. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. ANACARDIACEAE—RHUS 609 Distribution. This plant is distributed from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin, Utah, Arkansas and Florida. Rhus Vermx L. Poisonous Sumac or Dogwood A shrub or small tree with pinnately compound leaves; leaflets 7-13, obo- vate-oblong entire, smooth, or somewhat pubescent; flowers polygamous in loose slender axillary panicles; drupe white, globose, oblong. Distribution. Found in the swamps from New England to Ont^vrio t


. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. ANACARDIACEAE—RHUS 609 Distribution. This plant is distributed from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin, Utah, Arkansas and Florida. Rhus Vermx L. Poisonous Sumac or Dogwood A shrub or small tree with pinnately compound leaves; leaflets 7-13, obo- vate-oblong entire, smooth, or somewhat pubescent; flowers polygamous in loose slender axillary panicles; drupe white, globose, oblong. Distribution. Found in the swamps from New England to Ont^vrio to Minnesota, Missouri, to Louisiana and Florida,. Fig. 342. Poison ivy {Rhus Toxicodendron), a, spray showing aerial rootlets and leaves; b, fruit—^both one-fourth natural size. (Chesnut, U. S. bept. Agr.) Rhus diversiloba Torrey and Gray. California Poison Ivy Nearly glabrous, erect or climbing shrub; leaflets 3 or rarely 5, obtuse or deeply pinnately lobed; flowers in loose axillary panicles; drupes subglobose. Distribution. Common on the Pacific Coast from California to Washington. Poisonous properties. All three species are poisonous to many persons, some persons being much more sensitive to irritation from the plants than others Dr. J. C. White describes the effect of poison oak and' poison ivy. He had collected freely of the plant for many years without any disturbance. Specimens were picked on September 28th, Oct. 6th, and Oct. 10th. He felt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press


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