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inches long, ^ to If inches wide, both surfaces glabrous or nearly 

 so; penduncle shorter or somewhat shorter than the cyme; fruit a 

 pink drupe wliich turns dark blue, globose to ovoid, | to h inch 

 long; stone rounded or oval flattened. In swamps and moist 

 places. Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Summit, Hocking. 



5. Viburnum lentago L. Sheepberry. A shrub or small 

 tree; leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate and oval, acuminate, 

 rounded at the base, sharply serrulate, glabrous or only slightly 

 pubescent beneath, 2 to 4 inches long, ^ to 2 inches wide ; petioles 

 widened often with a wavy margin; c\ane several-rayed, 2 to 5 

 inches broad; fruit an oval bluish-black drupe with a bloom, 

 ^ to f inches long, stone flattened, circular or oval. In rich fields 

 and woods. Rather general. 



6. Viburnum prunifolium L. Black Haw. A shrub or small 

 tree with reddish-brown pubescence, rather small flattened winter 

 buds; leaves ovate to broad obovate, obtuse to somewhat acute, 

 finely serrulate, usually glabrous, f to 3j inches long, ^ to 2 inches 

 wide; petioles usually not margined; cyme several-rayed, 2 to 4 

 inches broad; fruit a bluish-black glaucous drupe, f to f inches 

 long; stone flattened on one side, somewhat convex on the other, 

 ovoid. In dry field and along roadsides. General. 



7. Viburnum lantana L. V^ayfaring-tree. A shrub about 

 12 feet high; branches densely stellate pubescent; leaves 1| to 3| 

 inches long, f to 2 inches wide, ovate, serrulate, upper surface 

 dark green, glabrous or only slightly pubescent, lower surface 

 lighter, more or less stellate pubescent beneath, base subcordate; 

 petioles short and stout; cyme short peduncled, many flowered. 

 Escaped in Lake County. 



S. Viburnum acerifolium L. Mapleleaf Arrow-wood. A 

 shrub 3 to G feet high with smooth gray branches and pubescent 

 twigs; leaves ovate, deeply 3-lobed, 2| to 4^ inches long, 2^ to 4 

 inches wide, lobes acute or acuminate, orbicular, base cordate or 

 somewhat truncate, both sides pubescent when young later 

 becoming glabrate, coarsely dentate; petioles ^ to 1| inches long, 

 pubescent; cymes with long peduncles, 1| to 3 inches broad; 

 flowers all bisporangiate, | to j inch broad; fruit an oval nearly 

 black drupe about ^ inch long; stone lenticular, slightly two- 

 ridged on one side, two-grooved on the other side. In dry woods. 

 General. 



9. Viburnum opulus L. Cranberry-tree. A shrub some- 

 times reaching 12 feet in height; branches smooth; leaves broadly 

 ovate, glabrous above, more or less pubescent along the veins 

 beneath, dcejily three-lobcd, 2j to 3| inches long, 1| to 3^ inches 

 wide, the lobes acuminate, base truncate or cordate, 3-ribbed; 

 margin coarsely dentate; petioles ^ to 2\ inches long; cyme with 

 sterile outer flowers, large, radiant, peduncled, 3^ to 4 inches 



