Elliott. 
Variety, quercifolium^ Mich. 
Poison Oak. 
From two to five or seven feet high. Likewise well known 
as a poison. Berries white. In woods, fields, and especially 
along fences among green-briar and bramble, common, l^ . 
June, July. 
radicans. 5. R. leaves ternate ; leaflets petiolate, ovate, gla- 
brous, generally entire; stem radicant; flowers 
dioicous. — Elliot. 
R. toxicodendron, var. cs. Mich. 
Poison Vine. 
No plant is more generally known than this. It is extreme- 
ly poisonous. Berries white. Grows with No.. 3, and particu- 
larly common along fences. Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5, are possessed 
of medicinaji virtues. 13 . June, July. 
