CAPRIFOLIACEAE 1271 
IV. PRUNIFOLIA 
C vime peduncled. 
Peduncles shorter than the cymes 8. V. cassinoides. 
Peduncles as long a nee cymes or longer. 9. V. nudum 
Cyme sessile or near 
Leaf-blades prominently acuminate, serrate. 10. V. lentago. 
Leaf-blades obtuse or merely acute, phis te. 
Petioles and leaf-surfaces glabrous or nearly so: 
Stone of the drupe elliptic. 11. V. prunifolium. 
Petioles and leaf-surfaces more or less PE red- 
tomentose: stone orbicular or yea rly 12. V.rufotomentosum. 
V. OBOVATA . 
Drupe 6-7 mm. long; stone turgid, suborbicular. 13. V. obovatum. 
Drupe 10-11 mm. long; stone flat, enie obora ies 14. V. Nashii. 
1. V. lantanoides Michx. gie ed shrub: leaf-blades ovate to suborbicu- 
a ut em. long, serrate: sepals ovate, about 1.5 mm. long, pubescent: 
cor wide (those of the uc al 
ones uds ; p^ lobes ovate: drupe 10—15 
m. long. [V. ~ ie e ze U. 83] 
—( HOBBLE- BUS WITCH- 
HOBBLE. )—Dam n woods, "Blue "Ridge, an 
more northern provinces, N. C. to Mich. and 
N. B. 
2. V. acerifolium L. Erec ped us 
long: 
long, bla ok or pur E e-bla ack.—Rocky 
hillsides, woods, and t hickets, various prov- 
inces, Ga. to Ont., and N. B. 
3. V. densiflorum Chapm. Erect shrub: leaf-blades bur eect 
toothed or sometimes sli ightly 8 -lobed: sepals deltoid, abou long: 
hypanthium pubescent: corolla-lobes mostly ovate: drupe ellipsoid, 8.9 mm 
long.— Wooded oes, Coastal Plain, W Fla. (and Ala.?) 
4. V. Ra afinesqui ianum Sch B Nob Ps blades ovate to elliptie or sub- 
orbieular, sharply serrate-dent 2-7 e ong: eorolla-lobes d ovate: 
filaments Pont equalling the ju. jobs: us ellipsoid, 7—9 mm. long, black 
or nearly s [V. pubescens (Ait.) uL em woods, Blue 2 and 
more d provinees, Ga. to Minn. and Que 
5. V. de e L. Shrub: leaf- ari oe oval, or ovate, sharply 
dentate, 3-8 em. long; petioles over ong: corolla- lobes reniform: fila- 
ments much exceeding yt coroll lobes? “drupe globose: ovoid, 5-6 mm. ‘long, 
deep-blue or nearly black.— (ARR veer thi ickets, swamps, and 
meadows, various Gracies a to md and 
V. bracteatum E Shrub: leaf-blades ovate, often broadly so, erenate- 
a 5-12 em. long; petioles mostly less than 15e . long: corolla-lobes 
obovate: filaments mostly longer than the corolla-lobes: y oval or ovoid, 
about 1 em. long, bluish-black.—Banks of the Coosa River, A opalania Val- 
ley, Ga. 
V. semitomentosum (Miehx.) Rehder. Shrub: on blades diodes ru 
broadly ovate or elliptic, crenate-dentate, 3-9 cm. long: corolla 5-8 mm. wide: 
filaments slightly exceeding the corolla- lobes: drupe Boba: ra 8-9 m mm. long 
