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the exterior flowers radiant, neutral ; drupes globose, or oval, 8-10 mm. in dia- 

 meter, red, very acid, translucent; stone orbicular, flat, not grooved. In low 

 grounds, N. B. to Br. Col., N. J., Mich., S. Dak. and Ore. Also in Europe and 

 Asia. June-July. 



3. Viburnum pauciflorum Pylaie. FEW-FLOWERED CRANBERRY-TREE. 

 (I. F. f. 3436.) A straggling shrub. 6-18 dm. high, with twigs and petioles glab- 

 rous or nearly so. Leaves broadly oval, obovate, or broader than long, 5 -ribbed, 

 truncate or somewhat cordate at the base, mostly with 3 rather shallow lobes, 

 coarsely and unequally dentate, glabrous above, pubescent on the veins beneath, 

 3-8 cm. broad; cymes peduncled, short-rayed, 1-2.5 cm - broad ; flowers all per- 

 fect and small; drupes globose to ovoid, light red, acid, 8-10 mm. long; stone flat, 

 orbicular, scarcely grooved. In cold mountain woods, Newf. to Alaska, Me., N. 

 H., Vt., Penn., Colo, and Wash. June-July. 



4. Viburnum acerifolium L. MAPLE-LEAVED ARROW-WOOD. DOCKMAKIE. 

 (I. F. f. 3437.) A shrub, 1-2 m. high, with smooth gray branches, and somewhat 

 pubescent twigs and petioles. Leaves ovate, orbicular, or broader than long, cor- 

 date or truncate at the base, pubescent on both sides, or becoming glabrate, 513 

 cm. broad, mostly rather deeply 3-lobed, coarsely dentate, the lobes acute or acu- 

 minate; petioles 1-2.5 cm - l n g; cymes long-peduncled, 3-8 cm. broad; flowers all 

 perfect, 4-6 mm. broad ; drupe nearly black, 6-8 mm. long, the stone lenticular, 

 faintly 2-ridged on one side and 2-grooved on the other. In dry woods, N. B. to 

 N. Car., Out., Mich, and Minn. May -June. 



5. Viburnum pubescens (Ait.) Pursh. DOWNY-LEAVED ARROW-WOOD. 

 (I. F. f. 3438.) A shrub. 6-15 dm. high, with straight gray branches. Leaves ses- 

 sile, or with petioles less than 6 mm. long, ovate or oval, rounded or slightly cordate 

 at the base, acute or acuminate, coarsely dentate, 3-8 cm. long, densely velvety- 

 pubescent beneath, glabrous, or with scattered hairs above, or rarely glabrate on 

 both surfaces ; cymes peduncled, 3-7 cm. broad, the flowers all perfect ; drupes 

 oval, nearly black, about 8 mm. long; stone slightly 2-grooved on both faces. In 

 rocky woods, Quebec and Ont. to Manitoba, Ga., 111., Iowa and Mich. June-July. 



6. Viburnum dentatum L. ARROW-WOOD. (I. F. f. 3439.) A shrub with 

 glabrous gray branches, sometimes 5 m. high. Petioles 6-25 mm. long ; leaves 

 ovate, broadly oval or orbicular, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, acute or 

 short- acuminate, prominently veined, coarsely dentate, 3-8 cm. broad, glabrous on 

 both sides, or pubescent with simple hairs in the axils of the veins beneath; cymes 

 long-peduncled, 5-8 cm. broad; drupe globose -ovoid, about 6 mm. in diameter, 

 blue, becoming nearly black ; stone rather deeply grooved on one side, rounded on 

 the other. In moist soil, N. B. to Ont., Ga., western N. Y., Mich, and Minn. 

 May-June. 



7. Viburnum molle Michx. SOFT-LEAVED ARROW- WOOD. (I. F. f. 3440.) 

 Similar to the preceding species, but the twigs, petioles, rays of the cyme and lower 

 surfaces of the leaves more or less stellate-pubescent; petioles short and stouter; 

 leaves usually larger, crenate or dentate, commonly somewhat pubescent above; 

 drupe globose-ovoid, blue. 8 mm. in diameter, its stone similar to that of V. denta- 

 tum. S. Penn. ? ; Ky. to Fla. and Tex. 



8. Viburnum venosum Britton, n. sp. COAST ARROW-WOOD. A shrub, 

 similar to the two preceding species. Twigs and lower surfaces of the leaves very 

 densely steliate-tomentose; petioles stout, 1-2 cm. long; blades broadly ovate to 

 orbicular, 5-10 cm. long, coarsely toothed, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs 

 on the upper surface; cymes 6-8 cm. broad; drupe orbicular or short-oval, about 7 

 mm. in diameter, the veins very prominent on the lower surfaces. E. Mass, to N. J. 

 Type collected by E. P. Bicknell on Nantucket Island. 



9. Viburnum Demetrionis Deane & Robinson. DEMETRIO'S VIBURNUM. 

 (L F. f. 3441.) A shrub about 4 m. high, the older twigs ash-gray, or at length 

 grayish black, the bark exfoliating. Bud-scales acutish, ciliolate; leaves broadly 

 ovate or nearly orbicular, short-acuminate, cordate or truncate at the base, 813 

 cm. long., coarsely dentate, glabrous and bright green above, soft-pubescent and 

 paler beneath, some of the pubescence stellate; petioles 1.5-2 cm. long, channeled; 

 stipules linear-filiform; cymes peduncled, 4-7-rayed, glandular-puberulent; calyx- 

 teeth ciliate; drupe oblong, obtuse at both ends, about I cm. long and 0.5 cm. 

 broad, much flattened, with 2 erooves when dry. Bluffs. Benton Co.. Mo. 



