140 ORDER CO. CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



12 L. hirsikta Eaton. Lvs. hairy above, sofl-villous beneath, veiny, broad-oval, to 

 ruptly acuminate ; fls. in verticillate spikes, greenish-yellow ; fil. bearded. Woods. 

 N. Eng. to Mich, and N. 15 20f. 



5. DIERVILLA, Tourn. Busn HONEYSUCKLE. Calyx tube oblong, 

 limb of 5 linear segm. Cor. twice as long, funnel-shaped, limb 5-cleft and 

 nearly regular. Sta. 5. Capsular fr. 2-celled, 2-valved, crowned with the 

 cal., many-seeded. 5 Lvs. acuminate, serrate, deciduous. Fed. axillary. Jn. 



1 D. trifida Moench. Lvs. ovate, on distinct petioles; ped. 1-3-flwd. ; pod attenuate 



at top beneath the calyx limb. Thickets, Can. to Car. 2f, bushy. Fls. greenish-yellow. 



2 D. sessilifolla Buckley. Lvs. lance- oblong, sessile or subamplexicaul ; peduncles 



3-5-flwd., crowded in the axils above ; caps, short-beaked. High Mts. N. Car. 2 4f. 



6. SAMBUCUS, L. ELDER. Calyx small, 5-parted. Cor. 5-cleft, segm. 

 obtuse. Sta. 5. Stig. obtuse, small, sessile. Berry globous, pulpy, 3-seeded. 

 *> n Lvs. odd-pinnate or bipinnate. Fls. in cymes, white. Figs. 466, 477. 



1 S. Canadensis L. Woody, with large pith ; Ifts. 711, oblong-oval, acuminate, 



smooth ; cymes fastigiate ; berries dark-purple. Hedgerows, thickets : common. 8 

 12f. Cymes broad, white. May July. 



2 S. pubens MX. Woody ; Ifts. lance-oval, acuminate, 57, downy beneath : cymes 



paniculate ; berries scarlet. Copses. Can. to Car. 5 lOf. June. Berries rarely 

 white. Catskill Mountains. 



7. VIBURNUM, L. Calyx small, 5-toothed, persistent. Cor. rotate, 

 limb 5-lobed, seg. obtuse. Stam. 5. Stig. 1 3, sessile. Fr. a drupe, 1- 

 celled, 1-seeded, a stony nut covered with soft pulp. J> 5 Lvs. simple, 

 petioles often minutely stipulate. Fls. white, in compound flat cymes, 

 which are often radiant. Fig. 383. 



$ Cymes radiant, the outer flowers sterile and showy. Leaves stipuled Nos. 1, 2 



$ Cymes not radiant, the flowers all alike perfect, .(a) 



a Leaves 3-lobed, palmately 3-5-veined, with setaceous stipules Nos. 3, 4 



a Leaves not lobed, b coarsely toothed, straight-veined. Cyme stalked . . .Nos. 5 7 



b finely and sharply serrate. Cymes sessile. June Nos. 8, 9 



b entire, or nearly so. c Species native Nos. 10, 11 



c Species exotic Nos. 12, 13 



\l V. lantanoldes L. Hobble-bush. Leaves round-cordate, abruptly acuminate, un- 

 equally serrate ; petioles and veins rusty-downy ; cyme sessile ; fruit ovate. Rocky 

 woods, N. 5f. Shoots often reclined and rooting. Handsome. May. 



2 V. 6pulus L. High Cranberry. Smooth ; Ivs. 3-lobed, 3-veined, broader than long, 



rounded at base, lobes acuminate, crenate dentate : petioles glandular ; cymes peC m- 

 culate. Borders of woods, N. 8 12f. Fruit bright red, very acid. June. 

 /3. EOSEUM. Snow-ball. Fls. all neutral, in globous cymes, t 



3 V. acerifollum L. Dockmackie. Leaves subcordate, 3-veined, lobes acuminate, 



acutely dentate, downy beneath ; stain, exsertod ; fr. purple. Woods. 4 Gf. June. 



4 V. pauciflorum Pylaie. Lvs. roundish, 5-veined at base, with 3 short lobes, ser- 



rate ; cymes few-flowered ; stamens included ; fr. red. Mts. N. : rare. 2 3f. 



5 V. dentutiim L. Arrow-wood. Smooth ; Ivs. round-ovate, acutely-toothed, often 



with downy tufts in the axils of the stout veins beneath ; petioles ?lnder ; fr. blue ; 

 nut concavo-convex. Damp woods, Can. to Ga. 8 12f. Branches virgate. June. 



6 V. pnfoescens Ph. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, broadly dentate, hairy most beneath; 



petioles short, downy ; fr. black, nut plano-convex, grooved. Rocks, Can. to Car. 2 3f. 



7 V. mollc MX*. Poison Haw. Downy throughout, with forked or stellate hairs ; Ivs. 



broad oval, acute, crenate dentate ; fr. blue, nut grooved. Woods. Ky. to Fla. lOf. May 



