. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. ots are scattered over the fruits. Tlieberry is acid. Persistent. Leaves. — There are from nine to twenty-oneleaflets, with noticeable wings along either sideof the stem between them. This is a distin-guishing feature of the species. The leafletsare often entire and shine above as if under surface is lighter and downy. Inautumn the leaves become a rich purple. Flowers. — The fertile and sterile flowers arein separate clusters, the pistillate in much smallerones than the staminate. This suma
. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. ots are scattered over the fruits. Tlieberry is acid. Persistent. Leaves. — There are from nine to twenty-oneleaflets, with noticeable wings along either sideof the stem between them. This is a distin-guishing feature of the species. The leafletsare often entire and shine above as if under surface is lighter and downy. Inautumn the leaves become a rich purple. Flowers. — The fertile and sterile flowers arein separate clusters, the pistillate in much smallerones than the staminate. This sumac, like Wucs hirta, is pubescent, butmay be readily distinguished by its winged,seemingly jointed, petioles. The term Dwarf is somewhat misleading, as the plant sometimesreaches a height of eighteen or twenty feet. Itis a beautiful shrub, growing on rocky hills. STAGHORN SUMAC Rhus hirta. Rhus typhina Sumac Family Fruit. — The small dry drupes are borne in aterminal, compound, compact cluster. Each fruitis one-seeded, has a very thin coat, and is thickly 90 HOW TO KNOW WILD FBUITS. Staghorn Sumac {RJius hirta) covered with silky hairs. The calyx persists atthe base. The fruits are acid. August, andpersistent through the winter. BED OR REDDISH PURPLE 91 Leaves. — The leaves are compound and odd-pinnate, with from eleven to thirty-one petioles are red above and green below anddensely covered with hairs. The leaves arealternate. The leaflets are oblong-lanceolate,sessile, sharply serrate, acute at the tip androunded at the base. They are paler beneath andhairy. The autumnal colors are brilliant; red,yellow, and orange. Flowers. — The sterile and fertile flower pani-cles are usually on different plants, although theyare occasionally on the same one. They aregreenish yellow. June, July. Rhus Mrta is sometimes called Velvet Sumac,and appropriately so, for branches and stalksare so densely coated with soft hairs as toresemble, both to the sight and touch, a velv
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